Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

To the ego, loving and wanting are the same, whereas true love has no wanting in it, no desire to possess or for your partner… — Eckhart Tolle
The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess. — Richard Branson
Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. — John Calvin
Hebrews 3:19 tells us why the children of Israel did not enter into the promised land. Their problem was the same thing that keeps children… — Brian Williams
Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. — Ingrid Bengis
No author can create a character out of nothing. He must have a model to give him a starting point; but then his imagination goes… — W. Somerset Maugham
No matter what our decorating style - realized or aspired to the essential spiritual grace our home should possess is the solace of comfort. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek. On… — Dalai Lama
Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it — Michel de Montaigne
We possess art lest we perish of the truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this… — Martin Luther
Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess — Mother Teresa
MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER begins with a… — Shane Claiborne
If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept… — Wojciech Kurtyka
I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live… — Andy Andrews
One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself. — Leo Buscaglia
In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us. — Rachel Naomi Remen
But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why… — Maximus the Confessor
A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature. — Saint John Chrysostom
Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But only a few… — John of Damascus
The word of God has provided nine explanatory designations of the heavenly beings... the first group is forever around God and is said to be… — Pope Dionysius
...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause, by knowing Itself,… — Pope Dionysius

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