Every possession matters, and everything goes down to the wire. — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Love more deeply and without the sense of what you love being your personal possession. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and… — Will Rogers Jr Copy Share Image
But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
A bloody and complete victory has sometimes yielded no more than the possession of the field and the loss of ten thousand… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The present is our own; but while we speak, We cease from its possession, and resign The stage we tread on, to… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
The knowledge and experience which produce wisdom can only become a man's individual possession and property by his own free action; and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Man is not merely the sum of his masks. Behind the shifting face of personality is a hard nugget of self, a… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Congress should definitely consider decriminalizing possession of marijuana... We should concentrate on prosecuting the rapists and burglars who are a menace to… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The possession of a true testimony is the most valuable possession that one could have. It gives one knowledge, the hope and… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
He who seeks possessions for himself will never find them-until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
I possessed what is called the best of hearts -- a dangerous possession, as it is generally accompanied by the strongest passions,… — Lady Caroline Lamb Copy Share Image
“The bounded is loathed by its possessor. The same dull round even of a universe would soon become a mill with complicated… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
It is Enterprise which build and improves the world's possessions...If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I bought a Honda CRX Si, a two seater, and immediately after I took possession, my wife and I found out we… — Yannick Bisson Copy Share Image
The game of discontent has its rules, and he who disregards them cheats. It is not permitted to you to wish to… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character,… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
![“...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the future social revolution, the working class must first take possession of the organised political power of the state and by its aid crush the resistance of the capitalist…” quote by Friedrich Engels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/458/friedrich-engels-8301_aids_it-was-always-our-view-that-in-order-to_258810.jpg)
