Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but the fewness of my wants.” — Joseph Brotherton Copy Share Image
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession. — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession. — Confucius Copy Share Image
...we feel that our honor and safety require that Ft. Sumter should be in our possession at the very earliest moment. — Francis Wilkinson Pickens Copy Share Image
It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. — John Cudahy Copy Share Image
In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
There are no circumstances imaginable, not even victory, under which the proletariat should give up its possession of arms. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
If you can't afford a half hour three or four times a week taking care of the most priceless possession, your body,… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
...we must all offer up a hymn of praise to the God... who is 'Lord of lords' (Deut. 10:17, Ps. 136:1, I… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
If this labourer were in possession of his own means of production, and was satisfied to live as a labourer, he need… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Those of us who are in this world to educate-to care for-young children have a special calling: a calling that has very… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm… — Henry Waxman Copy Share Image
We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. When I was young I longed to write a great… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
Virtue and vice suppose the freedom to choose between good and evil; but what can be the morals of a woman who… — Flora Tristan Copy Share Image
The help of God does not come to us when we are indifferent. It comes to the man who is depending on… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?' MR. CELINE: 'I am… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact...… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
How can we recognize if we're falling into materialism's trap? Christ's words were direct and profound: "Where your treasure is, there your… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Auntie Phyl's last months in the care home were extra pieces. Age is unnecessary. Some of us, like my mother, are fortunate… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
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