Possessions Quotes

495 Possessions quotes by 392 unique authors

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor — Julie Garwood
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities,… — Eckhart Tolle
The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free. — Chuck Palahniuk
It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of… — Charles Alexander Eastman
Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character. — William Arthur Ward
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the… — Anais Nin
It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges… — David Platt
Love is a state of being, and in that state, the 'me', with its identifications, anxieties, and possessions is absent. Love cannot be, as long… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I do not want to be admired. I want to give, to be given, and solitude in which to unfold my possessions. — Virginia Woolf
We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship. — Anthony Horowitz
Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children. — Billy Graham
The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health to illness or… — Neil Armstrong
We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff… — Alain de Botton
You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of un-manufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It… — Arnold Bennett
I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean… — Sheryl Crow
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will… — Mark Twain
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. — Seneca the Younger
In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved. — John of the Cross

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