Possession Quotes

1254 Possession quotes by 873 unique authors

I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on… — Jimmy Carter
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off… — William James
For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why, then… — William Shakespeare
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. — Dale Carnegie
She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a… — Louisa May Alcott
Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there… — Harlan Coben
He saw that no one owned anything really. It's all rented, or borrowed. Our possessions will outlast us, we'll desert them in the end. — Ian Mcewan
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you… — Paramahansa Yogananda
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. — Georgette Heyer
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson
Marriage...is the union of two people of different sexes with a view to the mutual possession of each other's sexual attributes for the duration of… — Immanuel Kant
O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not… — Henry David Thoreau
Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry… — Arthur Conan Doyle
For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I felt… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch… — Elizabeth I
Maybe the life I think I'm living is a paranoid delusion...Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money. I… — Margaret Atwood
The thing about new things is you feel new when you buy them, you feel as though you are somebody different because you own something… — Donald Miller
We believe we will be made whole by our accomplishments, our possessions, or our social status. It's written in the fabric of our DNA that… — Donald Miller
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. — J. G. Holland
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be… — Wendell Berry
Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed? — Jim Butcher
A certain type of man, when he loves for the first time, his love is not really love, it is possession. Possessions don't have rights… — Laurell K. Hamilton
He’d never be able to touch her, and as passionate as she was, she would eventually need a man who could. He’d never had to… — Gena Showalter
What you have learned from experience is worth much more than gold. If you have a house it may burn down. Any kind of possession… — Somaly Mam

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