Possess Quotes

All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.

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.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

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.

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?

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.