Possessed Quotes

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.

The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach.

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.