#posses

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#loss #much #possession #riches #their

All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished. ↗

— George Grey

#chance #chief #concerned #consists #little

In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#denies #fantasies #far #fill #flock

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing. ↗

— Philip Guston

#picturing #possessing #rather #than

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#become #defending #good #infantry #lost

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. ↗

— Arsenio Hall

#actor #confident #every #every time #hit

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#away #demands #feat #life #only

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#exhibit #machines #possess #thing #wisdom

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession. ↗

— Julie Harris

#everyone #football #i #know #much

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

— Paul Harris

#possession #religion #right