#surrender

These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong on blame, and wish this were one of God's values, but trust, surrender? Letting go, forgiveness? Maybe just after a period of prayer, but then when the mood passes and real life rears its ugly head again? Not so much. I hate this, the fact that life is usually Chutes and Ladders, with no guaranteed gains. I cannot will myself into having these qualities, so I have to pray for them more often, if I want to be happy. I have to create the habit, just as I had to do with daily writing, and flossing. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#forgiveness #happy #letting-go #prayer #surrender

No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing will, and that is a personal relationship to Himself which has gone through the mill of His spring-cleaning until there is only one purpose left--I am here for God to send me where He will. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#service #surrender #jesus-christ

This act of total surrender is not merely a fantastic intellectual and mystical gamble; it is something much more serious. It is an act of love for this unseen person, who, in the very gift of love by which we surrender ourselves to his reality also makes his presence known to us. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#love

He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#romance #surrender #love

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#surrender #inspirational

You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously,directly,personally; it debates,criticizes,shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and I was on other side. ↗

— Jeffrey Lang

#humanity #inspirational #jeffrey #kindness #lang

Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#ground #now #silence #speak #surrender

Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them. ↗

— Franz Marc

#closer #does #dream #expression #get

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#beg #could #enough #him #i

And, if we lost, then who win? Did Al Qaida win? When on the floor of the House of Representatives they cheer - they cheer - when they pass a withdrawal motion that is a certain date for surrender, what were they cheering? Surrender? Defeat? ↗

— John McCain

#certain #cheer #cheering #date #defeat