Possessions Quotes

495 quotes by 392 authors

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to… — Jose Mujica
These most crafty enemies [the devils] have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid… — Pope Leo XIII
Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might… — Pope Leo XIII
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon
Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the… — Jim Elliot
A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the enjoyment of liberty.… — Edward Gibbon
Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions. — Duane Elgin
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions — Brad Stevens
Some things are up to us [eph' hÃªmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses,… — Epictetus
Genuine mental health would involve a balanced interplay of both modes of experience, a way of life in which one's identification with the ego is… — Fritjof Capra
And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one… — Tycho Brahe
All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience. — Hosea Ballou
Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences… — Charles de Lint
People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. They come readily to define themselves as inherently worthy… — C. Wright Mills
Consider the cost when Christians ignore Jesus commands to sell their possessions and give to the poor and instead choose to spend their resources on… — David Platt
There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is… — A J Muste
Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
The hope that God has provided for you is not merely a wish. Neither is it dependent on other people, possessions, or circumstances for its… — John C. Broger
No man can lose what he never had. — Izaak Walton
Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own. — Fulton J. Sheen

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