Possession Quotes

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

There are existing laws relating to drunkenness, minors in possession, littering, etc. that can be enforced. At the same time, we wish to welcome civilized adults as visitors to our area by allowing for alcohol in designated camping areas that are clearly marked.

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory. It comprises what we know of the material world with reasonable certainty. . . . Thanks to science and technology, access to factual information of all kinds is rising exponentially.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We needed a game like this where we had to fight and try to win it possession by possession. We defended well and we played with a passion. We are still trying to figure out who we are as a team, but today we played a smart, controlled type of a game.

The way we want to play, possession is at a premium. When we don't have possession, there are going to be a lot of counterattacks and that's basically the way we've been giving up our goals all year.

The city of Harlingen has an ordinance. You can't have them in your possession; you can't discharge them. That's illegal. The police can confiscate them and issue citations up to $200.

Today they (the university) will threaten to pull your financial aid money if you are found in possession of marijuana. But getting an education should be a top priority. The president of Columbia University once said he didn't think anyone should be able to get a college education until they smoked marijuana at least once. I disagree; I think it should be at least twice.

I wouldn't say it's a slam-dunk, but we've found fish everywhere we've fished. We fished Possession Bar on Sunday morning and didn't get a legal fish, so we went over to Double Bluff and did OK. But I heard Possession did come on at the same time, on the low tide.

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.

We've just got to win Friday night to secure sole possession of first. We've already secured the No. 1 seed, but that's no good for me. I still want to win.

It's my own stupid fault, as usual. I was in possession of class C drugs, which is an offence, and I have no complaints about the police, who were professional throughout.