What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

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.

Treasure your relationships not your possessions.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm he's cool he's self-possessed. In many ways he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy often undisciplined emotionalism.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

On the other hand the American public possesses a great resilience and strength and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.

The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music for me is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing.

This life is a hospital in which every patient is possessed with a desire to change his bed.

I worked for this company that repossessed cars. Sure enough the day after I quit they repossessed my car but that would probably be my strangest job to date. You have to work your way up to become a hardcore repo man.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

I think Whitman more than any other poet possessed the gift of revealing to others the beauty of everything around us the beauty of nature the beauty of human beings.

Instead it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.