Best 320 quotes in «possession quotes» category

One of the main point of contention is whether or not Keith Scott was in possession of a gun. We still don`t know. Police say he did have a gun. The gun was recovered.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.

O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions Time!

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances

Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.

Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.

Possessions only provide temporary happiness.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

Possessions, for the terminally frightened, bring peace of mind.

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

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

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.

Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others.

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

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

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

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

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

the possession of power brings on madness.

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.

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 pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.

The use of riches is better than their possession.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

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