Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books… — Abraham Cowley
People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging. — Sherwood Anderson
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint. — Frank Capra
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous — Unknown Author
The aesthetic serviceability of objects of beauty is not greatly nor universally heightened by possession. — Thorstein Veblen
Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with… — Alain de Botton
Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to the world than… — Alain de Botton
Beauty has nothing to do with possession. If possession and beauty must go together, then we are lost souls. A beautiful flower is not to… — Diana Vreeland
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. — Sidney Poitier
Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an easy view; place… — Owen Wilson
This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain: They who have nothing have little to fear,… — Madison Cawein
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. — Louis XVIII of France
In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. — Tim Ferriss
The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but… — Ernst Mayr
We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of… — Walther Rathenau
My hold on the past and the future is precarious and my possession of my own time is always postponed until a stage when I… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that… — Matthew McConaughey
We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise,… — Sara Jeannette Duncan
I cite a good example, say, of agriculture, .. In agriculture we need to move with speed to bring to full utilization the land that… — Gideon Gono
Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. — John Cudahy
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and… — Theodore Roosevelt
Demons frighten us because we set ourselves up to be frightened. We are overly attached to our reputations and possessions. When we love and desire… — Teresa Giudice
When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in… — Brigham Young
My knowledge is, if you will follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, every man and woman… — Brigham Young
How glorious and near to the angels is youth that is clean. This youth has joy unspeakable here and eternal happiness hereafter. Sexual purity is… — Harold B. Lee

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