Possesses Quotes

393 Possesses quotes by 305 unique authors

Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation. — Abraham Lincoln
Had you restrained your love, you would be free of sorrow. The greater the love, while one possesses it, the greater the sorrow when one… — Unknown Author
The responsibility which rests upon man is proportional to the ability which he possesses and the opportunity which he faces. Perhaps that responsibility is no… — Unknown Author
Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning… — Roger Caras
What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite… — Victor Hugo
You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses… — Michelangelo
The earth in its rapid motion round the sun possesses a degree of living force so vast that, if turned into the equivalent of heat,… — James Prescott Joule
The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses. — Unknown Author
If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you. — Frank Sinatra
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good… — Scott Pelley
Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive. This special ability… — Branford Marsalis
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text… — Douglas Groothuis
What sort of power is it that really and truly renders the deity present? Human beings automatically think of God as someone who possesses and… — Jon Sobrino
A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities. — Nuno Oliveira
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and… — William James
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the… — Abdul Kalam
The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become indistinguishable),… — Unknown Author
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. — Madame de Stael
If NATURE has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an… — Thomas Jefferson
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises… — Plato
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting. — Albert Einstein
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will… — Baron de Montesquieu

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