Possess Quotes

1275 Possess quotes by 914 unique authors

Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses, or may possess,… — Vladimir Lenin
It is the wicked deception of love that it begins by making us dwell not upon a woman in the outside world but upon a… — Marcel Proust
The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource… — Adam Braun
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both the courage and… — Bill Vaughan
An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking - and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of seaweed in their gas tanks,… — Charles Krauthammer
I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The things… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is a… — Norman Cousins
My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. We possess nothing certainly except the past. — Evelyn Waugh
The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution. — Blaise Pascal
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. — Benjamin Franklin
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. — Billy Graham
By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose. — Edwin Louis Cole
Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness. — Louis C. K.
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in… — Salvador Dali
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a… — Annie Dillard
They that possess the prince possess the laws. — John Dryden
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. — Henry Van Dyke
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will… — Henry Van Dyke
I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said… — Ralph Ellison

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