Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are far… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Self-possession is the backbone of authority. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to… — Dale Rex Coman
Mary adored Jesus as the Bridegroom of souls. Union is the final purpose of love. Jesus by the gift of His substance in the Eucharist… — Peter Julian Eymard
Listing What You Have: Internalize the attitude that regardless of how many things you do not have, you can still be happy and grateful if… — Zelig Pliskin
The universe defies you to answer the following questions: What good is a high paying career if it leaves you continually stressed out and miserable?… — Ernie J Zelinski
It's a law of life: the tyranny of things. — Randy Alcorn
The currency of this world will be worthless at our death or at Christ's return, both of which are imminent. — Randy Alcorn
Our present stress on growth and productivity is, I believe, intimately related to the decline in rootedness. Faced with loneliness and vulnerability that come with… — Paul L Wachtel
Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about… — James Hunter
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will… — John of the Cross
...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never truly… — Brian D. McLaren
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to… — Samuel Johnson
Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of… — Samuel Johnson
That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man,… — Samuel Johnson
If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had nowhere… — Marva Dawn
Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly to create the… — Marva Dawn
Side by side with the miseries of underdevelopment...we find ourselves up against a form of superdevelopment, equally inadmissable. This superdevelopment consists in an excessive availability… — Pope John Paul II
The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat, the price of… — Brennan Manning
The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never… — William Gurnall
There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants. — E. Stanley Jones
There is, indeed, a most dangerous passage in the history of a democratic people. When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more… — Alexis de Tocqueville
This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but… — Rick Warren
Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there… — Ambrose
Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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