Possession Quotes

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.

It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.

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

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

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

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

I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage.

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

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

There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king.

No possession is gratifying without a companion.

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

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

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

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

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

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

The use of riches is better than their possession.

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

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.

Beauty is a possession not our own.

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

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

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

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

Our children are the only possessions we can take to heaven.

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.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.

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.

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.

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

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

It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens only, while taking possession of the earth for itself.

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

The wavering mind is but a base possession.

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

Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just another possession.

Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.

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

One of my favorite writers is Michel de Montaigne. My wife gave me a beautiful 17th-century edition of Montaigne's essays translated by John Florio. That's probably my most precious possession.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are.

I am a creature of my pen. My pen is the best of me.

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man