Possessions Quotes

495 Possessions quotes by 392 unique authors

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
Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin. — John Cudahy
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
A clear stream, a long horizon, a forest wilderness and open sky - these are man's most ancient possessions. In a modern society, they are… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. — Peace Pilgrim
I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy. I had been… — Peace Pilgrim
We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more… — Frederick Lenz
All the big corporations depreciate their possessions, and you can, too, provided you use them for business purposes. For example, if you subscribe to the… — Dave Barry
There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy them. They're nouns… — Rob Bell
People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal… — Henri Nouwen
Hope is the most universal of human possessions. — Thales
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which… — Mahatma Gandhi
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. — Edward Gibbon
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. — Khalil Gibran
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. — Andre Gide
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. — Democritus
They that possess the prince possess the laws. — John Dryden
All my possessions for a moment of time. — Elizabeth I
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. — Epicurus

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