Quotes about Ownership

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

One thing about me, when I'm wrong I'll admit it. Well. That's a good trait to have.

The freedom of birds is an insult to me. I'd have them all in zoos.

She had borne so long this cruelty of belonging to him and not being claimed by him.

But,' Gerald insisted, 'you don't allow one man to take away his neighbour's living, so why should you allow one nation to take away the living from another nation?' There was a long slow murmur from Hermione before she broke into speech, saying with a laconic indifference: 'It is not always a question of possessions, is it?

How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?

How many of us know that, because Christ is risen, we are therefore alive "unto God" and not unto ourselves? How many of us dare not use our time, or money, or talents as we would, because we realize they are the Lord's, not ours? How many of us have such a strong sense that we belong to Another that we dare not squander a shilling of our money, or an hour of our time, or any of our mental or physical powers?

For agrarians, the correct response is to stand confidently on our fundamental premise, which is both democratic and ecological: the land is a gift of immeasurable value. If it is a gift, then it is a gift to all the living in all time. To withhold it from some is finally to destroy it for all. For a few powerful people to own or control it all, or decide its fate, is wrong.

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

In our good works nothing is our own.

Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.