One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. ....The Lord has declared that those who serve him and keep his… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Can we disregard the growing phenomenon of "environmental refugees", people who are forced by the degradation of their natural habitat to forsake… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe… — John C. Maxwell 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
Virtue and vice suppose the freedom to choose between good and evil; but what can be the morals of a woman who… — Flora Tristan Copy Share Image
The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information?… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There are people who are convinced supernatural forces are at work, but I've no idea. I suspect 'possession' might be a psychological… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done… — David Lange Copy Share Image
Love is in the pleasure of possession, but in the Love of Allah there is no pleasure of possession, because the stations… — Mansur Al-Hallaj Copy Share Image
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and… — Will Rogers Jr Copy Share Image
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
What is needed is the development in men of that particular type of skill which will enable them to make social use… — Norman Angell Copy Share Image
God created the first pair equal in rights, possessions, and authority. He bequeathed the earth to them as a joint inheritance; gave… — Antoinette Brown Blackwell Copy Share Image
This is a precious possession which we cannot afford to tarnish, but society always is attempting to make the physician into a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Ugh! Why couldn’t anyone ever trust her? She wasn’t a two-year-old. If her kindness killed her, then she was better off dead… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Anything that breathes is, by and large, an uncertain possession and one must not put one's heart too much in it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
