Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession intact.… — Mary Webb
At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a… — Benny Carter
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour… — Thomas Clarkson
Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes;… — Samuel Alexander
They self-inflict punishment on their own broken lives, put their faith in their possessions, in their jobs, or their wives. — Bob Dylan
The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of… — Lord Kelvin
They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone. — Waylon Jennings
To a greater or lesser degree, the project of the self becomes translated into one of the possession of desired goods and the pursuit of… — Anthony Giddens
The world would have you believe that you are of worth only if you have money, a certain physical appearance, stylish clothes, or social position.… — Elaine L. Jack
I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession. — Nancy Grace
The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. — Townsend Harris
Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to… — Gautama Buddha
It ain't what you're driving or the clothes that you wear, material possessions won't matter up there. And someday in heaven, when the angels all… — Garth Brooks
Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security. — Neil Young
Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him… — Pope Francis
Clearly, what God wants above all is our will which we received as a free gift from God in creation and possess as though our… — Saint Joseph
You see, even though back then Barack was a senator and a presidential candidate, to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up… — Michelle Obama
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast… — Arthur Schopenhauer
And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. — Tycho Brahe
The Word says, ‘Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world’ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, ‘Beware of covetousness: for a… — David Wilkerson
Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them. — Dan Davis
We are made loveless by our possessions. — Elizabeth of Hungary
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. — Ted Kotcheff
Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust,… — Aberjhani
Every step in human progress, from the first feeble stirrings in the abyss of time, has been opposed by the great majority of men. Every… — H. L. Mencken

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