Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me… — Osama bin Laden
I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess. — Robert Mapplethorpe
Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and perhaps a few of them are so. But there are others who… — Robertson Davies
Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values… — Unknown Author
One moment it was there, another moment it is gone. One moment we are here, and another moment we have gone. And for this simple… — Rajneesh
In the Twentieth Century war will be dead, the scaffold will be dead, hatred will be dead, frontier boundaries will be dead, dogmas will be… — Victor Hugo
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one… — Charles Dickens
It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal… — A B Simpson
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good. — Confucius
What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more… — William Arthur Ward
The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else… — Bell Hooks
Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves. — Glenn Reynolds
While you, the leader, can teach many things, character is not taught easily to adults who arrive at your desk lacking it. Be cautious about… — John Wooden
We demand that sex speak the truth and we demand that it tell us our truth, or rather, the deeply buried truth of that truth… — Michel Foucault
The 'medical examination' to which abductees are said to be subjected, often accompanied by sadistic sexual manipulation, is reminiscient of the medieval tales of encounters… — Jacques Vallee
It is only when we possess ourselves that we can give ourselves to others. If what we possess feels wrong, bad, or wicked, then we… — Jack Dominian
You must achieve the confidence of knowing that you possess absolute, unbending, unimpeachable integrity. Everyone must know that. Above all else, it is integrity that… — Unknown Author
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches… — Gautama Buddha
Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Your imagination is your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist yet… — Rob Brezsny
[About John Evershed] There is much in our medallist's career which is a reminder of the scientific life of Sir William Huggins. They come from… — Unknown Author
There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness,… — Gautama Buddha
Cultural diversity and cultural change are desirable and inevitable. We are cultural animals, someone without a culture is not human. But the cultures we possess… — Martin Wolf
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be… — Pope Leo I
We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end. — Gautama Buddha

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