Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul. — Paulo Coelho
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. — Hippocrates
At the final day the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the… — Wernher von Braun
In conclusion, the submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things… — Neal A. Maxwell
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding up of oneself… — Neal A. Maxwell
Let us ask the Lord for the grace to take these things seriously. He came to fight for our salvation. He won against the devil!… — Pope Francis
Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and making us always… — Pope Francis
Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse to share what… — Pope Benedict XVI
Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the way of material… — Huey Newton
This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to… — Jose Mujica
Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. — Vera Brittain
It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association, and absolute free… — Peter Kropotkin
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If… — Peter Kropotkin
We find two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most corrupt ends --… — Friedrich Engels
The first act by virtue of which the State really constitutes itself the representative of the whole of societythe taking possession of the means of… — Friedrich Engels
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. — Fredrik Bajer
I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very… — Steve Wozniak
There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us… — Marcel Proust
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit. China and Russia imposed… — Andrew Weil
The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the… — Mortimer Adler
The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like… — Thomas Carlyle
These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid… — Pope Leo XIII
Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might… — Pope Leo XIII
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. — David O. McKay

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