Possession Quotes

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

The authentic insight and experience of any human soul, were it but insight and experience in hewing of wood and drawing of water, is real knowledge, a real possession and acquirement.

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect.

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

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

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

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

Hope is the best possession.

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

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

I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself.

It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession

Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives.

A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.

It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.

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

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

The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.

Should surveillance be usable for petty crimes like jaywalking or minor drug possession? Or is there a higher threshold for certain information? Those aren't easy questions.

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.

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

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

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

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

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

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

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.

My old trainer used to tell us not to blast, but to caress the ball whenever we took possession. If the ball were a woman... she would be spending all night with Berbatov.

I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.

Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish even the hard and painful things.

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

Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross so seized upon your life?

We grant God the possession of all the qualities of mind except the one that keeps the others healthy; that watches over their dignity; that focuses their vision true--humor.

If you're prosperous in soul, you'll be prosperous in whole, regardless of how many and how much physical possessions you have

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

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.

I felt I was owned by possessions.

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.

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

I believe it is crucial to consider the degree to which one woman's possession of reproductive choice may actually depend on or deepen another woman's reproductive vulnerability.

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

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

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

Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.

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

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

Understand that the only possession of any value is life.

Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.

In college football brad, you know, when you make a first down, first downs that you have possession of aren't really that important because if you make a first down it stops the clock