Quotes about Possessing

Possessing a powerful worldwide brand is essential for sustained success. Votes: 3

Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity. Votes: 3

Possessing faith is not convenient. You still have to live it. Votes: 3

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest. Votes: 3

Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes. Votes: 3

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth. Votes: 3

Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead. Votes: 3

Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed. Votes: 3

Possessing material comforts in no way guarantees happiness. Only spiritual wealth can bring true true happiness. Votes: 3

Possessing them physically as one would possess a potted plant, a painting, or a Porsche. Owning, as it were, this individual. Votes: 3

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal. Votes: 3

Possessing utility, commodities derive their exchangeable value from two sources: from their scarcity, and from the quantity of labour required to obtain them. Votes: 3

Possessing a correct interpretation of each individual doctrine is not sufficient; we must also learn to hold each doctrine in harmony with the others. Votes: 3

La possession de ce qu'on aime est une joie plus grande encore que l'amour. Possessing what one loves is an even greater joy than love itself. Votes: 3

Possessing an array of athletic gifts is something most tennis players can only dream about. Most players, if they're lucky, have one attribute that stands out -- either a monster serve, great footspeed, superb touch, superior timing or innate feel for the ball. Votes: 3

No one worth possessing can be quite possessed. Votes: 1

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. Votes: 1

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing. Votes: 1

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. Votes: 1

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. Votes: 1

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you. Votes: 1

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. Votes: 1

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety. Votes: 1

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate. Votes: 1

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. Votes: 1

The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our actions. Votes: 1

Some of my earliest work was in comics. I tend to think in pictures and always like to write scenes possessing the dynamic you find in comics. Votes: 1

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself. Votes: 1

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. Votes: 1

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. Votes: 1

Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its head around. Do we even need record companies any more? Votes: 1

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. Votes: 1

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. Votes: 1

For a photographer, sharks are a stirring subject, possessing a perfect blend of grace and power. They have been sculpted by evolution and are ideally suited for whichever ecosystem they inhabit, from coral reefs to the open ocean. Votes: 1

The individual can maintain himself in a society definitely organized only through possessing an equally definite mental and moral constitution. This is what the neuropath lacks. His state of disturbance causes him to be constantly taken by surprise by circumstances. Votes: 1

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Votes: 1

After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted the civil rights and liberties of blacks. Central to the enforcement of these laws were the stiff penalties for blacks possessing firearms. Votes: 1

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy. Votes: 1

There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons. Votes: 1

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now. Votes: 1

Art is a way of possessing destiny. Votes: 0

Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ. Votes: 0

Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty. Votes: 0

Can a man possessing conciousness ever really respect himself? Votes: 0

It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. Votes: 0

I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow. Votes: 0

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own. Votes: 0

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. Votes: 0

Less possessing-less possessed. More possessing-more possessed. More possessed-less accessed. Less possessed-more accessed. Votes: 0

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit Votes: 0

To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them. Votes: 0

I don't believe in monogamy, possessing people, the rightness or inevitability of jealousy. Votes: 0

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims. Votes: 0

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. Votes: 0

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings Votes: 0

We cheat ourselves in order to enjoy a calm conscience without possessing virtue. Votes: 0

The joy is not in experiencing a scarce commodity but in possessing it. Votes: 0

The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing. Votes: 0

Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others. Votes: 0

Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters. Votes: 0

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Votes: 0

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself. Votes: 0

The grief of childhood is terrible while it lasts, it is so abandoned and so all-possessing. Votes: 0

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth. Votes: 0

Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind possessing and caressing m Votes: 0

no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed Votes: 0

Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing. Votes: 0

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference. Votes: 0

Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it. Votes: 0

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues. Votes: 0

Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases. Votes: 0

We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. Votes: 0

The only ideals allowed are healthy ones - those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing. Votes: 0

Don't imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you. Votes: 0

[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately. Votes: 0

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. Votes: 0

Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord. Votes: 0

Virginia is the place, where, technologically speaking, they will burn people at the stake for possessing such things as toasters. Votes: 0

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor. Votes: 0

Basically what's happening is I'm pleading guilty to possessing and having plants and not guilty to the charges of supply. Votes: 0

I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing. Votes: 0

PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it. Votes: 0

[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed. Votes: 0

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then. Votes: 0

Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue. Votes: 0

There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess. Votes: 0

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other. Votes: 0

Goodness is funny because it draws you to it while curiously possessing you with the untrammelled desire to turn it into something bad. Votes: 0

And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad. Votes: 0

We are eating, using up, and possessing more than we should. That is why a large portion of the human population is hungry. Votes: 0

Being a good leader does not require you possessing a fancy title, no more than possessing a fancy title makes you a good leader. Votes: 0

Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life. Votes: 0

He, that noble prize possessing He that boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too! Votes: 0

The Present, the Present is all thou hast For thy sure possessing; Like the patriarch's angel hold it fast Till it gives its blessing. Votes: 0

This integrative action in virtue of which the nervous system unifies from separate organs an animal possessing solidarity, an individual, is the problem before us. Votes: 0

Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation. Votes: 0

There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless. Votes: 0

Someone who thinks of possessing a fountain made of a winged baby with water shooting out of its mouth must not have too many troubles. Votes: 0

Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter. Votes: 0

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like. Votes: 0

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends. Votes: 0

Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself. Votes: 0

... men, accustomed to think of men as possessing sex attributes and other things besides, are accustomed to think of women as having sex, and nothing else. Votes: 0

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war. Votes: 0

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration. Votes: 0

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration. Votes: 0

The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that makes us happy. Votes: 0

That man is out of reach of harm in this life, who is sure of possessing heaven in the next. This is the portion of every believer. Votes: 0

It will be impossible to put these principles into practice unless the non-owning workers through industry and thrift advance to the state of possessing some little property. Votes: 0

How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her? Votes: 0

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability. Votes: 0

Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology [Pilates]. Votes: 0

Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less. Votes: 0

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it. Votes: 0

Nations are less disposed to make revolutions in proportion as personal property is augmented and distributed among them, and as the number of those possessing it is increased. Votes: 0

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans? Votes: 0

One living daily in the Way carries their head low and their eyes high; reserved in speech and possessing a kind heart, they steadfastly continue in their training efforts. Votes: 0

It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. Votes: 0

Mandela stands alone in possessing all of the qualities of other great men, but has one quality which is transcendent... his ability to forgive and to place others above himself. Votes: 0

Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving, forever burdening ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations. Votes: 0

I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader. Votes: 0

In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing Votes: 0

You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure. Votes: 0

Renounce to the desire of possessing worldly things: this is the first step in the path of perfection; by mean of this absolute untie is how the passions can be fought. Votes: 0

The blessed ones who possess the Kingdom are they who have repudiated every external thing and have rooted from their hearts all sense of possessing. These are the poor in spirit. Votes: 0

Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscious of possessing a certain creative faculty. Votes: 0

Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives. Votes: 0

It is time to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol. It is time to end the arrests of so many people and the destruction of so many lives for possessing marijuana. Votes: 0

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be"”or to be indistinguishable from"”self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. Votes: 0

My mind is clear! Yay! This is so cool. I need to tell Chris. Oh, I wonder how hard the next phase will be. I can't wait to try possessing another gorilla." Votes: 0

Dubai,I think is a big bore - a city deliberately built to appeal to tourism, and only built for that purpose, and not possessing a valid culture or history of its own. Votes: 0

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country. Votes: 0

One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total. Votes: 0

Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information which is how I got a good job in journalism. Votes: 0

If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one.... Votes: 0

The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in an act of cognition, in seeing, in intuition, in contemplation. Votes: 0

Would any thing but a madman complain of uncertainty? Uncertainty and expectation are joys of life; security is an insipid thing; and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase. Votes: 0

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Votes: 0

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them. Votes: 0

When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind. Votes: 0

Perhaps Vanderbilt's most important role in the interest of our free society is to give the world educated men and women of character, possessing a fundamental integrity that affects both their thoughts and their actions. Votes: 0

Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable blessing, the responsibility awful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend. Votes: 0

Differences in reading ability between five-year olds and eight-year olds are caused primarily by the older children's possessing more knowledge, not by the differences in their memory capacities, reasoning abilities, or control of eye movements. Votes: 0