Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Horses don’t think the same as humans. Something that’s most unique about the horse, that I love, is not what he possesses but what he… — Buck Brannaman
A man who has never been hungry may possess a more refined palate, but he has no idea what it means to eat. — Harry Mulisch
We are … the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of things… — Ralph Caplan
Maybe truth is not something that I can possess. Maybe truth is something which possesses me. — Jon Foreman
What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess… — Aristotle
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you. Hear it, feel it, Secretly possess you. — Andrew Lloyd Webber
Who are your heroes? Why do you look up to them? Why do we respect those who live and think for themselves as opposed to… — Kat Von D
We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one. — Wei Wu Wei
Brings [O'Brian's] achievement to a new height....Such is O'Brian's power to possess the imagination that I found I was living in his world as much… — Alan Judd
Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be… — Ruskin Bond
Essentialists hope that when students leave school, they will possess not only basic skills and an extensive body of knowledge, but also disciplined, practical minds,… — William Bagley
The most important attribute for success in value investing is patience, patience, and more patience. The majority of investors do not possess this characteristic. — Peter Cundill
Since the so-called Age of Enlightenment, our shaky anthropocentric, rationalist egos have been brainwashed to forget what 'primitive' cultures once understood: Animals can be manifestations… — Zeena Schreck
I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies,… — Ansel Adams
We all possess the need to dream. — David Copperfield
Science condemns itself to failure when, yielding to the infatuation of the serious, it aspires to attain being, to contain it, and to possess it;… — Simone de Beauvoir
You possess a non-renewable resource, which is headed toward total depletion and that resource is time. You can either invest your life or let it… — Billy Graham
If one could possess, grasp, and know the other, it would not be other. — Emmanuel Levinas
Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in… — Andrei Tarkovsky
It is essential that our love be liberating, not possessive. We must at all times give those we love the freedom to be themselves. Love… — John Powell
The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of our group, and… — Jean Vanier
The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available… — John Owen
Enthusiasm is the dynamics of your personality. Without it, whatever abilities you may possess lie dormant; and it is safe to say that nearly every… — Dale Carnegie
We pretend with a spiritual life we don't live, a peace we don't experience and a holiness and commitment we don't possess. ... We will… — K.P. Yohannan

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