I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence… — Abraham J. Twerski Copy Share Image
I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I… — Augusta Savage Copy Share Image
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Can one be a follower of Jesus Christ... have countries attacked. The lives, reputations and possessions of people destroyed and on the… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Hear me, people: We have now to deal with another race- small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop and for once our gangly starting center boxes out… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
It is also possible for the unconscious or an archetype to take complete possession of a man and to determine his fate… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“It is almost an unbearable pain, to suddenly recognize the value of what you had being ignorant of which had been your… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
But it is not the rich person only who is under the domination of things; they too are slaves who, having no… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“The grasping mind holds on to everything – beliefs, people, possessions – so that it seems as though there is hardly any… — Gyalwa Dokhampa Copy Share Image
The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and… — George Soros 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
In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have… — Mary Ritter Beard 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
There are no circumstances imaginable, not even victory, under which the proletariat should give up its possession of arms. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
He saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Society is best served when the means of production are in the possession of those who know how to use them best. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth but the search for truth. ... Philosophy means to be on… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to… — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good… — Brigham Young 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
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
