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Quotes About Relinquish

No; it is over for me. It is too much, she thought, I will relinquish my possession of this self of mine, abdicate, give over willingly what I never wanted at all; whatever it wants of me it can have.
~ Shirley Jackson
Give up your good 'Christian' life and follow Jesus
~ Garrison Keillor
If we are honest, I think we have to admit that we will likely try to sabotage any movement toward true freedom. If we really knew what we were called to relinquish on this journey, our defenses would never allow us to take the first step. Sometimes the only way we can enter the deeper dimensions of the journey is by being unable to see where we're going.
~ Gerald G. May
You yearn for a simplified lifestyle, so that your communication with Me can be uninterrupted. But I challenge you to relinquish the fantasy of an uncluttered world. Accept each day just as it comes, and find Me in the midst of it all.
~ Sarah Young
Sheila backed off—for the moment.
~ Ben S. Bernanke
You only lose what you cling to.
~ Grace Lin
He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish when all else is fading, is the consoling belief in the inferiority of others.
~ Gregory Maguire
But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know? I've been thinking about that. About how your kids aren't really YOURS, they're just these people that you try to keep an eye on, and hope you'll all grow up someday to like each other and still be in one piece. What I mean is, everything you get is really just on loan. Does that make sense? Sure, I said. Like library books. Sooner or later they've all got to go back into the nightdrop.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
To go beyond the ego's model of the world, the lucid dreamer must relinquish control of the dream—surrender—to something beyond the ego.
~ Stephen LaBerge
A cook never knows if the dish he perfected for hours was described properly or if a guest even liked his food. It's hard to spend hours perfecting a dish only to relinquish control. But chefs need to put aside their egos and trust the people serving the food.
~ Daniel Humm
To me, the horror genre is the genre of non-denial. It's about admitting that there is evil in the world and recognizing that there is evil within us and that we're not in control and that the things that we are afraid of must be confronted in order for us to relinquish that fear.
~ Scott Derrickson
The U.S. has been in control of the domain names of the Internet since its inception. If we relinquish this control, it goes possibly to the U.N.
~ Ted Yoho
When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something.
~ Joseph Benavidez
But if pressed, I'd have to say that what I love most about the subways of New York is what they do not do. One may spend a lifetime looking back—whether regretfully or wistfully, with shame or fondness or sorrow—and thinking how, given the chance, things might have been done differently. But when you enter a subway car and the doors close, you have no choice but to give yourself over to where it is headed. The subway only goes one way: forward.
~ Bill Hayes
He was not so lucky. He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing the hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish when all else is fading, is the consoling belief in the inferiority of others.
~ Gregory Maguire
He hadn't yet had enough experience with humans to know that the thing they hold dearest to their hearts, the last thing they relinquish when all else is fading, is the consoling belief in the inferiority of others.
~ Gregory Maguire
La mayoría de nosotros puede llevarle nuestros problemas a Cristo, sin embargo, ¿somos capaces de dejarlos allí? ¿Permanentemente? ¿Con fe? Otra vez, dejemos que María sea nuestro modelo. Ella le llevó su problema a Jesús y lo dejó allí. «Lo que sea que él les diga, háganlo». Resiste el impulso de reclamar el problema una vez que lo has entregado.
~ Max Lucado
Some people strive to relinquish all expectations and live moment to moment. That is admirable. But I think the important idea here is to take responsibility for our expectations. Get them out into the light. Examine them. Talk about them. If they involve other people, talk to the people involved. Find out if they have similar expectations. See if they're realistic.
~ Melody Beattie
Have no fear, child, a voice whispers. Have no regrets. Relinquish your resentments. Let Me take your pain. All you have is the present moment. Be still. Be here. Trust. All you have is now. It is enough.
~ Melody Beattie
We women harbor our intimacies in locked places in our bodies. They are ours to relinquish when we choose.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
She simply cannot let go of love- and who can blame that? Is it not the hardest thing in the world to relinquish, once you have it?
~ Jude Morgan
When someone resigns, he is asked to hand in all that equipment—including the backpack.
~ Brad Stone
Barrett lingers awhile. He's not eager to relinquish the strange pleasure of sitting in the green chair, surrounded by the ever-diminishing offerings that had, just yesterday, been daily articles, watching the apartment disappear, piece by piece.
~ Michael Cunningham
Let It Go!!
~ T.D. Jakes