Possess Quotes
1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors
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I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty. All the stock in trade I possess is a $10,000 debt, incurred by publishing my…
— Susan B. Anthony
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To possess a high degree of consciousness, to be always aware of yourself in relation to the world, to live in the permanent tension of…
— Emile M. Cioran
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Clearly, what God wants above all is our will which we received as a free gift from God in creation and possess as though our…
— Saint Joseph
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The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die.
— Steven Erikson
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The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure full of joy…
— Bertrand Russell
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Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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If one concentrates on one thing and does not get away from it ... he will possess strong, moving power.
— Cheng Yi
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Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed…
— Carl David Anderson
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Lawyers have a way of seeing that sets them apart from the rest of us. In some way this special vision makes them invaluable, and…
— Thane Rosenbaum
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I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness,…
— Janet Jackson
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Men in all societies possess the biological equipment to remove their hats or shoes, but it is the birth within a particular culture that decides…
— Peter Farb
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Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them.
— Dan Davis
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As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At…
— Herman Gorter
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To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.
— B. H. Liddell Hart
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To be possessed by Jesus and to possess Him - that is the perfect reign of Love.
— Peter Julian Eymard
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Our Lord did not want to remain on earth only through His grace, His truth or His words; He remains in person. We possess the…
— Peter Julian Eymard
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I will allow only my Lord to possess my sacred lotus pond, and every night you can make blossom in me flowers of fire.
— Huang E
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Whether it is happy or unhappy, a man's life is the only treasure he can ever possess.
— Giacomo Casanova
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The animate and inanimate creation all contribute to the true worship of God. All of creation must worship at whatever level of sentience they possess.…
— Ed Buckner
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting…
— Eberhard Arnold
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Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess…
— Baltasar Gracian
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By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose…
— Diogenes
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
— Sydney J. Harris
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