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Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.
— Millard Fillmore
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.
— Samuel Willard
Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,Possessed by what we now no more possessed. — Robert Frost
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.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The grief of childhood is terrible while it lasts, it is so abandoned and so all-possessing.
— Gertrude Atherton
having nothing and possessing all things,
— San Juan De La Cruz
Can a man possessing conciousness ever really respect himself?
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
I have learned to find happiness not by possessing wealth and splendor but by giving it away for mankind.
— Debasish Mridha
Nicholas wondered briefly if it was his destiny to be surrounded by women possessing varying degrees of murderous intent.
— Alexandra Bracken
... perhaps vulgarity is the price one pays for possessing no civilisation of one's own.
— Robert Payne
Being a good leader does not require you possessing a fancy title, no more than possessing a fancy title makes you a good leader.
— Mark W. Boyer
Love is being, not belonging. Giving and receiving, not possessing.
— Isabel Vincent
Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead.
— Garrison Keillor
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
— Billy Graham
Knowledge is a unique kind of property, indeed: you can share it with others, while still possessing it.
— Eraldo Banovac
The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.
— William Ellery Channing
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
— Harold Pinter
And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to you glad. — John Greenleaf Whittier
The Present, the Present is all thou hastFor thy sure possessing;
Like the patriarch's angel hold it fast
Till it gives its blessing. — John Greenleaf Whittier
To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
— Philip Guston
I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
— J.G. Holland
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Vanity, vanity, nothing but vanity: the itch for naming things is almost as bad as the itch for possessing things.
— Edward Abbey
How can two living entities possessing intelligence and judgement ever be tied together for a lifetime?
— R.K. Narayan
To possess something is to lose it. To feel something without possessing it is to keep it, because in that way one extracts its essence.
— Fernando Pessoa
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.
— Boris Pasternak
Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord.
— Watchman Nee
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
— Napoleon Hill
Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.
— Martha Ostenso
Color exists in itself, possessing its own beauty.
— Henri Matisse
A man possessing power must act decisively, Ganoes Paran, else it would trickle away through his fingers.
— Steven Erikson
To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them.
— Jean-Francois Regnard
We cheat ourselves in order to enjoy a calm conscience without possessing virtue.
— Lambert Of Maastricht
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[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.
— Nicolas Chamfort
The principal factor promoting historically significant social change is contact with strangers possessing new and unfamiliar skills.
— Thomas L. Friedman
Who's possessing who now, Casper?
— Rick Riordan
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
— William Shakespeare
The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.
— Chris Matakas
Possessing material comforts in no way guarantees happiness. Only spiritual wealth can bring true true happiness.
— Konosuke Matsushita
Though free from all sense of possessing, they yet possess all things. Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
— A.W. Tozer
Destitute of the fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing fire, nothing else matters.
— Samuel Chadwick
Most are unaware of their tremendous worth and boundless potential, despite possessing both.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
One worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed - but after all, we were children.
— William Landay
Don't imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you.
— Oscar Wilde
Goodness is funny because it draws you to it while curiously possessing you with the untrammelled desire to turn it into something bad.
— Sophie Villalobos
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
— Otto Von Bismarck
The illusion of confidence is far more important than actually possessing the feeling.
— Aprilynne Pike
Any species possessing this kind of knowledge base is best left unannoyed.
— Peter F. Hamilton
True love is sacrifice. It is in giving, not in getting; in losing, not in gaining; in realizing, not in possessing, that we love!
— J.P. Vaswani
It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.
— Vida Dutton Scudder
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.
— George Gissing
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.
— Daisaku Ikeda
Death is another inevitable consequence of possessing something without its understanding
— Sunday Adelaja
I am alone in possessing a key to this barbarous sideshow.
— Arthur Rimbaud
I don't believe in monogamy, possessing people, the rightness or inevitability of jealousy.
— Kate Millett
Power, a paycheck and control do sick things to those who have the illusion of possessing it.
— Donna Lynn Hope
One sided-love always goes with the urge of possessing.
— Yu-Rang Han
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.
— Michael Moorcock
Art is a way of possessing destiny.
— Marvin Gaye
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
— Clara Schumann
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.
— Watchman Nee
Possessing faith is not convenient. You still have to live it.
— Francoise Mallet-Joris
Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated -
but in perpetually seeking it. — Paul Johnson
Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
— Desiderius Erasmus
He probably would've raised an eyebrow in that annoying/hot way he had, and made a dirty joke about Elodie possessing me.
— Rachel Hawkins
Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not knowing his in its entirety.
— Jorge Luis Borges
Less possessing-less possessed.More possessing-more possessed.
More possessed-less accessed.
Less possessed-more accessed. — Mikhail Naimy
Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases.
— John Wilbanks
What Martha Stewart-like demon of a Stepford wife is possessing me?
— Laurie Viera Rigler
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
— Placido Domingo
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!
— Friedrich Schiller
No one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed
— William Landay
Sophie's here, but Elodie's possessing her right now.""In that case, I'll wait out here," he said. — Rachel Hawkins
One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.
— Marshall McLuhan
Giving birth without possessing, animating without subjecting,
fostering without dominating. — Lao-Tzu
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
— Aristotle.
Any form of increase should be directed at possessing something
— Sunday Adelaja
