Quotes about Submissive

Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand. Votes: 6

They say a woman's place Is to wait and serve Under the veil Submissive and dear But I think my place Is in a ship from space To carry me The hell out of here. Votes: 6

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure. Votes: 6

There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out. Votes: 6

Rather than encouraging apathy through submissive responses, let us deliver the message loudly and clearly, that needles killing and suffering is wrong. Votes: 5

I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive. Votes: 4

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. Votes: 4

A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance. Votes: 4

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. Votes: 4

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise. Votes: 4

Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves. Votes: 4

Some people tend to throw your love to the dogs when you become totally submissive to them, but when you want to get out of the heat, they pull you back into the kitchen. Votes: 4

The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting child. Votes: 4

The salesman thanks the customer for patronizing his shop and asks him to come again. But the socialists say: Be grateful to Hitler, render thanks to Stalin; be nice and submissive, then the great man will be kind to you later too. Votes: 4

The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on -- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions. Votes: 4

My husband said, 'Now you need to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law.' Tax law! I hate taxes. Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive, wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.' Votes: 4

Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed? And what can be done with a people who are their own masters if they are not submissive to the Deity? Votes: 4

If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country, one's fellow citizens (all over the world), as loyalty to the principles of justice and democracy, then patriotism would require us to disobey our government, when it violated those principles. Votes: 4

There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations....What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes, furnish recruits for the Army and Navy and bless the masters who either despise or oppress or combine both? The apathy that exists respecting Ireland is worse than the national antipathy they bear us. Votes: 4

For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special way. Time is a rushing, howling wind that rages past me, withering me in a single, relentless blast, and then continues on. I've been sitting here passively, submissive to its rage, watching its work. Listen! Time, howling, withering! Votes: 4

There are two kinds of people in the world: Submissive and rebellious. The problem of the world is that majority is in the first category! Votes: 3

And ladies, build up your husband by being submissive. That's how you will give your children success; you will want your children to be obedient, to be submissive to righteous living. Votes: 3

Protesting is fundamentally submissive. Votes: 2

To be feminist doesn't mean you can't be submissive. Votes: 2

Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally. Votes: 2

Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive? Votes: 2

I don't like to be too submissive in the way I dress. I like quite boyish things, so I hardly ever wear high heels. Votes: 2

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. Votes: 2

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality. Votes: 2

I'm very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride. Votes: 2

We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom. Votes: 2

I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background is more about the director being in control. It's all about yielding. It's an oddly submissive relationship in which you're moulded, Pygmalion-style. Votes: 2

We have no middle ground, no foggy gray area where we can sin a little without suffering spiritual decline. That is why we must repent and come to Christ daily on submissive knees so that we can prevent our bonfires of testimony from being snuffed out by sin. Votes: 2

Those who submit like a child do it because they know that the Father wants only the happiness of His children and that only He knows the way. That is the testimony we must have to keep praying like a submissive child, in the good times as well as the times of trouble. Votes: 2

I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter. Votes: 2

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God. Votes: 2

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Votes: 0

Accept loss forever. Be submissive to everything, Votes: 0

Turning the other cheek isn't submissive. It's defiant. Votes: 0

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge. Votes: 0

Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need. Votes: 0

I think 'fan' implies somebody who's submissive, sycophantic, in awe of everything you're doing. Votes: 0

Every rabbit-nation will find its tyrant! Oppressors are the destiny of coward and submissive nations! Votes: 0

Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him. Votes: 0

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness. Votes: 0

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Votes: 0

To truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and - look out, here it comes - submissive, Votes: 0

Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them. Votes: 0

You must bow on your knees at all times before the ruling-class norms to show you are submissive. Votes: 0

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person. Votes: 0

Great souls are always loyally submissive, reverent to what is over them: only small mean souls are otherwise. Votes: 0

Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted. Votes: 0

Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way Votes: 0

This is the spirit of prayer--sincere, humble, believing, submissive. Other prayer than this the Bible does not require--God will not accept. Votes: 0

People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence. Votes: 0

The people want wholesome dread. They want to fear something. They want someone to frighten them and make them shudderingly submissive. Votes: 0

It is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them. Votes: 0

With its continued dismissal of the law of God in ethics, Fundamentalism expressed both a spiritualized form of situational ethics and a Christianly submissive statism. Votes: 0

We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive. Votes: 0

You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty. Votes: 0

The pencil you leave it there, and it's dead. It doesn't do anything and it doesn't move by itself. It doesn't offer anything; it's totally submissive to you. Votes: 0

Let's just say its not a stereotype that black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around all them black women made me really miss my wife. Votes: 0

People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example. Votes: 0

Man has been naturally so created that it is advantageous for him to be submissive, but disastrous for him to follow his own will, and not the will of his creator. Votes: 0

One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one's model, and, above all, of the means of expression. Votes: 0

If men don't have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won't feel compelled to be submissive. If men don't have to control, women won't have to be controlled. Votes: 0

He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It's my choice. Votes: 0

Some people tend to throw your love to the dogs when you become totally submissive to them, but when you want to get out of the heat, they pull you back into the kitchen. Votes: 0

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her. Votes: 0

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body. Votes: 0

Therefore, the Negro nation are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because [Negroes] have little [that is essentially] human and have attributes that are quite similar to those of dumb animals, as we have stated. Votes: 0

I don't walk into a room with an authoritative stance. I tend to be a little more submissive, even though I think I have a certain amount of strength. So, it's tough for me to play authority without feeling uncomfortable. Votes: -1