Quotes about Possession

Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law. Votes: 4

Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you. Votes: 4

Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Votes: 3

Possessions are usually diminished by possession. Votes: 3

Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire ... Votes: 3

Possession is eleven points in the law. Votes: 3

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Votes: 3

Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances Votes: 3

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. Votes: 3

Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth. Votes: 3

Molly was arrested. Possession." I blinked at himShe was possessed?" Votes: 3

Possession is the motivation that has hang up / the god-damn nation. Votes: 3

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem. Votes: 3

Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice. Votes: 3

Molly was arrested. Possession." I blinked at him. "She was possessed? Votes: 3

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. Votes: 3

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. Votes: 3

Possession of wealth is not the happiness but expression of gratitude for the possession is the happiness. Votes: 3

The stages of human development are to strive for:(1) Besitz [Possession](2) Wissen [Knowledge](3) Können [Ability](4) Sein [Being Votes: 3

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. Votes: 3

When I hear that Possession is the grave of love, I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection. Votes: 3

Possession of territory is not primarily about laws and contracts, but first and foremost a matter of movement and circulation. Votes: 3

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Votes: 3

Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed. Votes: 3

Take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth... Votes: 3

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. Votes: 3

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us. Votes: 3

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends. Votes: 3

The search for truth is more precious than its possession. Votes: 2

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Votes: 2

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. Votes: 2

For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort. Votes: 2

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Votes: 2

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. Votes: 2

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. Votes: 2

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. Votes: 2

The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. Votes: 2

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Votes: 2

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Votes: 2

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! Votes: 2

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. Votes: 2

It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not. Votes: 2

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Votes: 2

This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain: They who have nothing have little to fear, Nothing to lose or to gain. Votes: 2

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. Votes: 2

Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me. Votes: 2

The possession of anything begins in the mind. Votes: 1

As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Votes: 1

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Votes: 1

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. Votes: 1

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. Votes: 1

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. Votes: 1

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. Votes: 1

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Votes: 1

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. Votes: 1

Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. Votes: 1

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. Votes: 1

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share. Votes: 1

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. Votes: 1

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. Votes: 1

Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet. Votes: 1

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. Votes: 1

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others. Votes: 1

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. Votes: 1

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul. Votes: 1

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear. Votes: 1

Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have control of them. He seems to take possession of their young minds, and they are corrupted. Why do fathers and mothers act as though a lethargy was upon them? They do not mistrust that Satan is sowing evil seed in their families. Votes: 1

Music is everybody's possession. Votes: 0

The greatest possession is Self-possession. Votes: 0

Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation. Votes: 0

The sunset glow of self-possession. Votes: 0

Hope is the best possession. Votes: 0

Health is the greatest possession. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is a divine possession. Votes: 0

A possession can't make you happy. Votes: 0

Entry is not equivalent to possession. Votes: 0

Self-possession is the backbone of authority. Votes: 0

Nine-tenths of human law is about possession. Votes: 0

Love may turn to indifference with possession. Votes: 0

Felicity is in possession, happiness in anticipation. Votes: 0

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. Votes: 0

Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. Votes: 0

Beauty is a possession not our own. Votes: 0

the possession of power brings on madness. Votes: 0

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it. Votes: 0

No possession is gratifying without a companion. Votes: 0

Real possession football, this. And Zico's lost it Votes: 0

Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession. Votes: 0

Great expectations are better than a poor possession. Votes: 0

Love and exclusive possession can never go together. Votes: 0

A reflective, contented mind is the best possession. Votes: 0

There is no joy in possession without sharing. Votes: 0

A child s a special possession from God. Votes: 0

The wavering mind is but a base possession. Votes: 0

You are precious and special possession of God. Votes: 0

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. Votes: 0

What a child digs for becomes his own possession, Votes: 0

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession. Votes: 0

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. Votes: 0

Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession. Votes: 0

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived. Votes: 0

The love of possession is a desease with them. Votes: 0

True love can exist only in freedom from possession. Votes: 0

I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession. Votes: 0

The use of riches is better than their possession. Votes: 0

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession. Votes: 0

All resources in your possession is an opportunity for service. Votes: 0

The pursuit of knowledge is more valuable than its possession. Votes: 0

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many. Votes: 0

Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know? Votes: 0

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession. Votes: 0

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland. Votes: 0

Life is our greatest possession and love its greatest affirmation. Votes: 0

Understand that the only possession of any value is life. Votes: 0

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession. Votes: 0

A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. Votes: 0

Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. Votes: 0

Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal. Votes: 0

Love is a kind of possession. It’s a poison. Votes: 0

I refuse to pronounce the names of possession and nonpossession. Votes: 0

Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past. Votes: 0

Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession. Votes: 0

Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit. Votes: 0

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession. Votes: 0

The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason. Votes: 0

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible. Votes: 0

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction. Votes: 0

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession. Votes: 0

The prerequisite for an ideology is possession of a basic truth. Votes: 0

Leeds are enjoying more possession now that they have the ball. Votes: 0

A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory. Votes: 0

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. Votes: 0

Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty. Votes: 0

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts. Votes: 0

Each possession I own is but a stone around my neck. Votes: 0

The greatest possession we have costs nothing; it's known as love.... Votes: 0

Poetry makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world. Votes: 0

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. Votes: 0

Peace is truly the complete and undisturbed possession of what is desired. Votes: 0

There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. Votes: 0

Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last. Votes: 0

Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit. Votes: 0

those who use the word 'lifestyle' are rarely in possession of either. Votes: 0

Resolve to treat the things in your possession as belonging to others. Votes: 0

I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic. Votes: 0

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. Votes: 0

The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God. Votes: 0

The possession of facts is knowledge; the use of them is wisdom. Votes: 0

For you have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well. Votes: 0

We must avoid possession," he said. "But, oh, let me kiss you. Votes: 0

They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone. Votes: 0

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. Votes: 0

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity. Votes: 0

The completely simultaneous and perfect possession of unlimited life at a single moment. Votes: 0

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. Votes: 0

self-possession is the ability to face without fear life in all its contradictions. Votes: 0

Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession. Votes: 0

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. Votes: 0

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. Votes: 0

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Votes: 0

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement. Votes: 0

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. Votes: 0

One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it. Votes: 0

Murder is not about lust and it's not about violence. It's about possession. Votes: 0

If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms. Votes: 0

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent. Votes: 0

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. Votes: 0

If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms Votes: 0

She might be unarmed, but Rose Hathaway was in possession of many weapons. Votes: 0

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession. Votes: 0

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. Votes: 0

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. Votes: 0

Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully. Votes: 0

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. Votes: 0

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind. Votes: 0

If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession. Votes: 0

Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave. Votes: 0

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate. Votes: 0

Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared. Votes: 0

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal. Votes: 0

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. Votes: 0

Faith obliterates time, annihilates distance, and brings future things at once into its possession. Votes: 0

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness. Votes: 0

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music. Votes: 0

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession. Votes: 0

Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others-his last breath. Votes: 0

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding. Votes: 0

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. Votes: 0

The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality. Votes: 0

When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out. Votes: 0

Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself. Votes: 0

The aesthetic serviceability of objects of beauty is not greatly nor universally heightened by possession. Votes: 0

Love more deeply and without the sense of what you love being your personal possession. Votes: 0

You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession. Votes: 0

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. Votes: 0

Science is a contemplative possession of reality through exclusion of all illusion, error and ignorance. Votes: 0

Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime. Votes: 0

Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest. Votes: 0

Capitalism puts things (capital) higher than life (labor). Power follows from possession, not from activity. Votes: 0

Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It's about the willingness to play. Votes: 0

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession. Votes: 0

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession. Votes: 0

Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it. Votes: 0

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. Votes: 0

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession. Votes: 0

Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness. Votes: 0

No man ever reaches manhood till a woman's tenderness Is a part of his possession. Votes: 0

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball Votes: 0

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Votes: 0

The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a crime of passion, only a crime of possession. Votes: 0

The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession. Votes: 0

The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign. Votes: 0

When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession. Votes: 0

An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. Votes: 0

Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness. Votes: 0

No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Votes: 0

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict. Votes: 0

Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. Votes: 0

the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius. Votes: 0

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show Votes: 0

Care that is once enter'd into the breast Will have the whole possession ere it rest. Votes: 0

I feel like each possession is a battle and you never want to lose a battle. Votes: 0

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. Votes: 0

Not to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident. Votes: 0

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. Votes: 0

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. Votes: 0

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins. Votes: 0

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession. Votes: 0

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. Votes: 0

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 0

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. Votes: 0

When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul. Votes: 0

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession. Votes: 0

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. Votes: 0

Your personal health is your greatest possession; the most significant foundation of any future you will have. Votes: 0

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy. Votes: 0

You professors, what do you teach your students? Do you instill in them the spirit of possession? Votes: 0

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness. Votes: 0

A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession. Votes: 0

Only dead mathematics can be taught where competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession. Votes: 0

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet. Votes: 0

Acknowledgement is possession. When you acknowledge, think or have conviction in something, it actually will come true. Votes: 0

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. Votes: 0

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. Votes: 0

Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime. Votes: 0

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession. Votes: 0

What's writing really about? It's about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life. Votes: 0

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world. Votes: 0

Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is. Votes: 0

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me. Votes: 0

A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden. Votes: 0

Happiness is the possession of the excellence proper to us, and of the power subservient to it. Votes: 0

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. Votes: 0

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. Votes: 0

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. Votes: 0

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession. Votes: 0

we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them. Votes: 0

our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession. Votes: 0

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. Votes: 0

In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. Votes: 0

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. Votes: 0

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men. Votes: 0

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much. Votes: 0

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. Votes: 0

To pluck a flower means to take possession of it, and it also means to kill it. Votes: 0

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. Votes: 0

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours. Votes: 0

He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife. Votes: 0

It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation. Votes: 0

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods. Votes: 0

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power. Votes: 0

Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession. Votes: 0

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. Votes: 0

See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious. Votes: 0

The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. Votes: 0

Each elect soul ... possesses God directly and finds in that unique possession the fulfillment of his own individuality. Votes: 0

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united. Votes: 0

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success. Votes: 0

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them. Votes: 0

The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity. Votes: 0

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. Votes: 0

Imagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry, and you give it to your friend. Votes: 0

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Votes: 0

To be a success in advertising you must want to fill other people with a passion for possession. Votes: 0

There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself. Votes: 0

Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time. Votes: 0

The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. Votes: 0

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses they run in span. Votes: 0

Adolescence is when the very worst and best impulses in the human soul struggle against each other for possession. Votes: 0

It was not so much that I was doing mathematics, but rather that mathematics had taken possession of me. Votes: 0

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. Votes: 0

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. Votes: 0

The possession and the enjoyment of property are the pledges which bind a civilised people to an improved country. Votes: 0

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind. Votes: 0

As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye. Votes: 0

Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession. Votes: 0

The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor. Votes: 0

There are no circumstances imaginable, not even victory, under which the proletariat should give up its possession of arms. Votes: 0

Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint. Votes: 0

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. Votes: 0

Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich. Votes: 0

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. Votes: 0

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. Votes: 0

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power. Votes: 0

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Votes: 0

I feel as if they are somewhere between movement and stillness, and thus in possession of a certain energy. Votes: 0

I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers. Votes: 0

You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire. Votes: 0

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. Votes: 0

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans. Votes: 0

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Votes: 0

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. Votes: 0

Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. Votes: 0

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal Votes: 0

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it. Votes: 0

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy Votes: 0

Only dead mathematics can be taught where the attitude of competition prevails: living mathematics must always be a communal possession. Votes: 0

The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers....Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island. Votes: 0

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things. Votes: 0

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. Votes: 0

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men. Votes: 0

I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model... Votes: 0

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation. Votes: 0

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. Votes: 0

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul. Votes: 0

Nothing on this planet is permanent, and this is why I believe there can be no such thing as possession. Votes: 0

The possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor. Votes: 0

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared. Votes: 0

To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there. Votes: 0

Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name. Votes: 0

The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees. Votes: 0

Know yourself. Feel yourself. Love yourself. Respect yourself. Take good care of yourself. You are your most precious possession on Earth. Votes: 0

I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession. Votes: 0

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent. Votes: 0

A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. Votes: 0

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own earth Votes: 0

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. Votes: 0

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools Votes: 0

you've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect. Votes: 0

The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work. Votes: 0

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals Votes: 0

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous Votes: 0

In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought. Votes: 0

We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute. Votes: 0

...we feel that our honor and safety require that Ft. Sumter should be in our possession at the very earliest moment. Votes: 0

I guess my most prized pop culture possession is a signed first edition of the book 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk. Votes: 0

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself Votes: 0

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. Votes: 0

The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being. Votes: 0

Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. Votes: 0

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. Votes: 0

Success is not in the possession of multitudes of dreams; it is in the art of processing dreams into multiple realities! Votes: 0

Your ideas about possession must increase until you get to a state of full possession of the land, city and nation Votes: 0

When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf. Votes: 0

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. Votes: 0

A tattoo is art and not a possession as love is beauty and intangible. A tattoo is a promise, not an accessory. Votes: 0

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them. Votes: 0

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession. Votes: 0

The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity. Votes: 0

Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time. Votes: 0

No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill. Votes: 0

Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man. Votes: 0

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary. Votes: 0

The possession of a camera can inspire something akin to lust. And like all credible forms of lust, it cannot be satisfied. Votes: 0

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 0

Society is best served when the means of production are in the possession of those who know how to use them best. Votes: 0

The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced. Votes: 0

The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. Votes: 0

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. Votes: 0

Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another. Votes: 0

My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound. Votes: 0

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism. Votes: 0

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. Votes: 0

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism. Votes: 0

Actually no person owns anything. All belongs to God, but while man is on earth he has the God-given right of possession. Votes: 0

I must first have the sense of God's possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me. Votes: 0

Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures. Votes: 0

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession. Votes: 0

I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing. Votes: 0

From the the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results. Votes: 0

You can cultivate taste, as you can the intellect. Full understanding whets the appetite and desire, and, later, sharpens the enjoyment of possession. Votes: 0

The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place. Votes: 0

A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think? Votes: 0

the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods. Votes: 0

Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession. Votes: 0

Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Votes: 0

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession. Votes: 0

The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness. Votes: 0

Let fear once get possession of the soul, and it does not readily yield its place to another sentiment.Sebastopol by Leo Tolstoy Votes: 0

Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God. Votes: 0

He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination. Votes: 0

The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession Votes: 0

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart; the most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Votes: 0

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. Votes: 0

We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend. Votes: 0

Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye! Votes: 0

It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession. Votes: 0

The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind Votes: 0

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

To the King, one must give his possessions and his life; but honour is a possession of soul, and the soul is only God's. Votes: 0

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. Votes: 0

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given. Votes: 0

Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance. Votes: 0

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality. Votes: 0

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity. Votes: 0

When you coach Russ Smith, you have a nervous breakdown on every possession. He's not from a different country. He's from a different planet. Votes: 0

We are God's chosen people.We are God's treasured possession.Let us rise in mighty strength to possess our rightful places as God's children. Votes: 0

Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession by disgust. Votes: 0

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air. Votes: 0

Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize this possession. Votes: 0

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. Votes: 0

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! Votes: 0

My goal has always been to help people help themselves. Your body is your most priceless possession; you've go to take care of it! Votes: 0

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. Votes: 0

But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me. Votes: 0

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man. Votes: 0

You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all. Votes: 0

No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. Votes: 0

Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections. Votes: 0

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny. Votes: 0

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. Votes: 0

There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are in possession. Votes: 0

It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth. Votes: 0

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. Votes: 0

A priest in New York City was arrested on gun possession. These days, you better be happy that the bulge in his pocket is a .38. Votes: 0

When possession of wealth or splendors brings happiness- it is an illusion, when attainment of certain mental state brings happiness- it is a real possession. Votes: 0

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. Votes: 0

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit! Votes: 0

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time Votes: 0

Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. Votes: 0

Wealth does not teach us to transcend the desire for wealth. The possession of many goods does not bring the repose of not desiring them. Votes: 0

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in it. Votes: 0

Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power and material possession Votes: 0

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire. Votes: 0

Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate." Votes: 0

Taking possession of your positive self will put you on the success beam that you may ride triumphantly to whatever heights of achievement you desire. Votes: 0

Beautiful rocks - beautiful grass Beautiful soil where they both combine Beautiful river - covering sky Never thought of possession, but all this was mine. Votes: 0

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace. Votes: 0

Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before, fresh and immaculate. Votes: 0

A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few. Votes: 0

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him. Votes: 0

The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks. Votes: 0

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little Votes: 0

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado. Votes: 0

It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to relish. Votes: 0

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him. Votes: 0

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land. Votes: 0

Kate Daniels, trained negotiator. When in possession of some valuable information, give it away to the first sexy man you see with no guarantee of return. Votes: 0

Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. Votes: 0

La possession de ce qu'on aime est une joie plus grande encore que l'amour. Possessing what one loves is an even greater joy than love itself. Votes: 0

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Votes: 0

I possessed what is called the best of hearts -- a dangerous possession, as it is generally accompanied by the strongest passions, and the weakest judgment. Votes: 0

What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy the best. Votes: 0

There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word. Votes: 0

When a tree, a natural product, is felled, is society put into possession of no greater produce than that of the mere labour of the woodman? Votes: 0

It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered. Votes: 0

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. Votes: 0

If you want to be called a dwarf you must be in immediate possession of a battle axe cause otherwise your just a midget with an attitude. Votes: 0

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure. Votes: 0

It is also possible for the unconscious or an archetype to take complete possession of a man and to determine his fate down to the smallest detail Votes: 0

Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae. Votes: 0

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful. Votes: 0

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. Votes: 0

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind. Votes: 0

In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means. Votes: 0

The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but also of 'correct thinking.' Votes: 0

It's a truth universally acknowledged that an FBI special agent in possession of great skill and talent is likely to engage in trash talk every now and then. Votes: 0

I feel quite unable to adopt the opinion that the moment goods pass into the possession of the consumer they cease altogether to have the attributes of capital. Votes: 0

Marriage...is the union of two people of different sexes with a view to the mutual possession of each other's sexual attributes for the duration of their lives. Votes: 0

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment. Votes: 0

Tyranny is like the electric wiring in an old house. A tyrant dies, the new tyrant takes possession, and all he has to do is drop the switch. Votes: 0

The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation. Votes: 0

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul. Votes: 0

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. Votes: 0

The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. Votes: 0

If you can't afford a half hour three or four times a week taking care of the most priceless possession, your body, you've got to be sick. You're stupid. Votes: 0

The land, the earth God gave to man for his home ... should never be the possession of any man, corporation, (or) society ... any more than the air or water. Votes: 0

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all. Votes: 0

Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess. Votes: 0

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife. Votes: 0

At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself. Votes: 0

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. Votes: 0

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question. Votes: 0

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul. Votes: 0

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer. Votes: 0

I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me. Votes: 0

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. Votes: 0

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute. Votes: 0

I had a career before the Stern show, on Mad TV. I was on the first two seasons of that and I got kicked off it because of possession of cocaine. Votes: 0

When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift. Votes: 0

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. Votes: 0

So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater, no longer at all belonging to himself. Votes: 0

From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice. Votes: 0

Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. Votes: 0

If I were to save one possession in a fire, it would have to be my dad's camera, an old, broken Nikon. I always keep it with me - his personal things mean a lot. Votes: 0