Possession Quotes - Page 8

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it.

O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions Time!

The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in an individual, the possession of no other qualities can possibly atone.

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.

Nothing on this planet is permanent, and this is why I believe there can be no such thing as possession.

Care that is once enter'd into the breast Will have the whole possession ere it rest.

Clutter is what happens to things when they become useless but friendly.

Possessions only provide temporary happiness.

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me.

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.

Some possessions are like old friends, and you never want to abandon an old friend.

When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf - 'cause I'd alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.

I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession.

Environment grinds us, forces us to adjust, and--consciously or not--kills our most precious possession: that something which enables us to speak with ourselves and with God.

She will remain sane and she will live as she was meant to live, richly and deeply, among others of her kind, in full possession and command of her gifts.

God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you.

A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness.

We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things.

As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.

Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.