Possession Quotes · Page 29

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

— Peter M. Haas

“the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly

— Bertrand Russell

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

— John D. Rockefeller

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

— Juan Mata

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.

— Matthew Henry

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image.

— LeCrae

You want to raise your child in such a way that you don't have to control him, so that he will be…

— L. Ron Hubbard

And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle— Flint alongside her —poke him in the eye, Angelina —it was…

— Anonymous

Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of…

— Laozi

But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted…

— John James Audubon

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order…

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

— Saul Bellow

To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

— Anonymous

Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honoured, since there is often a…

— Charles Caleb Colton

He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we…

— Vikram Chandra

The best illustration I can give of his talent is that at Manchester United there was always a possession drill in training…

— Gary Neville

The love of money as a possession-as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of…

— John Maynard Keynes

Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for…

— Zhuangzi

TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . .…

— William Arthur Ward

Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only…

— Dorothy Day

We may, indeed, say that the hour of death is uncertain, but when we say this we think of that hour as…

— Marcel Proust

After the Second World War, facilitating the establishment of the UN and aiding the reconstruction of Europe, the United States was widely…

— Richard A. Falk

That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily…

— Samuel Johnson

ONLY in the release of the seen do you lay hold on the unseen, My little one. Heaven waits for those who…

— Frances J Roberts

Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.

— African Spir

Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.

— Khalil Gibran

“I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself.”

— Maya Angelou

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

— David Mamet

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

— Anonymous

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

— Ben Jonson

Murder is not about lust and it's not about violence. It's about possession.

— Ted Bundy

I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.

— Monique Wittig

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

— Marcel Proust

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

— Pearl S. Buck

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

We thought we left possession behind but truth is I was yours and you were mine

— Ani Difranco