A Quote by William Landay
no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed
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No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay it on your hot cheek, Let it hide your tear. Hold it like a crystal When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.
No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.
I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end.
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.
Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
Consistency: It's the jewel worth wearing; It's the anchor worth weighing; It's the thread worth weaving; It's a battle worth winning.
... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education.... The three R's, a littlemusic and a good deal of dancing, a first rate dress-maker and a bottle of magnolia balm, are quite enough generally to render charming any woman possessed of tact and the capacity for worshipping masculinity.
I think I'm very focused and am quite a good multitasker, and I'm quite driven in knowing what my responsibilities are to my family and knowing what I've got to do to do that.
It is worth it to serve the Lord, young people. It is worth it, it is worth it, it is worth it a million times.
Anything worth knowing is already known and must be remembered and reclaimed by the soul.
If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.
If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living
The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.
If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.
Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we've had together!
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