Submission Quotes

Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living, and it is only the man dwelling in isolation who is not forced to respond, through defiance or submission, to the commands of others.

I love being under submission to my husband ... I believe in keeping the male ego intact.

There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority.

Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.

God cannot be understood by logical reasoning but only by submission.

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.

Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen. 41).

The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

To use legal or financial constraint to compel either abstention or submission, is entirely horrible, unnatural and absurd.

I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated

Jesus is not some puny religious teacher begging for an invitation from anyone. He is the all-sovereign Lord who deserves submission from everyone.

Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life.

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.'

Wrestlers need a lesson in submission, and I’m just the one to teach them.

The essence of sin is arrogance; the essence of salvation is submission.

Divine direction begins with unconditional submission.

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.

I cannot speak In happy tones; the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad; But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek, Until made glad.

Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

No one goes to heaven by parroting a prayer, being baptized, or joining a church, but by believing in Jesus Christ with humble submission.

A terrorist network that believes a nation so tested will fold under pressure of a few horrific acts may capture its attention, but will not achieve its submission.

When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

This submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

Our submission defines our authority

Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes.

Reverential human acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign, in response to his gracious revelation of himself, and in accordance with his will.

religion and morality are a much better whip to keep people in submission than even the club and the gun.

Anything less than abject submission has to have some attack in it.

A proud woman who has learned to submit carries all her pride to the reinforcement of her submission, and looks down with severe superiority on all feminine assumption as unbecoming.

The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power of which we should all be aware.

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility

It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.

Religion is defined by the relationship between God and man. And Islam is the submission and the acknowledgment of the human being to the creator.

That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the Church."

The spirit of submission is choosing His way over ours for His sake.

From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.

...make dads the godly leaders [of the family] with the women in submission, raising kids for the glory of God.

There are such things as consecrated griefs, sorrows that may be common to everyone but which take on a special character when accepted intelligently and offered to God in loving submission.

Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try.

You would not make the act of submission which is the price of sanity.

Submission to suffering is a form of annihilation, but transformation of suffering rekindles a faith that gives life.