Quotes about Possession
That one . . . she is mine.
— Rachel Hauck
If a man own land, the land owns him.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
— John Milton
He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Snakes and monkeys are subjected to the demon more than other animals. Satan lives in them and possesses them. He uses them to deceive men and to injure them.
— Martin Luther
Sheep, cattle, men-servants were all possessions to be sold as it pleased their masters. It were a good thing were it still so. For else no man may compel nor tame the servile folk.
— Martin Luther
Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Great sins are great possessions; but levities and vanities possess us too; and men had rather part with Christ than with any possession.
— John Donne
Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.
— Victor Hugo
I don't know how much money I've got. I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.
— John Lennon