Quotes About Submission

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

It is easier to command a lapdog or a mule for a whole day than one's own fate for half-an-hour.

As a wife she must obey him: women must obey, even queens.

how to retell exactly what had been said and done, without putting your own interpretation on it, and submit it to another judgement? It wasn't possible.

The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.

So long as you're begging, he doesn't mind a bit.

Cardan grabs my face, fingers splayed against my neck. His breath is against my cheek. His other hand grabs my hair, winding it into a rope. --- "Get down on your knees," Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury has transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it petty. Flowery. Worthy of me.

Heir to Elfhame," I say. "Get on your knees.

Get down on your knees," Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury has transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it pretty. Flowery. Worthy of me.

So long as I live, you will obey this.

Of course, my queen. Whatever is mine is yours.

Get down on your knees, Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it pretty. Flowery. Worthy of me.

You ought not to be here tonight, little ant,' he says, letting go of me. 'Go back to the palace.

A husband who submits to his wifes yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A womans influence ought to be entirely concealed.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

His leading is only for those who are already committed to do as He may choose. To such it may be said: "God is able to speak loud enough to make a willing soul hear.

We need to come to God humbly. We are not his master he is our master.

We were created to be continually dependent on God, yet we often strive for our independence.

Okay," Nellie said, "whatcha got?" Dan's expression was pure smugness. "I want you to beg," he said.

You ask for a savior, and you become their slave.

Er) hat in unbegreiflicher Verblendung übersehen, daß ein Mensch auch ohne selbstständige Ideen und ohne Persönlichkeit in dem Augenblick Wesen und Inhalt annimt, in dem man Macht auf ihn überträgt.

By most people the 'sense of reality' is understood to be the submission to events and indeed illusion is often salvation.

Bowing his head

The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.