Top 1200 Precious Possessions Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

God doesn't want all of us to relinquish all of our material possessions.

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

Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

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

The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions.

But you can't be possessed by your possessions. Those are just things.

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.

We are not here for the sake of possessions, or of power. Or of happiness, but we are here to transfigure the divine out of human spirit.

Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative and are very often not as precious about that stuff. They just can't be because they understand what makes for a better film, and that it's the job of the actor to work toward that, and then if you want you can go to acting class or workshops. But making movies is not workshops.

Possessions, for the terminally frightened, bring peace of mind.

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image.

We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess.

Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them.

To be strong is to understand weakness. To be weak is to have fears. To have fears is to have something precious to you. To have something precious to you is to be strong.

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.

We all mouth the fact that material possessions don't make you happy but we still pursue them.

Love is more important than material possessions.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions Time!

Identification with the body, with the mind, with our possessions, with our families, with our friends - any kind of identification takes you outwards. All your possessions will be outwards: your wife, your husband, your children, your body - your body is outside you; your mind - your mind is outside you. The only thing that is not outside you is the witnessing. Just the watchfulness - that is your buddha. Identification means losing witnessing, falling into the trap of attachment. That is our misery, that is our slavery.

Time and love are the most valuable possessions you can share.

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.

The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.

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

These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.

Life is precious - very, very precious.

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

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

All the possessions in the world cannot fill an empty heart with love.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things .... it's not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead. Imagine if all life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza.

It is sad to see how the most of men neglect their precious souls, turning their backs upon the glorious gospel, and little minding a crucified Jesus, when, in the meanwhile, their bodies are well provided for, their estates much regarded, and the things of this present life are highly prized, as if the darling was of less value than a clod of earth; an immortal soul, than a perishing body; a precious Saviour, than unsatisfying creatures.

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.

Possessions only provide temporary happiness.

The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions.

In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.

We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance.

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

I don't think people today need to derive security from possessions.

One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.

Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

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

If we are guided to give up our possessions, it will be a positive thing for us.

Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.