Top 1200 Valuable Possessions Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into time you might be happier spending some other way.

Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.

If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it's done for us lately.

A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the enjoyment of liberty. Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.

You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. It is unstealable. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.

There is no record in the history of a nation that ever gained anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.

People with depression have something very valuable to teach us... how to live when it doesn't ever feel good.

Even if you only stop and focus on your breathing for a few breaths, or for a minute or two, its very valuable.

A man that simply loads himself down with possessions of which he has no actual need, when he dies slips out of them--as a little insect might slip out of some parasite shell into which it has ensconced itself--into the grave, and is forgotten.

I think every time in your life is valuable, and you need to exist in that moment. Because if you don't - you lose it.

What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.

You are more valuable than both heaven and earth. What else can I say? You don’t know your own worth.

The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is a designer's most valuable asset.

Sure, on a larger scale, it was healthy to have people out there you cared about more than yourself. She knew that. But then there was the abject fear you would lose it. They say possessions own you. Not so. Loved ones own you. You are forever held hostage once you care so much.

The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind

Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in the other.

To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy

I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.

There are a lot of things that can be done within the framework of existing institutions which would be very valuable for people.

It's so valuable to learn that when you put yourself in an uncomfortable situation, you'll be fine, and you'll probably come out even stronger.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company.

Rest is valuable only so far as it is a contrast. Pursued as an end, it becomes a most pitiable condition.

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.

I think friendships are a lot more valuable than one job. If you're going to let it ruin that, then that's stupid.

Real search is about providing valuable information when it's really needed to those who are actually looking for it.

Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and steal their megger possessions. All of them are children of this world who consider the children of light to be stupid and believe themselves to be the prudent ones. Their prudence is their death.

?ase studies are a tremendous device for developing problem solving skills, which are really valuable.

Higher aims are in themselves more valuable, even if unfulfilled, than lower ones quite attained.

From the point of view of the people who are using the platform, one of the most valuable things about Java is the consistency, the interoperability.

[My father] had a massive middle-age breakdown. And left the family. And then it just completely fell apart. And my mother was heartbroken, just completely devastated. To make ends meet we started selling off all our possessions.

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.

Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.

I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.

To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.

The ability to share whole scenes form our lives will be a valuable thing over time.

Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams.

The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.

An artist looks at a juice bottle, an egg carton, or a newspaper and sees something valuable in them.

I wanted to make myself the most valuable player by making my presence felt at the decisive moments.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

I think I am much too valuable a creature to offer myself to a German bullet gratis and for fun.

Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal.

Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.

Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.

Some parents place undue priority on temporal and material possessions. Some are far less diligent in their efforts to immerse their children in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Remember that having religious observance in the home is as important as providing food, clothing and shelter.

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed.

One customer well taken care of could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

Experience is not the poor relation of expertise. Valuable insights in business often come from the people on the ground.

Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals.

President Obama believes getting along is more valuable than standing firm for U.S. interests.

Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining.