Quotes about Surrender

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

Rest is the ability to totally trust God without living under the stress of the cares of life.

We pray to obey God, not to 'play God'. We pray, not to change God's mind, but to change our own; not to command God, but to let God command us. We pray to 'let God be God'. Prayer is our obedience to God even when it asks God for things, for God has commanded us to ask (Mt. 7:7).

God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first.

Your heart may be paltry compared with the heart of a great saint, but your heart is what God wants from you.

We pray to obey God, not to "play God". We pray, not to change God's mind, but to change our own; not to command God, but to let God command us. We pray to "let God be God". Prayer is our obedience to God even when it asks God for things, for God has commanded us to ask (Mt 7:7).

No happiness on earth can be deeper than the happiness that comes from our willing and active submission to God's will even when he wills suffering.

De Caussade makes this matter of duty very simple, too, as he makes everything simple: "We have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God's will into effect and passively accept all that his will sends us" (p. 73). That's all. That's it.

The root of pride is found to consist in man not being in some way subject to God and His rule.

All the way to Heaven is Heaven", said Saint Catherine of Siena. We

God, I don't know whether you exist or not. Maybe I'm praying to nobody, but maybe I'm praying to you. So if you are really there, please let me know somehow, because I do want to know. I want only the Truth, whatever it is. If you are the Truth, here I am, ready and willing to follow you wherever you lead.

Your problem, however big it is (or however small), is His wise and loving will to you, even though it may not look wise or loving. It is His deliberate permissive will. And your response to it is your response to Him.