Prized Possessions Quotes

• Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

  Orson Scott Card

  Parenting, Language Words, Silence

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• I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.

  Nancy Grace

  Mockingbird, Harper, Kill A Mockingbird

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• There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

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• Nothing's really a prized possession except my family, you know?

  James Hetfield

  My Family, Possession, Knows

  "The Hot Seat: James Hetfield". TimeOut interview, www.timeout.com. June 18, 2012.

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• Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

  Robin Sharma

  Strong, Live Life, Hard Work

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• My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

  Bill Russell

  Oakland, Library, Cards

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.

  Julia Gillard

  Leadership, School, Ties

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• You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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• Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.

  Hendrik Willem van Loon

  Failure, Ignorance, Thinking

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• Some people, of course, can be happier with the cars, the fancy threads, the hilltop mansion, and the other status symbols of 'having made it', but I found that several of my most prized possessions were slipping away, despite all the fortune I had amassed.

  George Harrison

  People, Car, Fancy

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• I DECLARE I am special and extraordinary. I am not average! I have been custom-made. I am one of a kind. Of all the things God created, what He is the most proud of is me. I am His masterpiece, his most prized possession. I will keep my head held high, knowing I am a child of the most high God, made in his very image. This is my declaration.

  Joel Osteen

  Children, Average, Knowing

  Joel Osteen (2012). “I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Happiness, Positivity, Inner Peace

  Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• [Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this story lasted, but Peter Pan himself, listening in. In exchanged for a story of yours, he might show you his most prized possession: James Hooks' map of Neverland. In exchange for a smile, he may show you Neverland itself.

  Geraldine McCaughrean

  Broken, Listening, Hook

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• We are not the sum of our possessions.

  George H. W. Bush

  Patriotic, Possession

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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

  Democritus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• I have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and her answer to my question when I asked her, "Will you go out with me?"

  Jeff Bridges

  Wife, Answers, Firsts

  "Rappin' with "The Dude"". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. August 21, 2016.

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• My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've put in to get where I am today; 2) because it is a legend to the encyclopedia of my life. It is exactly what I've aimed to seep into the artistic consciousness of people all over the world - that life is an art form.

  Lady Gaga

  Fashion, Art, Hard Work

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

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• Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

  "My Country 'tis of Thee". Adam International Review, No. 299, 1962.

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• All my possessions for a moment of time.

  Elizabeth I

  Time, Moments, Famous Last Words

  Last words

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

  Epictetus

  Positive, Uplifting, Money

  Epictetus (2016). “The Philosophy of Epictetus: Golden Sayings and Fragments”, p.87, Courier Dover Publications

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• People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

  Ben Elton

  People, Littles, Firsts

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• The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.

  Thomas Huxley

  Ocean, Land, Generations

  Thomas Henry Huxley “Selected Works of Thomas Henry Huxley”, Library of Alexandria

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• I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.

  Nafisa Joseph

  Book, Eye, Littles

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• Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

  Saul Williams

  Letting Go, Feelings, Sometimes

  Saul Williams (2012). “She”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

  Rich, Stolen, Property

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