Possession Quotes - Page 4

• 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.

  Max Planck

  Success, Truth, Congratulations

  Max Planck (1959). “The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics”

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• This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected--in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.

  Thomas Mann

  Love, Sight, Feelings

  Thomas Mann (2010). “Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories”, p.186, Vintage

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• PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Passion, Men

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

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

  Andre Breton

  Art, Wall, Desire

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• A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.

  Kemmons Wilson

  Motivational, Success, Basketball

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• If truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Love, Truth, Obnoxious

  Twitter post from Aug 26, 2016

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• There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, - that is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each.

  Robert Owen

  Happiness, Happy, Men

  "The Social System - Constitution, Laws, and Regulations of a Community". Book by Robert Owen, 1826.

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• Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.

  A. S. Byatt

  Writing, Ink, Hops

  A S Byatt (2012). “Possession: A Romance”, p.133, Random House

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• You can either tell yourself, 'It's too hard, I don't think I'll be able to do it,' or 'Yes, I can do this. Let me at it!' Only a fine line separates the two. But I'll tell you one thing: if you work like crazy, you'll come to display capabilities that you never knew you had--potentials that you always possessed, but never tapped.

  Josei Toda

  Motivational, Crazy, Work

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• I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.

  Augusta Savage

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Art

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• Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.

  Richard Henry Lee

  Men, Practice, People

  "An Additional Number of Letters to the Republican". Letters by the Federal Farmer (pseudonym of Richard Henry Lee), Letter XVIII, teachingamericanhistory.org. January 25, 1988.

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• For my true thoughts have spent more time in your company than in anyone else's, these last two or three months, and where my thoughts are, there am I, in truth".

  A. S. Byatt

  Two, Three, Lasts

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

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Success, Wise, Wealth

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• Success is not necessarily determined by material possessions or accomplishments. You can enjoy success simply by reaching the point where you are perfectly content with your life in every respect and you feel no dissatisfaction or pressing need for anything else. In this sense, you can be a success sitting by yourself in a quiet place contemplating the world.

  Brian Tracy

  Accomplishment, Needs, Sitting

  Brian Tracy (2002). “The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success”, p.29, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Joy, Mind, Quality

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• I really think I want to live in a lot of places.I don't want possessions to hold me down.

  Diana Ross

  Thinking, Want, Hold Me

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Freedom, Philosophical, Values

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

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Denial, Sin

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• The first freedom is to be in possession of yourself - to own yourself, to not be subject to the will of somebody else. In a capitalist society, that means having a certain economic wherewithal so that you can do what you wish to do without having to ask permission.

  Kerry James Marshall

  Mean, Wish, Economic

  Source: www.mtv.com

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

  David Mamet

  Country, Crime, Clock

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• We are not the sum of our possessions.

  George H. W. Bush

  Patriotic, Prized Possessions

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Giving, Community, Constitution

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1988). “On the Social Contract”, p.27, Hackett Publishing

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• I believe the most dangerous misconception is the idea our money and possessions belong to us, not God. Many of our problems begin when we forget that God is the Boss of the universe. But in fact He is more than the boss; He is the owner.

  Randy Alcorn

  Believe, Boss, Forget

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

  Anthony Burgess

  Reading, Book, Substitutes

  New York Times Book Review 4 Dec. 1966, p. 74

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• The aesthetic serviceability of objects of beauty is not greatly nor universally heightened by possession.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Aesthetic, Objects

  Thorstein Veblen (1993). “A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism”, p.71, M.E. Sharpe

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