Possession Quotes - Page 3

Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses, we shall find all its properties and adjuncts will herd under this short definition: that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.

Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world.

For you have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well.

He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.

Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were only able to take along the things they loved the most. Well, of course, a musician would take along her instrument. But then they would take these precious possessions away from the prisoners once they arrived. All these things were kept in a part of the camp the prisoners called "Canada." It was like a giant warehouse.

A possession can't make you happy.

Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness.

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession.

No possession is gratifying without a companion.