Authority Quote by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

A man is a beggar who only lives to the useful, and, however he may serve as a pin or rivet in the social…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

— George D. Prentice

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.

— Anonymous

There's nothing wrong with a little self-possession, there's beauty in taking time for yourself just because you feel like it, and there's nothing wrong…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

The greatest possession is self-possession.

— Ethel Watts Mumford

One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who…

— Laozi

“In so doing, I resisted the descent into what the school counselors called low self-esteem. Self-esteem is the dark, distorted shadow of self-possession. Self-esteem…

— Karen Swallow Prior

“The progress of her aging seemed to occur in fits and starts, not so much a matter of physical growth as a deepening self-possession,…

— Justin Cronin

In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a…

— William Butler Yeats

“You gave me your promise," was the reply, spoken with the same immovable self-possession. "You must write for me, or break your word.”

— Wilkie Collins

self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions.

— Vivian Gornick

“Renee's self-possession, her ability to possess other selves, is a measure of the weakness of her husband, his inability to stop his own self…

— Greil Marcus