“ The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
- 2.3K
“ A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
- 415
“ In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at. ”
- Christian Nestell Bovee- Copy
- 1K
“ Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to a new power as a benefactor. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.6K
“ If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail. ”
- Fran Lebowitz- Copy
- 148
“ It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
- 1.5K
“ A lot of those owners have had one or more problems. Sometimes we didn't know exactly how to fix it. ”
- Jerry Reynolds- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 907
“ A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view. ”
- Robert Frost- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 713
“ Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ”
- Don Marquis- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Money has little value to its possessor unless it also has value to others. ”
- Deland Stanford- Copy
- 794
“ Riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. ”
- Andrew Carnegie- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The great majority of successful business men and women have been and are possessors of strong personalities of the right sort, and by analyzing their climb to success it is amazing to discover how large a part good manners, good breeding, and correct behavior have had in helping them to win the goal. ”
- Ida White Parker- Copy
- 2.9K
“ We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves. Persons who are secure with a transcendental system of values and a deep sense of moral duties are possessors of values which no man and no catastrophe can take from them. ”
- Francis J. Braceland- Copy
- 2.9K
“ In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owner's mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. ”
- Ben Hecht- Copy
- 1.1K
“ The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a privileged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 4K
“ There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice… ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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