237 Quotes About Ownership

The inhabitant of New England is attached to his township not so much because he was born there as because he sees in that township a free and strong corporation that he is a part of and that is worth his trouble to seek to direct.

On top of all that, there’s government. What does government have to do with it, you ask? Everything. Government is coach, referee, cheerleader, and fan in the game of housing.

Ownership and responsibility are directly proportional. Start owning to be responsible.

And so she decided in that moment - decided, yes, decided, astonished that she could even do such a thing as decide - that she would never again ask forgiveness for a thing she didn't do, for crimes she could in no way recall committing.

Being vegan isn't about restricting oneself in any way, it's simply about ceasing to take things which clearly are not ours.

Forget what I said about a woman who won't listen. The worst thing is a woman who knows what she wants.

Sometimes it is necessary to do questionable deeds to achieve what the heavens ordain, Xifeng said, thinking of all she herself has done. But in our losses, we may gain ourselves. We take what is ours and find solace in the quiet places between death destruction.

My house, my wife, my children-as if any of that really belongs to me.

If religion is understanding God in the collective stories of life, then spirituality is finding God in our own narrative.