Possess Quotes
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Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting suspicion on this world. Jesus is the greatest friend of the earth-Jesus who again and again, in the original spirit of Judaism, proclaimed love for the soil and love for the land. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he said, "for they shall possess the earth."
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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
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It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
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We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
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We are always anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.
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We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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The best thing is to possess pleasures without being their slave; not to be devoid of pleasures.
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It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.
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Fundamentals are the most valuable tools a player can possess. Bunt the ball into the ground. Hit the cutoff man. Take the extra base. Learn the fundamentals.
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To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.
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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
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Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
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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.
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If we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.
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How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a lie - people claim they want to be free - everybody insists that freedom is what they want the most, the most sacred and precious thing a man can possess. But that's bullshit! People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their securityHow can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free?
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ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.
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Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
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To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.
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There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.
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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.
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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.
