Benjamin Clementine

Now I'm standing in front of a thousand people. They're all looking at me, but they're sitting down. They're surrendered, so I have to keep on proving myself to them and giving them all my passion.

English Artist

Brit Marling

One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.

American Writer

Aditi Rao Hydari

I feel that I don't know anything, I don't know how to act, but I can surrender myself to a director I respect and love. I feel very lucky to be a part of their visions.

Indian Actress

Eckhart Tolle

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

German Speaker

Robert H. Schuller

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.

American Clergyman

Haley Bennett

I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.

American Actress

Thomas Browne

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

British Scientist

Jisshu Sengupta

Since I surrender myself to the director, it is important for me to trust him.

Indian Actor

Enoch Powell

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

British Politician

Lao Tzu

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

Chinese Philosopher

Used when discussing battles or conflicts, implying a final and often reluctant giving in.

Military Context

Can describe giving up in other areas, like sports or personal challenges, not only war.

Figurative Use

Emphasizes the voluntary but often reluctant transfer of control over something.

Loss of Control

Commonly describes pivotal historical events, particularly in military history.

Historical Moments

In legal contexts, it often relates to formal agreements regarding property or titles.

Legal Specificity

Can convey a strong emotional release or relinquishment of personal resistance.

Emotional Overtones

Implies letting go of personal restraint and allowing external factors to take over.

Relinquishing Control

 Because we have parents who raised us to understand that our bodies weren't meant for the backside of a bullet, but for flying kites and jumping rope, and laughing until our stomachs burst. We had teachers who taught us how to raise our hands in class, and not just to signal surrender, and that the only thing we should give up is the idea that we aren't worthy of this world.

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 Is it a place where you can finally surrender and not have to take responsibility for everything? Is it a place where you can express your infantile wishes? What comes out there? It's a language. It isn't just a behavior. And it's the poetic of that language that I'm interested in,

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 determines almost everything. Atoms can give up their electrons, surrendering them to other atoms, or they can share electrons. And the dynamics of this social network are what make chemistry interesting. From plain old rocks to the beautiful complexity of life,

The uncertain location...

 And it did, and it didn't. And it took about a year. And you know how there are people that, when they realize that vulnerability and tenderness are important, that they surrender and walk into it. that's not me,

The power of vulnerabilit...

 persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter he must now put his chick at risk in these temperatures it could freeze in seconds the male will have to let go

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 doesn't delete the past forgiveness enriches the future forgiveness doesn't mean that you give up your boundaries or your identity it's not surrender but it

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 When I felt my spirit surrender, I said goodbye to my life. And my mind was now suspended between two very opposite planes of reality.

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 She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.

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 she's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter

A Collection Of Wild...

 surrendered our life and our situation to you God

Surrender

Military Context

Figurative Use

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