Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past. — James Montgomery Copy Share Image
Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life. — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
Nothing on this planet is permanent, and this is why I believe there can be no such thing as possession. — Sebastien Foucan Copy Share Image
Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
My most treasured possessions are not things; they are only things, my friends, family and animals are what counts. — John the Apostle Copy Share Image
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest… — Confucius Copy Share Image
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In college football brad, you know, when you make a first down, first downs that you have possession of aren't really that… — Bob Griese Copy Share Image
If intelligence and capability are not criteria for the possession of rights, why would animals -who have the capacity to feel fear… — Jack Norris Copy Share Image
People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain… — Nido R Qubein Copy Share Image
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
No, I most certainly do not think advertising people are wonderful. I think they are horrible, and the worst menace to mankind,… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Prayer is the one prime, eternal condition by which the Father is pledged to put the Son in possession of the world.… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“Do I believe in demonic possession? My thinking is more aligned with 'demonization' in the context of Christianity & Spirit-filled believers, whereas… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“He had been violently confused by her real presence in the opposite inaccessible corner. For months he had been possessed by the… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
After a while, being so honest and so vulnerable on the page ends up affecting my own kind of self possession in… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
This is not just a simple story of "money can't buy happiness." Or maybe that's just what it is. And if it… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
If my sense of security lies in my reputation or in the things I have, my life will be in a constant… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. — John Bright Copy Share Image
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
“Creative people neither like to be possessive nor like to be possessed.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent. — Garson Kanin Copy Share Image
