Possessions Quotes

495 quotes by 402 authors

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? — Natalie Clifford Barney
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing,… — Saint Basil
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions. — Ambrose Bierce
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them. — Sitting Bull
We are not the sum of our possessions. — George H. W. Bush
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. — Orson Scott Card
The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to… — Watchman Nee
To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without… — Laozi
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. — Joseph Brotherton
Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions. — John Cassian
Those of us who are in this world to educate-to care for-young children have a special calling: a calling that has very little to do… — Fred Rogers
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and… — Albert Einstein
It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. . . . Even the… — Coleman Dowell
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
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
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
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. — Alexander Smith
Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body — George Carlin

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