Quotes about Ownership

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

Peak performance begins with your taking complete responsibility for your life and everything that happens to you.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.

Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

No dumping allowed. Trespassers will be violated." I used to laugh every time I drove by the sign. This wasn't a homemade sign. It was a professionally made metal sign posted by a city in Oklahoma (I won't tell you which one). It was even the fancy kind with fluorescent letters that could be easily seen at night.

When you know that the kingdom is God's alone (though he gives it to us), that is the only thing that can lead to peace and rest. Owners are the ones who do all the worrying; stewards simply listen to the owner's desires and work to implement them. Owners are responsible for the outcome; stewards strive to be faithful.

This, however, is similar to God saying that the land belonged to Israel. They were promised the land, but they still had to fight for it. Furthermore, not all the battles were successful.