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Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.
I guess my most prized pop culture possession is a signed first edition of the book 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk.
As the most recently arrived to earthly life, children can seem in lingering possession of some heavenly lidless eye.
See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.
Humility, in its turn, can be achieved only through faith, fear of God, gentleness and the shedding of all possessions.
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
When you live alone, your furnishings, your possessions, are always confronting you with the thinness of your existence.
How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.
The dishwasher is the best invention in the world, I didn't grow up with one so it's my prize possession in the kitchen!
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination.
I hate it when people in India throw in an American or English accent while rapping without even a passport in possession.
Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.
I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.
The dwelling places of Europe have an air of inheritance, or cumulative possession - a hive occupied by generations of bees.
My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.
The intensity and importance of each possession. That's the thing about the NBA that doesn't always translate to television.
The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.
The archetypal No. 10 is a skillful player who is more interested in being in possession than tracking to get the ball back.
The most dazzling aspect of 'Possession' is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century.
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
The possession of wealth is, as it were, prepayment, and involves an obligation of honor to the doing of correspondent work.
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf - 'cause I'd alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.
If you're prosperous in soul, you'll be prosperous in whole, regardless of how many and how much physical possessions you have
Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared.
It's always irked me that they always say the white receiver has great hands or runs great routes or is a possession receiver.
Our greatest illusion is reliance upon the security and permanence of material possessions. We must search for some other coin.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!
Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Really, the scheme is not going to win you a possession or even a game. You have to burn some calories and make some things happen.
You can never love anyone to your own detriment. That is not love, that is possession, control, fear, or a combination of them all.
It takes some living to discover that the living itself is one's life, that life is not a goal to attain but a possession to relish.
Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.
I want to play against the best, and that's what I'm doing, just going out there and being focused, just competing every possession.