Best 320 quotes in «possession quotes» category

Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

She might be unarmed, but Rose Hathaway was in possession of many weapons.

She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession and command of her gifts.

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession.

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect.

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom.

the possession of power brings on madness.

the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius.

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.

The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is more generally accorded where it does not exist, nor more frequently disallowed where it prevails.

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable.

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.

The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible to me.

The use of riches is better than their possession.

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are.

The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?

Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.

Wealth is a responsibility and the sharing of it a way of life.

We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Who gives to friends so much from Fate secures, That is the only wealth for ever yours. [Lat., Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis; Quas dederis, selas semper habebis opes.]

Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.