Surrender Quotes

“Abiding means letting everything be as it already is – no matter what it is. If you're feeling good, let that be as it is. If you're feeling bad, let that be as it is. No matter what your emotional, physical, or mental state, let it be as it is and don't wish it to be otherwise. If you want it to be different from what it is, you're not abiding; you're picking and choosing and trying to control your experience. (p. 29)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Grace is ever present. The only thing necessary is that you surrender to it. (p. 369)”
― Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

“Through those long, monotonous weeks, only one spot of hope spoke to her heart:
“Trust in Adon Olam with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, intimately know Him, and He will direct your paths.”
He will direct your paths. That was a promise. And since she couldn’t direct her own paths, she had to trust Him. Even when it was the last thing she felt like doing.
Gradually the bitterness, the anger, the resentment, the grief, the loss, the hurt—all of it—gave way to a tiny thread of surrender.”
― Erika Mathews, Surrender's Strength

“A Higher Power is leading you. Be led by the same. The Higher Power knows what to do and how to do it. Trust it. (p. 182)”
― Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

“Disappointment is an unwanted—but invited—guest.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Life enticed you to love it. It lured you on with the sweet, terrible music of happiness. Life told you: Love, Get Married, Work, Hope, Pray, Put Everything on My Altar. And in the end it abandoned you without a backward glance...”
― John Bemrose, The Island Walkers

“Gratitude is a form of surrender. It is a way of saying: I am enough, I have enough, and my life is enough.”
― Vanessa Autrey, The Art of Balancing Burnout

“The Best Way To Achieve Success In Any Area Of Life Is To Surrender Yourself To It And You Will Get It.”
― Shiva Negi

“Surrender, and all will be well. Throw all responsibility onto God. Do not bear the burden yourself. (p. 158)”
― Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

“The Power that knows the way will take care of you. The One who makes the sun shine, the grass grow, the apples grow perfectly on apple trees. The food that sustains us, nourishes us, everything has been lovingly provided for us. Have faith. Trust the Power that knows the way. This is a first step. To have total faith and total trust in the Infinite, the One. You may call this God if you want to. Makes no difference what you call it. It is within you. It is without you. It is everywhere. (p. 195)”
― Robert Adams, Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams

“We prefer ourselves into unhappiness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Faith is a full surrender to the Supreme Being.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“We make life painful or difficult by wanting … and by preferring.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You can’t even have pieces of peace unless you have all of God.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Don’t point me to your solutions. Rather, point me to the Solution that will eliminate the need for your solutions.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Victory in life is absolute surrender to God in obedience to faith.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“She was going about her life, taking her pleasures as she found them, suffering what was hers to suffer, doing what she had to do. She had about her no air of self-pity or complaint. And this could only have been because, in her own heart, she was not pitying herself or complaining.”
― Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

“Often times, when in the throes of extraordinary pain, we want to give up on Life. We believe we cannot go on. Be wary of this downward mood spiral. In Life, as in cricket, it’s never over until it is over, until the last ball is bowled! And when it is over, when your time is up, you wouldn’t obviously be around to know what happened! So, why worry, why grieve and why be anxious? Live free. Live without worry or fear. Live in prayer and surrender. Remember: you are in Life’s safe hands! So, no matter what, you will be looked after, cared for and provided for.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Mental pain is usually caused, not by our being pushed by life to where we do not want—or away from where we want—to be, but by the friction caused by our resistance to the push.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Never for one moment had she imagined such a rich life—but this wasn’t her life, not a bit of it. It was Adon Olam’s. Through complete surrender in spite of herself, she’d truly found her strength in Him. And in Him, she’d discovered an identity more real, more true, and more blissful than she’d ever dreamed.”
― Erika Mathews, Surrender's Strength

“Developing the extremely rare attitude of not minding how life is happening is a billion times better than prolonging your life, even if by a trillion years.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Prayer is usually a desperate attempt to wish something into or out of reality.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He can use even your shortcomings to your advantage. Surrender to Him.”
― Shunya

“Our inability or unwillingness to leave life alone often leaves us with the desire to leave life with those who are dying.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Letting go does not mean giving up on Life. It means giving in to Life. It means going with the flow. It is a prayerful state, of complete surrender, of trusting the process of Life.”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“You are a big fool, Jesus. Love, sacrifice, surrender... You should have been born a woman.”
― Tomichan Matheikal, Black Hole

“Everyone has to go through what they have to go through. So, prayer, surrender, being in the moment, doing your best in every moment… that is the only way to live intelligently...there is no other way!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“Muriel landed in the garden she’d planted that first morning, unable to breathe but that was okay. It would end where it started. No more cages, no more schemes, a final harvest.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“The only thing that we should give up on is the idea that we should be giving up.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A great mind without God is like a muscle car without a steering wheel. The only thing about it that’s fast is how quickly it totals itself.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough