The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. (Quote by - Giambattista Guarini)

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 'Pride and Prejudice' (Quote by - Jane Austen)

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. (Quote by - Cicero)

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. (Quote by - Samuel Smiles)

Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him. (Quote by - Laertius Diogenes)

Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi's life. So, you might say that we are encouraged to love. [on loving Padme Amidala] (Quote by - Anakin Skywalker)

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show (Quote by - James A Garfield)

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. (Quote by - Bible)

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. (Quote by - Coco Chanel)

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. (Quote by - Andr Gide)

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. (Quote by - Lao Tzu)

Britannia needs no bulwarks No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep. (Quote by - Thomas Campbell)

When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. (Quote by - Roger de Bussy)

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. (Quote by - Brigham Young)

Exclusive property is a theft against nature. (Quote by - Pilpay)

Every right implies a responsibility. Every opportunity, an obligation. Every possession, a duty. (Quote by - John D Rockefeller)

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous (Quote by - Livy)

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth. (Quote by - John Locke)

Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law. (Quote by - Jonathan Swift)

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. (Quote by - Bible)

Wouldst thou both eat they cake and have it? (Quote by - George Edward Herbert)

I die,--but first I have possess'd, And come what may, I have been bless'd. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately. (Quote by - John Updike)

That possession was the strongest tenure of the law. (Quote by - Bidpai)