Submissive Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old submissive quotes, submissive sayings, and submissive proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness. Han Fei
Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all. Arthur Adamov
I think passive beauties have their place in the world. It's hard for me to relate to that. Madonna Ciccone
A true submissive obeys in mind and body, whether or not Master is present.  Red Phoenix
Being passive is not the same as being peaceful. If you aren't doing what you know, in your heart, you want to do, you are NOT going with the flow. You are going against the flow. Your reactions, emotions, desires, and talents are all part of the flow of life. Ignoring them is passive resistance. Let yourself go. Vironika Tugaleva
Being submissive does not mean that we don't give honest feedback. Neil T. Anderson
Having a passive personality, is a soft way to live a dead life. Omar EL KADMIRI
All of us are subject to being passive to the social ills around us. It's a struggle not to become, by staying silent, an accomplice. Mary Travers
A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results. Orrin Woodward
Accept loss forever. Be submissive to everything. Jack Kerouac
Great souls are always loyally submissive, reverent to what is over them: only small mean souls are otherwise. Thomas Carlyle
It is never ideal to be passive by accepting whatever is personally unacceptable. Steven Redhead
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. Anne Desclos
Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Martin Luther King Jr.
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest. Kenneth Kaunda
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! Mehmet Murat ildan
A good submissive does not surrender too easily. There would be no fun in that. Veronica J. Dantes
Passive resistance seeks to rejoin politics and religion and to test all our actions in the light of ethical principles. Mahatma Gandhi
Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them. Jean Racine