“ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. ”
- Kahlil Gibran- Copy
- 2.1K
“ A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. ”
- Robert Oxton Bolton- Copy
- 371
“ A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon. ”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ”
- Peace Pilgrim- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter. ”
- Paul Klee- Copy
- 500
“ Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. ”
- Simone Weil- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Happiness is in the taste, and not in things themselves; we are happy a possessing what we like, not a possessing what others like. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 209
“ If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
- 304
“ If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. ”
- Kahlil Kibran- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Only people who possess firmness can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is usually only weakness that is readily converted into harshness. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
- 1.4K
“ There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. ”
- Billy Graham- Copy
- 102
“ There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. ”
- Napoleon Hill- Copy
- 595
“ To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self. ”
- Hamilton Wright Mabie- Copy
- 1.5K
“ While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions. ”
- Bill Owens- Copy
- 3.5K
“ What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we become jerks when we do? We've all been there — you want something, to possess it. By possessing something you lose it. You finally win the girl of your dreams, the first thing you do is change her… ”
- Jeff Melvoin- Copy
- 386
“ Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
- 4K
“ Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ”
- Henry Van Dyke- Copy
- 3.3K
“ If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
- 55
“ Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess. ”
- Heinrich Heine- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ”
- Lord Macaulay- Copy
- 1.3K
“ If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation. ”
- Anais Nin- Copy
- 2.6K
“ The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet. ”
- Anthony J. D’Angelo- Copy
- 1.3K
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