Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts. — Harriet Martineau
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. — Charles Kingsley
To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it. — Mark Twain
We possess only the happiness we able to understand. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Imagination is potentially infinite. Though actually we are limited to the types of experience for which we possess organs, those organs are somewhat plastic. Opportunity… — George Santayana
Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please… — Jonathan Swift
Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God's mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however,… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
You and I possess manifold ideal bonds in the interests we share; but each of us has his poor body and his irremediable, incommunicable dreams. — George Santayana
Woman does not possess the image of God in herself but only when taken together with the male who is her head, so that the… — Saint Augustine
If the design of the building be originally bad, the only virtue it can ever possess will be signs of antiquity. — John Ruskin
The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle.… — Simone Weil
Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. — Emanuel Celler
Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs are not financial problems. You… — Vernon Howard
It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities… — P.J. O'Rourke
We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which if we direct it in a conscious and wise manner, gives us the mastery of… — Emile Coue
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we… — Mark Twain
What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature… — Shinjo Ito
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is… — BrenÃ© Brown
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. — Louisa May Alcott
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about… — Werner Heisenberg

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