Possess Quotes

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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own… — Francis of Assisi
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse… — Jane Austen
Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen? — Teresa of Avila
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow… — Joseph Addison
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. — Henry Ward Beecher
To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority… — Alfred Adler
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. — Josh Billings
The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology.… — John O. Brennan
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. — Louisa May Alcott
There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing. — John Cage
If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. — Dale Carnegie
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly… — Muhammad Ali
If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could… — Cher
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And,… — Kate Chopin
Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone else. The important… — Daisaku Ikeda
I make a distinction between Buddhism with a Capital 'B' and buddhism with a small 'b'. Sri Lanka has the former, in which the state… — Sulak Sivaraksa
Either the Anglo-Saxon race will possess the Pacific slope or the Mongolians will possess it. We have this day to choose... whether legislation shall be… — James G. Blaine
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. — Juvenal
Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough,… — Dax Shepard

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