Possession Quotes

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Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet during his life, he lives almost addicted to possessions... the… — Harun Yahya
On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living. — Unknown Author
Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing… — Warren Buffett
One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first… — Julia Gillard
While still sixteen I am put in charge of a class of forty children who are two, three or four years younger than I. I… — Hal Porter
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy… — Charles Brockden Brown
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives… — Bertrand Russell
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. — Unknown Author
How you handle or mishandle your money tells us who you are and, more important, it tells YOU who you are. Your priorities, passions, goals,… — Dave Ramsey
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. — Juvenal
What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry,… — Sylvia Ashton-Warner
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will… — Mahatma Gandhi
Of all the animal creations of God, main is the only animal who has been created in order that he may know his Maker. Man's… — Mahatma Gandhi
Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that… — John Bunyan
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort… — Unknown Author
The love of money as a possession-as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life-will be recognized… — John Maynard Keynes

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