Quotes about Possessions
A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.
— Charles Spurgeon
Never let the things money can buy, rob you of the things money can't buy.
— Adrian Rogers
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
— Oscar Wilde
If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.
— Pope Francis
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all.
— Cicero
Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.
— Charles Stanley
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on possessions or position or power.
— Jerry Bridges
I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ.
— Michelangelo