237 Quotes About Ownership

...only too frequently, our metaphors are not our own.

Ugwu fumbled, awkwardly, for something to say. ‘Are you still writing your book, sah?’‘No.’‘”The World Was Silent When We Died”. It is a good title.’‘Yes, it is. It came from something Colonel Madu said once.’Richard paused. ‘The war isn’t my story to tell, really.’Ugwu nodded. He had never thought that it was.

The Biblical seal of ownership is not one that turns us into another’s property, like human trafficking. It’s one of love and relationship. It’s better compared to a betrothal with an engagement ring.

Tis only right he say that every man should own his own piece o' land at some time or other. 'Tis the ambition of every man to do that same said thing, an' he say it ain't only poor, simple people like you an' me, but 'tis the way the big folks think too.

We need to control our stories, narratives, and truths.

all stories have different sides and everyone has different motives. it’s only a matter of perspective

Ancient sages have written: what you cannot break, you do not own.

By your thoughts, decisions, and actions, you create your future. You're in charge of where you are, how you got there, and what you create next.

Land was to the nomads what a deity is to the initiated: one may draw on its might, but not lay claim to it. Amma herdsmen roamed the vast steppe at will in search of a green pasture and watering hole, with little regard for man-made boundaries. They questioned why a settled society should behave any differently, why one man should toil in the service of another merely because the stronger had staked out something that had never belonged to him in the first place.