T Quotes
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“the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius.”
“The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep us from acting out on our darkest impulses.”
“The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.”
Source: Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare
“The possessions of the rich are stolen property.”
“The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.”
“The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.”
Source: On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
“The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in this imperfect science, what we in fact covet in our way, is the alterable moment-the fragile but crystalline opportunity for one's know-how, ability, or just gut instinct to change the course of another's life for the better.”
Source: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
“The possibilities are endless, but it all starts with the conscious decision to continually learn and grow.”
“The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film.”
“The possibilities are endless when we allow ourselves to imagine new life in what others might discard.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big.”
“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
“The possibilities for immortality are endless. Here you sit reading these words, a butterfly resting on a flower!”
“The possibilities for mobilizing the experience, imaginations, and intelligence of workers, both employed and unemployed, are limitless.”
“The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack there is a defense.... The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Above all, he must have a will to win.”
“The possibilities in sci-fi are wonderful. The subject is bigger than everything we know.”
“The possibilities in the Milieu are amazing. You can jump off a cliff and if you fail to sprout wings and fall to your death, you can always try again. - The Malwatch”
“The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.”
Source: Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition
“The possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise.”
“The possibilities of life are endless...”
Source: Zendreo Chronicles The Legendary Zehn Mortalix
“The possibilities of life are indeed novel, and seemingly my life has crystallized itself in my body of work before death could dissipate it.”
“The possibilities of making new friends help to make life very fascinating”
Source: Anne of Avonlea
“The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized”
“The possibilities of pleasure seemed that morning so enormous and so various that to have only a moth's part in life, and a day moth's at that, appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full, pathetic. He flew vigorously to one corner of his compartment, and, after waiting there a second, flew across to the other. What remained for him but to fly to a third corner and then to a fourth? That was all he could do, in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far-off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea. What he could do he did.”
Source: Street Haunting
“The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God, for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“The possibilities of success are limitless, as long as you're willing to put the work in.”
“The possibilities of the art of combination are not infinite, but they tend to be frightful.”
“The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequences eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good, but instead leave all to chance.”
“The possibilities of today were once the impossibilities of yesterday. So, the impossibilities of today are the possibilities waiting to be unveiled”
“The possibilities seemed endless, which made it all the more exciting, since possibilities are so much more thrilling than certainties -- or so I've always thought.”
Source: The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
“The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.”
“The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. But stories all...”
Source: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King
“The possibilities. Is there any greater pain to know what could be, and yet be powerless to make it be?”
“The possibility exists that the Kochs will walk away with even more power if [Donalds] Trump's defeated.”
“The possibility for rich relationships exists all around you - you simply have to open your eyes, open your mouth and most importantly, open your heart.”
“The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.”
Source: The religious thought in Islam
“The possibility of a war under the current circumstances is not far-fetched and there is some evidence for that.”
“The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.”
“The possibility of anything happening amplified the feeling of freedom, not knowing what might happen next.”
“The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.”
“The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.”
“The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable.”
“The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.”
Source: Selected Writings
“The possibility of endangering Nevadans will never happen under my watch. I will do everything I can to protect the safety and welfare of our citizens.”
“The possibility of evil exists from the moment that a creature is made that can love and do good because it chooses and not because it is unable to do anything else. The actuality of evil exists from the moment that that choice is exercised in the wrong direction.”
“The possibility of failure does not prevent contestants from competing because when we are optimistic, we tend to ignore failure. But it is failure that teaches success. Success and failure are not simultaneous; one must take precedence.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“The possibility of impeachment's always there, but impeachment's a political thing, not legal, despite how it's structured. And it's not gonna happen unless there's a political will for it, and by that I mean political will among the people.”
“The possibility of incorrect results in the presence of unlucky timing is so important in concurrent programming that it has a name: a race condition. A race condition occurs when the correctness of a computation depends on the relative timing or interleaving of multiple threads by the runtime; in other words, when getting the right answer relies on lucky timing.”
Source: Java Concurrency in Practice
“The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.”
“The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.”