Possess Quotes

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.

Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.