As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed.… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all -… — Vance Havner 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
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
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
Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just never really got into cars and flossin' or never really cared, like I was always the type of person that felt… — Eminem Copy Share Image
The first objective of our national government is to provide for the common defense. And President Donald Trump has no higher priority… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they… — B. Traven Copy Share Image
Life is a problem. Not merely a premiss from which we start, but a goal towards which we proceed. It is an… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Have you never observed that children will sometimes, of a sudden, give utterance to ideas which makes us wonder how they got… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and… — Robert Louis Stevenson 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
“Slavery is simply a possession of the mind, before the individual submits their spiritual component to the will of another person or… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Physical beauty is passing - a transitory possession - but beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I've been very careful. I've gone through pretty much everything. I'm very careful not to let go of the prized possessions, or… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“You’re my obsession, I’m your possession You own the deepest part of me You crawled into the darkness, set my monster free… — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds,… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“Bring things to life and nurture them, But have no thoughts of possession. Act without relying on anything; Bring things along, but… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host… — Will Herberg Copy Share Image
A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our… — Bennett Madison Copy Share Image
“Possession is tricky. It brings up issues of jealousy, codependence, self-esteem, and incorrect apostrophe placement.” — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time. — Louis Sullivan Copy Share Image
Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. — Edgar Quinet Copy Share Image
To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out… — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Hatred is about possession. It is all-consuming, cruel, and vainglorious. When love is allowed to fester, it becomes twisted and corrupt; it… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
The cold hand of history, which is for ever robbing us of some of our oldest and best cherished stories, points rigidly… — H. A. Guerber Copy Share Image
Basically everything I've done in art, I was in possession of when I was 20 years old. I use a waste retrieval… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
Much of everyday life is filled with opportunities to be distracted. Our possessions... entertainment... cares and anxieties... and even the passionate desire… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“One could even argue that we have a duty to create and pass on stories about choice because once a person knows… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power:… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
