Quotes About Possessions

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of God. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time or eternity.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

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

Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on possessions or position or power.

I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ.

So often we don't give from our abundance. We give from what we have no use for. I have learned that God not only looks at what we give but also at what we keep.

Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which is their own? All we have is the Almighty's; and shall not God have his own when he calls for it?

Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

You must never throw away things that are worth good money.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body

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

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don't necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.

Portable property is happiness in a pocketbook.

The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.

The more material we lose, the less we have. The less we have, the more we win.