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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

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own. — Banksy

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 ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes. — Rich Hall

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

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

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 hast
For 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

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

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

Oh, what a power is motherhood, possessing a potent spell. Love, Light, Blessings — Euripides

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

Possessing rare treasures brings about harmful behavior. — Lao-Tzu

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

[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

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth. — Horace

Greatness comes not in possessing security, but in withstanding insecurity. — Jeffrey Fry

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

Knowing who to love is more important than possessing love or avoiding hate. — Daniel Marques

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 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. — Michelangelo

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

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. — Clive Bell

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

Virginia is the place, where, technologically speaking, they will burn people at the stake for possessing such things as toasters. — Neil Gaiman

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

Possessing by letting go of things was a secret of ownership unknown to youth. — Yukio Mishima

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

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. — Albert Einstein

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. — Anne Ursu

One sided-love always goes with the urge of possessing. — Yu-Rang Han

I am obsessed with you, with possessing you and you fucking love it, it gets you off knowing that you have that over me, you have all the power. — Kitty Berry

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest. — Bob Ross

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

Possessing Christ and despising the church is an intolerable contradiction. We cannot have Christ without embracing the church. — R.C. Sproul

Basically what's happening is I'm pleading guilty to possessing and having plants and not guilty to the charges of supply. — Alan Cinis

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you. — Clara Schumann

Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity. — Steve Vai

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

Possessing a powerful worldwide brand is essential for sustained success. — Warren Buffett

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

No good ever came out of possessing a firearm in a Patsy Cline singing mood. — Brian McGreevy

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

Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others. — Mark Twain

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

Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark. — Philip Pullman