Stephen Covey

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

American Educator

Maya Angelou

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.

American Poet

Louisa May Alcott

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

American Novelist

Eugene Delacroix

If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.

French Artist

Christopher Columbus

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Italian Explorer

Yoko Ono

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

American Artist

Samuel Johnson

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

English Writer

Charles Baudelaire

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

French Poet

Louis C. K.

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.

American Comedian

Dale Carnegie

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

American Writer

People often combine 'possess' with objects they are emotionally attached to, showing importance.

Emotional Objects

Using 'possess' can indicate something unique or rare that someone has, not just common ownership.

Exclusivity

Often used in formal situations like legal context to mean legal ownership or entitlement.

Legal Ownership

When discussing skills or qualities, 'possess' suggests they are inherent or well-established in a person.

Innate Qualities

Indicates potential for advancement due to the skills or qualities owned.

Advancement Implication

Used to describe someone under supernatural control, often involuntary and negative.

Supernatural Control

Culturally sensitive, as beliefs about possession can vary greatly around the world.

Cultural Superstitions

This use of 'possess' often carries a negative, frightening connotation.

Negative Connotation

 sleep paralysis regularly and it may be linked to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, many who experience an episode of sleep paralysis do so infrequently, perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you.

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 you realize two of the students have been cursed. At any time, one or both of them might lie, though they also might tell the truth. You know for sure that the curse didn't get you, but you don't know which students can't be trusted, and because the possessed students may lie only occasionally,

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 and looks back through time for hints of these hidden histories. She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we're on the track of a lost novelist,

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 to investigate the portion of climate change that is genuinely not well understood including climate sensitivity which will tell us how bad it will all be and how fast it will happen we need to swiftly replace fossil fuels with the clean energy technologies we do possess

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 But this means that protected information, whether copyrights, proprietary materials, or state secrets can also be represented as numbers, so possessing or publishing these numbers may be treated as a criminal offense.

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 is that you would think this woman would have excellent oral hygiene. Sadly -- this is what it said in the journal paper -- "She believed that she was possessed by demons and switched to mouthwash for her oral care."

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 seeks help from Kali monk to purge the spirit The Exorcist must first identify we'll try to find out who's possessing you okay he places feathers between Eric's toes in a belief that they will invoke the

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 and so there would be potentially a purpose for exporting a live egg, to be hatched elsewhere. In the UK, it's illegal to take or possess wild bird eggs. Sometimes whole clutches can be taken in one go,

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 called the cave of spirits a home for the dead and last hope for the possessed in the holy waters of the Ganges a man and his helpers prepare for an arduous task

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 spirits a home for the dead and last hope for the possessed in the holy waters of the Ganges a man and his helpers prepare for an arduous task

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