The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. Read Summary
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me. Read Summary
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. Read Summary
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. Read Summary
I fear that too many have sadly surrendered their agency to the adversary and are saying by their conduct, 'I care more about satisfying my own desires than I do about bearing the Savior's power to bless others.' Read Summary
The moment I first heard love I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes. Read Summary
Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains. Read Summary
Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always. Read Summary
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you. Read Summary
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. Read Summary
I saw that giving even all my life to God (supposing it possible to do this and go no further) would profit me nothing unless I gave my heart, yea, all my heart, to Him. Read Summary
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. Read Summary
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. Read Summary
Most of us aren't defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be. Read Summary
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. Read Summary
I gave in, and admitted that God was God. Read Summary
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.' Read Summary
Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness? Read Summary
All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. Read Summary
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Read Summary