Possession Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Download Open image “Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Possession Strong Temptation Want
“Both were aware that wealth is a relative thing, and that the positively rich are not those who have the largest possessions but those… — Susan Ferrier Copy Share Image
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. — Sallust Copy Share Image
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The real wealth or worth of a person is a candid and collective opinion of his closest companions ab.. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty. — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
“They are fools that think that wealth or women or strong drink or even drugs can buy the most in effort out of the soul of a man. These things offer pale pleasures compared to that which is greatest of them all, that task which demands from him more than his utmost strength, that absorbs him, bone and sinew and… — Gordon R. Dickson Copy Share
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and… — Harsha Bhogle Copy Share Image
Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what… — Dave Willis Copy Share Image
The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees… — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My job is unbearable to me because it conflicts with my only desire and my only calling, which is literature. Since I am nothing… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
We are not perfectly free until we live in pure hope. For when our hope is pure, it no longer trusts exclusively in human… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
With a full century of contrary proof in our possession and despite our demonstrated capacity for cooperative teamwork, some among us seem to accept… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I put a lot of emphasis on how to treat people. The reason for this is simple. The real success of our personal lives… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
I was given a Roberts digital radio by my mum and dad. I think it's my favorite possession. — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
