Quotes About Possessions

no matter how much a person has, it may not be enough.

If my sense of security lies in my reputation or in the things I have, my life will be in a constant state of threat and jeopardy that these possessions may be lost or stolen or devalued.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor

If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.

We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.

There have always been two ways to be rich: by accumulating vast sums or by needing very little.

We care more for our possessions with which we hope to make our way in the world than with our thoughts and dreams which tell us who we are in the world.

The only thing more terrifying than the person who has nothing is the person who has everything. Things can only get worse for them. The more you have, the more you have to lose. And in the end everything must be lost. Is it better to not want anything at all? Maybe, but what about the rest of us, who have some things, which we judiciously manage, like archivists?

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.

Everything we own really belongs to God, we are just renting it, and when we die those things are going to become somebody else's possessions.

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.

Possessions can be replaced - it's people that can't.

I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is.

Certain material possessions make my life more enjoyable, many others do not…. All too often, a vast collection of possessions end up possessing their owner

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven.

Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

You end up trying to buy happiness. I bought a Lamborghini. Wow! I was happy for a week. After that, I didn't even use the car. Who drives around Loughton in a Lamborghini?

Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them. You don't know what they're going to wreck and destroy.

Outer order isn't a matter of having less or having more; it's a matter of wanting what we have.