Possessor Quotes

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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to… — Anne Bronte
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. — Andrew Carnegie
The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings… — Chanakya
It [Justice] is complete virtue in the fullest sense, because it is the active exercise of complete virtue; and it is complete because its possessor… — Aristotle
It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct… — John Maynard Keynes
Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being… — Benjamin Franklin
Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's… — Herman Melville
The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. — George Davis Herron
We are so vain as to set the highest value upon those things to which nature has assigned the lowest place. What can be more… — Seneca the Younger
For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not… — Plato
When earth life is over and things appear in their true perspective, we shall more clearly see and realize what the Lord and his prophets… — Marion G. Romney
I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any… — Max Born
If truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive. — Ravi Zacharias
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… — Simon Newcomb
Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor. — George Washington
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they… — Carl von Clausewitz
Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost… — Henry David Thoreau
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses… — P T Barnum

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