#posses

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. ↗

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#constitutes #earnest #effort #forward #man

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#everywhere #expressed #find #idea #possessed

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#bill #bill gates #billions #college #companies

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#aroused #astonish #deep #dreamed #dwell

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#digestions #good #hard #hearts #men

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#conscious #expressing #generate #i #light

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#game #i #like #more #only

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#had #i #less #match #never

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. ↗

— Thales

#else #good #hope #men #nothing