Quotes of: Possessions Keyword

There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets `things' with a deep and fierce passion. The pronouns `my' and `mine' look innocent enough in print, but their constant and u...

The Pursuit of God

Now I say that a heart that has no grace, and is not instructed in this mystery of contentment, knows of no way to get contentment, but to have his possessions raised up to his desires; but the Christian has another way to contentment, that is, he ca...

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Writers possess magic. It's in their words. They compose phrases as powerful as incantations, creating illusions in the minds of readers. These spells make eyes envision things that aren't real; they make hearts feel things that aren't actual. A writ...

Richelle E. Goodrich

I am amazed at the heart of man: It possesses the substance of wisdom as well as the opposites contrary to it ... for if hope arises in it, it is brought low by covetousness: and if covetousness is aroused in it, greed destroys it. If despair possess...

Ali

And who cares for imagination? Who does not think it a rather dangerous, senseless attribute, akin to weakness, perhaps partaking of frenzy - a disease rather than a gift of the mind? Probably all think it so but those who possess, or fancy they poss...

Charlotte Bronte

[Nathan] wasn't blindly obsessed with a possession. He wasn't crazy. He was a hero--a father who'd risked his life to rescue his son.

Courageous

I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.

The Demon's Covenant

Know this. If you're here to hurt my ship, or my crew, I will make sure you truly do know suffering.”

Demon Possession

His appearance projected danger and reinforced the common knowledge that one did not want to piss off a demon, especially this one.

Demon Possession

Space was a hostile environment that required a sharp and cunning mind over prestige any day. That, and a shit load of weapons.

Demon Possession

Depression is possessed by Gravity whereas A deep aspiration fueled by Will can defy any Gravity...

Destiny Re scripted

Gold is cold, and men who possess much of it are infected with its chill.

The Dying God & Other Stories

We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty.

A Death in Vienna

Spend your time designing the greatest reputation a man could possess.

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

Like a dog defeated in a frenzied circle by its own tail and slowing and realizing then that the tail it was after all along was already its possession

The Electric Michelangelo

Philippe to his mother "do stop chasing after a carriage that has a runaway mare.

Forbidden: A Prince's Most Coveted Possession

Dean, you've been to Hell, I started the Apocalypse, and we're supposed to be possessed by an archangel and the devil. Now you're being skeptical?

Heart of the Dragon

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

Michael Ramsey

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.

Jim Talent

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.

Geoffrey Rush

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