Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you. Votes: 4
Charles KingsleyMusic is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. Votes: 3
John LennonEvery right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. Votes: 3
John D. RockefellerWho hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. Votes: 2
Ralph Waldo EmersonFor what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort. Votes: 2
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHappiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Votes: 2
DemocritusGentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. Votes: 2
Mahatma GandhiDesire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. Votes: 0
Marcel ProustSlander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareAn appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. Votes: 0
Tasha AlexanderPeace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired. Votes: 0
Maximus the ConfessorThere are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonPlayoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last. Votes: 0
Paul PierceAbundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit. Votes: 0
John SeldenThe most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity. Votes: 0
Jackie RobinsonThe completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment. Votes: 0
Boethiusself-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions. Votes: 0
Vivian GornickLove and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinKnowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. Votes: 0
Samuel SmilesBut when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. Votes: 0
Ted KotcheffDissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement. Votes: 0
John HopeMy most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. Votes: 0
Bill RussellSuccess - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardJoy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaFreedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. Votes: 0
David O. McKayLet your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully. Votes: 0
Bryant H. McGillFor a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. Votes: 0
George OrwellIf you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinAn aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate. Votes: 0
Robert Louis StevensonBuying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal. Votes: 0
Laura MillerAn object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. Votes: 0
Pliny the ElderFaith obliterates time, annihilates distance, and brings future things at once into its possession. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonIt is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneIt is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music. Votes: 0
Arlene CroceAfter it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession. Votes: 0
John D. RockefellerEach person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThe uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. Votes: 0
Victoria WoodhullWhen one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out. Votes: 0
Lucy Maud MontgomeryLimited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself. Votes: 0
Khalil GibranLove more deeply and without the sense of what you love being your personal possession. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellYou must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. Votes: 0
Andre GideRoll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. Votes: 0
David MametCares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Votes: 0
Ben JonsonCreativity is not the possession of some special talent. It's about the willingness to play. Votes: 0
John CleeseIn a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession. Votes: 0
Phyllis SchlaflyReason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it. Votes: 0
Lord ByronTo have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. Votes: 0
Peter ToshI have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession. Votes: 0
Nancy GraceWork faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness. Votes: 0
Orison Swett MardenNo man ever reaches manhood till a woman's tenderness Is a part of his possession. Votes: 0
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron BrookeIf you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball Votes: 0
Johan CruijffThe want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable. Votes: 0
John VanbrughThe problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession. Votes: 0
R. C. SproulThe process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign. Votes: 0
Joanne HarrisWhen young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession. Votes: 0
ConfuciusFreedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness. Votes: 0
Martha GellhornNo human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Votes: 0
Albert CamusFaith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict. Votes: 0
Oswald ChambersLuxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. Votes: 0
Henri RousseauThe possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show Votes: 0
James A. GarfieldCare that is once enter'd into the breast Will have the whole possession ere it rest. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonI feel like each possession is a battle and you never want to lose a battle. Votes: 0
Draymond GreenNothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. Votes: 0
Andre BretonNot to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. Votes: 0
Irvin D. YalomRiches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteNo people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. Votes: 0
James A. BaldwinWhen you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins. Votes: 0
Neal StephensonThe kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession. Votes: 0
Eric DavisRiches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. Votes: 0
Dick GregoryMeek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 0
Vera BrittainMoney is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliWhen we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoMeek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 0
Vera BrittainYou professors, what do you teach your students? Do you instill in them the spirit of possession? Votes: 0
Sunday AdelajaA dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession. Votes: 0
Saint Francis de SalesIf one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me. Votes: 0
Arthur AsheA soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamHappiness is the possession of the excellence proper to us, and of the power subservient to it. Votes: 0
XenocratesA man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. Votes: 0
Simonides of CeosRiches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. Votes: 0
EpicurusIf one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. Votes: 0
Helen Gahagan DouglasI don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession. Votes: 0
Julie Harriswe never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them. Votes: 0
Jane Porterour contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession. Votes: 0
Julia McNair WrightThe possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. Votes: 0
George Richards MinotIn the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. Votes: 0
John BrightLoss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. Votes: 0
Hilaire BellocThe possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. Votes: 0
George MinotThe rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much. Votes: 0
Saint John ChrysostomIf God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. Votes: 0
Matthew HenryTo pluck a flower means to take possession of it, and it also means to kill it. Votes: 0
Anthony BloomThe most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. Votes: 0
J. G. HollandThe passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusIt was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation. Votes: 0
Mary Roberts RinehartHappiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. Votes: 0
Daphne du MaurierKeep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them. Votes: 0
Anne BronteThe first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonImagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry, and you give it to your friend. Votes: 0
Gerda Weissmann KleinOne who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Votes: 0
SophoclesTo be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession. Votes: 0
Bernice Fitz-GibbonIn five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. Votes: 0
Jose MourinhoOnce he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession. Votes: 0
Lisa KleypasThe value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor. Votes: 0
Henry GeorgeA man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. Votes: 0
Alexander SmithTo take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonYou must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire. Votes: 0
Bob ProctorA pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul. Votes: 0
David McCordTo take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there. Votes: 0
John BanvilleA man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. Votes: 0
Thomas BrowneMy goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals Votes: 0
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