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God invites. We decline. And because of that single foolhardy decision we spend the rest of our lives 'declining'.
Do you have any idea what it does to me when you put yourself in danger? And so willingly, no less!
I say yes to almost anything that comes my way.-- Ron Perlman
There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.
I had sold my soul for pleasure.
When one loves willingly, there is no sacrifice.
The devil did not make me do it. I managed it all by myself.
Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit
I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.
Silence gives consent.
The only thing I can't resist is temptation.
You must own your intentions.
Then, you were always captivated by self-sacrifice. However admirable, your eagerness to give your life over to another person may have been due in some measure to the fact that when your life was wholly in your lap you didn't know what to do with it. Self-sacrifice was an easy way out.
I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.
Capacity for joy Admits temptation.
All that the Devil asks is acquiescence ...
I always said 'yes' to everything.
When you succumb to obedience, in an erotic sense, you are not giving away a part of yourself, but seeking something new, something other, within yourself.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Whatever I may do to serve you will be prompted solely from selfish motives, since it gives me more pleasure to serve you than not.
I accept calmly what is to be my infamous destiny.
By acquiescing in an act that causes such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished?
I didn't refuse often enough.
You should be willing to be eaten also. You are food body.
Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.
For every pleasure, there must be a sacrifice.
What I impose, I must accept.
As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it.
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
Congratulations,' said Damen. 'You've forced my hand. You have what you want. Delpha, in exchange for your aid in the south. Nothing given freely, nothing done out of feeling, everything coerced, with bloodless planning.' 'Then I have your agreement? Say it.' 'You have my agreement.' 'Good,
There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.
Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine
I was forced to agree.
Absolutely, one hundred percent, not guilty.
A little still she strove, and much repented,
And whispering "I will ne'er consent" - consented.
Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
One must submit, like a traveller who has to ascend a mountain: if the mountain was not there, the road would be both shorter and pleasanter; but there it is, and he must get over it.
If someone gives themselves to you freely, you just have to accept the gift.
What we call "willing" is often but an inflation of ourselves, attended by a hardening.
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!
Are you willing to self -sacrifice to achieve your goals?
I give myself to you and accept you as my own.
I go of my free choice, with the blessing of obedience.
I'd do it because you wanted me to. That's more ... " What was the word? "Satisfying, I guess. I like that better. Sometimes that's what makes something really good, even. Because I don't want to do it but I'm pleasing you.
You make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package.
Never, never, never give in!
Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition.
You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
But you have to sacrifice yourself for YOURSELF, too.
I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself.
I'm too old to be forced.
The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.
The beauty of obedience is this: it relieves us of responsibility.
When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.
Often, seemingly spontaneous acts come from a deep, unacknowledged place, and a sudden decision feels inevitable and right.
A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
I never do anything I don't want to. Nor does anyone, but in my case I know it.
So next time your selflessness is praised in front of others, beware: making sacrifices for others makes it easier for them to sacrifice you.
I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.
We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.
I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free.
I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.
I readily give but then I don't forgive easily.
He that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still.
Never resist a generous impulse.
You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
To me you have to commit yourself to the sacrifice, because it's so important. Even if people don't agree, they appreciate commitment.
I will enthusiastically accomplish the task.
to accept something you have to admit the part you played or you simply play the part of victim.
By yielding you may obtain victory
When I saw you, Sabina, I chose my body.
I'll do anything reasonable, but I won't be intimidated and I won't grovel.
You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Only Complete and absolute surrender.
Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them.
There's an unsavory term for that- a guy forcing a girl to do sexual things. But what is it they say? You can't rape the willing. And I'd be willing. Oh, how I'd be willing.
Your consent is your character.
You may know how to do it, but you have to choose to do it.
willing prisoner
The pleasure is our choice.
I surrender my soul to the Saviour.
Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway.
I have to admit, in the end, I like to surrender to someone; the person I love.
What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.
Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give.
This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient.
Charity is willingly given from the heart.
Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine fo food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value
to press my lips to what I love
to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice. - Jane
I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself
It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!
to not act is a choice too
Heavenly father make me willing to obey you.
Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly.
I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
How many times would you do it, you think? How many times would you sacrifice yourself for good?"
"Every time," I answer automatically.
I clap my hands in delight. Is there anything more intoxicating than making a boy bend to your will?
You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation.