Possess Quotes
1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors
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The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has…
— Plato
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If thy friends be of better quality than thyself, thou mayest be sure of two things; first, they will be more careful to keep thy…
— Walter Raleigh
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
— J F C Fuller
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The airman must possess absolutely untroubled nerves.
— Francis Collins
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I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and…
— Bob Hoover
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Great pilots are made not born. . . . A man may possess good eyesight, sensitive hands, and perfect coordination, but the end result is…
— Unknown Author
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Perhaps the greatest discovery of my life, without question the greatest commitment, came when finally I had the confidence in God that I would loan…
— Boyd K. Packer
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You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do…
— Jim Rohn
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To begin with, I wanted that truth to life to possess a concrete reliability, and rejoiced most when the poem seemed most direct, an upfront…
— Seamus Heaney
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of…
— Walter Pater
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Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the…
— Adrienne Rich
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God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation. He acts by gentle solicitation and by…
— Howard W. Hunter
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Each one of us will travel a different road during this life. Each progresses at a different rate. Temptations that trouble your brother may not…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we…
— Pope Francis
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Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by…
— Christine de Pizan
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Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so…
— Christine de Pizan
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Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can…
— William Banting
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Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.
— Juan Ramon Jimenez
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The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving and correcting the…
— Walter Scott
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It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources.
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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