Quotes About Possessions

What you collect is the ultimate impartation of who you are. It's the archive of your identity - it's what you leave behind.

I do still collect chairs.

I cap my shoe collection at 40.

I'm a collector of everything.

I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.

You lose your home, you lose your community, you lose your school, you lose your stuff.

People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to dust all the time.

I'm not a material guy, so I don't need to surround myself with wealth.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

I am not that attached to material things. And the good thing is I can make choices. I have very few possessions. Luckily, as a man you don't need much... a few papers, a couple of books, and a few shirts, jackets, sweaters. It fits in a little thing, in a paper bag, so it's very easy.

If Bernie has seven sweaters, that's three too many for him.

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

I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about.

Wealth can't be defined in terms of what we have, but only in terms of how free we are to give and take".

A TIDY SPELL" I've just been through a tidy spell, I tell you it's a verity, I've sorted out the things to keep, The things to give to charity. I've sorted out my ties and belts, I've sorted out my shirts, I've sorted out my coats and slacks--- To part with some it hurts. I've sorted out my shoes and socks, I've sorted out my shorts, I've sorted out so much, in fact, That now I'm out of sorts. -by Richard Armour

Again, all who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius: The same man cannot love both gold and books.

Do not store up for yourselves earthly possessions, which moths and rust can destroy, and robbers can steal. Rather, store up heavenly treasures which cannot be destroyed or stolen. For wherever your heart is, there is your treasure as well.

Save it all; you do not knowthe value things will come to have untilthe world grows dim around you, and your things—however doubtful in the changing light,things are what you haveleft. And all you have.

Princes have far more toys than they need.

It is strange that when people have so much, they are so anxious about not having enough—to do, to see, to own, to fix, to control, to change.

he just tells him to "descend" from his power position, "go away and get rid of all your possessions." Money is only the metaphor here; the real possession he has to get rid of is his ego.

In a materialistic society we have projected our sense of worth almost exclusively onto things. That is why it's hard to rediscover our souls in ourselves.

It was for this reason he'd always felt that owning things was overrated. All you were doing was alleviating the disappointment of not owning them.

Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!