Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct… — Paulo Freire
In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the… — Ralph Miller
Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least… — Frank Lloyd Wright
The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do. — H. L. Mencken
A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. — George Santayana
Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own. — Samuel Smiles
Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared. — Henri Nouwen
As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people… — Richard M. Nixon
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives and… — Mary Kay Ash
The joy of Being, which is the only true happiness, cannot come to you through any form, possession, achievement, person, or event - through anything… — Eckhart Tolle
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or… — Helen Gahagan Douglas
Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one has the right… — Cesar Chavez
The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real… — Thomas Carlyle
In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. — Saul Bellow
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for… — Ambrose Bierce
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. — Alexander Smith
Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich. — Thomas Browne
Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body — George Carlin
Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. — Ben Jonson
Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In… — Dalai Lama
Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love. — Yanni
See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't fret and worry… — Robert Collier

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