Possessions Quotes

495 Possessions quotes by 392 unique authors

This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but… — Rick Warren
Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May… — Plato
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions. — Sydney J. Harris
Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in… — Eric Hoffer
All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever… — Mark Twain
The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends… — Edmund Burke
I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it. — Joan Didion
People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging. — Sherwood Anderson
In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. — Tim Ferriss
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

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