They Possess Quotes
66 quotes by 56 authors
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Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than…
— Joseph Hall
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Actual philosophers... are commanders and law-givers: they say "thus it shall be!", it is they who determine the Wherefore and Whither of mankind, and they…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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... hitherto we have been permitted to seek beauty only in the morally good - a fact which sufficiently accounts for our having found so…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity,…
— Joseph Story
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the…
— Joseph Story
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The occultist is brought into intelligent communication with the spirits of the air, and can receive any knowledge which they possess, or any false impression…
— G. H. Pember
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Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
— John F. Kennedy
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When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others…
— Max Horkheimer
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Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none themselves.
— Glenn Reynolds
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It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess,…
— Christopher Columbus
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
— Pliny the Elder
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy…
— C. Wright Mills
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Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity…
— Laozi
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Keeping a slow hunch alive poses challenges on multiple scales. For starters, you have to preserve the hunch in your own memory, in the dense…
— Steven Johnson
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People have to be given the freedom to show the heart they possess. I think it’s a leader’s responsibility to provide that type of freedom.…
— Mike Krzyzewski
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The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear…
— Paul Carus
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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess of that precious nourishing…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they…
— John C. Maxwell
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I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess,…
— Augusta Savage
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Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.
— James Clerk Maxwell
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