History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number… — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has… — John Le Carre Copy Share Image
Man is not merely the sum of his masks. Behind the shifting face of personality is a hard nugget of self, a… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
The knowledge and experience which produce wisdom can only become a man's individual possession and property by his own free action; and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
... for it is a truth, which the experience of all ages has attested, that the people are commonly most in danger… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it… — George Davis Herron Copy Share Image
“All things are yours and you are Christ’s—and Christ is God’s. If we live, we live unto God. If we die, we… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves. — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
You have to stay disciplined from the start of the game to the end of the game, from the start of the… — Mike Budenholzer Copy Share Image
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of… — Jorge Amado Copy Share Image
We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you… — Christa Wolf Copy Share Image
Don't become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared… — Pope Julius II Copy Share Image
“The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It… — Rudolf Dreikurs Copy Share Image
But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive. — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a… — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
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