Possessions Quotes

495 Possessions quotes by 392 unique authors

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment… — John Woolman
None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better.... I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything,… — Lenny Kravitz
I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be… — Nan Fairbrother
One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that having… — Tenzin Palmo
So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your… — Nirmala Srivastava
Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around… — Robert Reich
Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love. — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. — Friedrich Schiller
We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I felt I was owned by possessions. — Nicolas Berggruen
When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs. — Valeria Golino
I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who… — Sugar Ray Leonard
When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate or climb to… — Martin Parr
There were a lot of negatives, of course, but there were positives to living a life unfettered by possessions. It gave us the chance to… — Jan Koum
I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I… — Nicholas Haslam
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the… — Orson F. Whitney
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. — Hamish Bowles
At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Love is more important than material possessions. — Thomas F. Wilson

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