Quotes about Possess
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
— Psalm 83:12
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
— Isaiah 14:2
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
— Isaiah 14:21
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
— Amos 9:12
And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
— Obadiah 1:20
Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force. Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning. Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.
— Paulo Coelho
but yet I was bound in the wings of the temptation, and the wind would carry me away. I thought also of Saul, and of the evil spirit that did possess him: and did greatly fear that my condition was the same with that of his. 1 Sam. x.
— John Bunyan
Our destiny is determined, not by what we possess, but by what possess us.
— John Maxwell
To each one, the encounter with Jesus is unique, however it occurs. That no one possesses Jesus, or fully understands him, is why the movement toward Jesus can never be made alone.
— James Carroll
Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds only a borrowed light.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To yield is to be preserved whole.To be bent is to become straight.To be empty is to be full.To be worn out is to be renewed.To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.
— Lao Tzu
Rather do I fear to lose truth by this pretension to possess it already wholly.
— William James