Quotes about Ownership

Everything we enjoy is to be treated as a trust that God has placed in our hands. The Bible says, "What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

God owns our relationships—we do not—and that he has a higher purpose for them than we do.

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self.

Here is our first rule: Any life you create is yours, and must be cared for. No matter how humble or small, it is still yours, and you must answer for it.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

The Scriptures were plain and could not be gainsaid on this most basic point: all that was his—his wealth, his talents, his time—was not really his. It all belonged to God and had been given to him to use for God's purposes and according to God's will. God had blessed him so that he, in turn, might bless others, especially those less fortunate than himself.

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?

Our Lord makes a disciple His own possession, He becomes responsible for him. "Ye shall be witnesses unto Me." The spirit that comes in is not that of doing anything for Jesus, but of being a perfect delight to Him. The secret of the missionary is—I am His, and He is carrying out His enterprises through me.