Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight which was ours… — Gregory Palamas
Traveling makes you realize what an immeasurably nice place much of America could be if only people possessed the same instinct for preservation as they… — Bill Bryson
Your enlightenment depends on the company you keep. You do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed it and tried… — Woodrow Wilson
The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea. — Bill Drayton
I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman. What a difference it would have made! I wish I'd known… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel… — Brian Tracy
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for… — Rene Descartes
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is… — Henry David Thoreau
Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for… — Hippocrates
There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in any… — Thomas Paine
The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain… — Koichi Tanaka
Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and… — James Wolfe
Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced… — Audrey Meadows
You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static… — Tony Robbins
The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and occupation. Love is… — Eve Ensler
Everything possessed the power to transform itself, or else, and what meant more, to be transformed. — Wallace Stevens
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… — Plutarch
I say that the power of vision extends through the visual rays to the surface of non-transparent bodies, while the power possessed by these bodies… — Leonardo da Vinci
Everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite. — David O. McKay
The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. — Lionel Trilling
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from… — William Graham Sumner
It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if the… — Charles Spurgeon
Mother Dolores Hart's prose is a reflection of the inner beauty she has always possessed. A fascinating read... and read again! — Robert Evans
The mineral kingdom consists of the fossil substances found in the earth. These are either entirely destitute of organic structure, or, having once possessed it,… — Torbern Bergman

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