Relinquish Quotes

“Surrendering is intentionally laying down the power I possess. And have I considered that the power I lay down is often more powerful than that which I’m laying it down in front of? Therefore, I would be wise to recognize that surrender is less the absence of power and more the presence of fear.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The problem with most of us is that we relinquish that little bit of control that we have over our thoughts.We let our minds feed on whatever we come across on television and in social media, and do not pay any attention to the type of information that we are swallowing.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“We don’t like death. We’d rather produce seeds another way. But death to ourselves, our agendas, our expectations, our hopes is necessary to find deep joy that comes when we fully relinquish ourselves to the gospel.”
― Mary E. DeMuth, Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus

“ما أرق الناس في معاملتنا عندما يعلمون أننا سوف نتركهم”
― أنيس منصور, قالوا

“Too often we are unwilling to ‘look the fool’ in the pursuit of our passion. Therefore, we forsake our passion. And which, we might ask, is more foolish?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The first step in effectively fighting the battle is to get out of God’s way. The second step is to stay out of His way. And the third step is to never get in God’s way again so that the first and second step become completely irrelevant.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes we prefer not deciding because it relieves us of the fear of making the wrong decision. But how many times is not deciding actually making the very decision that we're trying to avoid making?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Were he to put his hand on me, I would be revealed as nothing more than a newspaper, erect. A screen on which is projected the image of a boy. How could he love me? There's nothing to me except a place where the light resists moving forward. Okay, I say, instead. I will.”
― Alexander Chee