Top 25 Possession Quotes of 216

A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.

A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.

Mind, Possession

"The Gathas". Book by Zoroaster. Translation by Dinshaw Jamshedji Irani, in K. D. Irani, Rabindranath Tagore, p.96, Yasna 43, 15, www.zarathushtra.com. 1999.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

John Locke

Discipline, Self Discipline, Possession

You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.

Francis of Assisi

Attitude, Giving, Possession

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Jackie Robinson

Treasure, Dignity, Possession

Jackie Robinson, Alfred Duckett (2013). “I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson”, p.33, Harper Collins

Germany must have her place in the sun.

Wilhelm II

Germany, Sun, Possession

What a child digs for becomes his own possession.

Charlotte Mason

Children, Possession

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematics, Mathematical, Possession

Letter to Farkas Bolyai, September 02, 1808.

The wonderful things in life are the things you do, not the things you have.

Reinhold Messner

Life, Wonderful, Possession

We are made loveless by our possessions.

Elizabeth of Hungary

Loveless, Made, Possession

Hope is the most universal of human possessions.

Thales

Possession, Humans, Universal

The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God.

Gregory of Nazianzus

Beautiful, Firsts, Possession

The sunset glow of self-possession.

Nicolas Chamfort

Sunset, Self, Possession

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.

Peter Damian

Christian, Fighting, Possession

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Rich, Stolen, Prized Possessions

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

Daniel Webster

Communication, Taken, Possession

It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them

Walter Hilton

Easier, Renounce, Possession

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.

George Carlin

Paradox, Possession, Values

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.

Isocrates

Possession

"Dictionary of Quotations (Classical)" edited by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, (p. 495), 1906.

Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession.

Benjamin Franklin

Love, Cures, Possession

Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.42, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then the invisible will take possession of him; through him, it will reach us.

Peter Brook

Music, Invisible, Possession

Peter Brook (1996). “The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate”, p.42, Simon and Schuster