We Possess Quotes
121 We Possess quotes by 104 unique authors
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Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil, and…
— Dalai Lama
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God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that,…
— Saint Basil
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The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource…
— Adam Braun
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The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking - and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of seaweed in their gas tanks,…
— Charles Krauthammer
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My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. We possess nothing certainly except the past.
— Evelyn Waugh
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
— Herbie Hancock
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To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a…
— Janet Jackson
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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
— John Lydon
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces…
— Frank Herbert
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Whatever we call it - mind, character, soul - we like to think we possess something that is greater than the sum of our neurons…
— Susanna Kaysen
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
— Simone Weil
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We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves.…
— Aldous Huxley
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We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
— Immanuel Kant
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These memories, which are my life--for we possess nothing certainly except the past--were always with me.
— Evelyn Waugh
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And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn?
— Ann Druyan
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Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any…
— Patrick Henry
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if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Our negative life situations are essential elements for us to fulfill our intended destiny. However, unless we possess the power of endurance to live through…
— Chin-Ning Chu
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human…
— Simon Pegg
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The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in…
— Josef Pieper
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