We Possess Quotes
121 We Possess quotes by 104 unique authors
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It is only when we possess ourselves that we can give ourselves to others. If what we possess feels wrong, bad, or wicked, then we…
— Jack Dominian
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Cultural diversity and cultural change are desirable and inevitable. We are cultural animals, someone without a culture is not human. But the cultures we possess…
— Martin Wolf
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Why do I write? I write because I have to, because it is all I know, because it is my truth, because I am compelled,…
— Patrick Califia
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
— J F C Fuller
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God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation. He acts by gentle solicitation and by…
— Howard W. Hunter
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Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we…
— Pope Francis
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No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that…
— John Calvin
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To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.
— John Woolman
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced.
— J C Ryle
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Not even the lichen of the tundra is at peace. All is struggle, all is war for dominance. Those who lose, vanish. -And we’re no…
— Steven Erikson
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We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are…
— Martin Van Creveld
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The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.
— Yohji Yamamoto
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What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but that the gift of the…
— Roland Allen
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If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings…
— Dan Buettner
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...This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This is where real…
— Sakyong Mipham
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They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount…
— John Stuart Mill
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If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
— Eugene Delacroix
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Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.
— Arthur Brisbane
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In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares,…
— John F. Kennedy
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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how…
— Zhuangzi
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