Possesses Quotes

393 quotes by 325 authors

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to… — Teresa of Avila
It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it… — Charles Babbage
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the… — Balthus
Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the borders of the nations it… — John O. Brennan
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. — Andrew Carnegie
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no… — Jacob Bronowski
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Jonas Hallgrimsson
Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his clothes, in short,… — Primo Levi
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch. — Kemmons Wilson
In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous… — Edmund Burke
The enemy is still proud and powerful. He is hard to get at. He still possesses enormous armies, vast resources, and invaluable strategic territories...No one… — Winston Churchill
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself. — Jules Renard
A good mind possesses a kingdom. — Seneca the Younger
He who denies his own vanity usually possesses it in so brutal a form that he instinctively shuts his eyes to avoid the necessity of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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