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title: "10 Life Possess Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Life Possess quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Life Possess sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Life is more than we get and possess. It is a mystery!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-vivencio-ballano/life-is-more-than-we-get-and-possess-it-is-a-mystery/)

[Dr. Vivencio Ballano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-vivencio-ballano/)

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> [These memories, which are my life--for we possess nothing certainly except the past--were always with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/these-memories-which-are-my-life-for-we-possess-nothing-certainly/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/the-goal-of-life-is-not-to-possess-power-but-to-radiate-it/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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> [The basis of success is not what you have nor who you are. It is what you have become and how great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myron-sta-ana/the-basis-of-success-is-not-what-you-have-nor-who-you-are-it-is-what/)

[Myron Sta Ana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myron-sta-ana/)

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> [Eternal life is not a peculiar feeling inside! It is not your ultimate destination, to which you will go when you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-ian-thomas/eternal-life-is-not-a-peculiar-feeling-inside-it-is-not-your-ultimate/)

[W. Ian Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-ian-thomas/)

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> [“Most people who possess life, in reality, do not quite understand that they possess life only because they possess time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/most-people-who-possess-life-in-reality-do-not-quite-understand-that/)

[Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/)

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> [“Wisdom of life Life is not about "How much one possess to lead a happy life", it is about "With how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venugopala-c-v/wisdom-of-life-life-is-not-about-how-much-one-possess-to-lead-a-happy/)

[Venugopala C.V](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/venugopala-c-v/)

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> [We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/we-do-ourselves-and-others-a-disservice-when-we-make-old-age-2/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

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> [O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything but thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/o-christ-my-life-possess-me-utterly-take-me-and-make-a-little-christ/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

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> [Many expressions that are in common usage, and sometimes the structure of language itself, reveal the fact that people don't know who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/many-expressions-that-are-in-common-usage-and-sometimes-the-structure/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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