Possession Quotes

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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and… — Albert Einstein
The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Prayer is the one prime, eternal condition by which the Father is pledged to put the Son in possession of the world. Christ prays through… — Edward McKendree Bounds
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if… — Martin Delany
It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. . . . Even the… — Coleman Dowell
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the… — Sun Tzu
The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that… — Niccolo Machiavelli
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must be made to… — Unknown Author
There is no joy in possession without sharing. — Desiderius Erasmus
The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct… — Paulo Freire
In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the… — Ralph Miller
Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least… — Frank Lloyd Wright
The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do. — H. L. Mencken
A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. — George Santayana
Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own. — Samuel Smiles
Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared. — Henri Nouwen
As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people… — Richard M. Nixon
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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