The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained.
Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are.
We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons.
The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.
How can one come to possess great faith? Now listen, here is the answer to that: First, the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. Faith must grow by soil, moisture, and exercise.
Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.
You can only possess what you experience. Truth to be understood must be lived.
It is a grand old name, that of gentleman, and has been recognized as a rank and power in all stages of society. To possess this character is a dignity of itself, commanding the instinctive homage of every generous mind, and those who will not bow to titular rank will yet do homage to the gentleman. His qualities depend not upon fashion or manners, but upon moral worth; not on personal possessions, but on personal qualities.
Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.
Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values and common ideals; who celebrate individual excellence but also share a recognition that together, we can accomplish great and wonderful things we can't accomplish alone.
Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.
Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.
You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.
Courage is not an ability one either possess or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the consequences are unknown or possibly adverse. We are capable of courageous behavior provided we are willing to engage in it. Given that life offers few guarantees, all living requires risk-taking.
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache.
(After death. ) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they desire is continuation of what they had in life no matter how misguided or degraded. . . Will those people ever progress, even with our help?
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced.
I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like conscience.
It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.
The photographer must possess and preserve the receptive faculties of a child who looks at the world for the first time.