Possess Quotes

I have before me a newspaper slip on which a writer expresses the opinion that no one should be allowed to possess more than one million dollars' worth of property.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

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 liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.

It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not.

To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.