Possession Quotes

A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.

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

In any field, the Establishment is seldom in pursuit of the truth, because it is composed of those who sincerely believe that they are already in possession of it.

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

The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have.

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

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

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

Wine, like the rising sun, possession gains, And drives the mist of dullness from the brains, The gloomy vapor from the spirit flies, And views of gaiety and gladness rise.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

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.

How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.

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

As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them.

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

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

I have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and her answer to my question when I asked her, "Will you go out with me?"

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

Music is everybody's possession.

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

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

Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law.

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.

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

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.

One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much

Life is our greatest possession and love its greatest affirmation.

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

What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.

Enthusiasm is a divine possession.

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

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

Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.

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

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work

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

Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.

If you spend a thing you can not have it. [Lat., Non tibi illud apparere si sumas potest.]

The disciple is rich not in possessions, but in personal identity.

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

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

Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.

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

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

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.

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

True love can exist only in freedom from possession.

Entry is not equivalent to possession.