Quotes About Ownership

All you truly "own" is your SELF. Everything else is borrowed in the illusion of time and space. Treasure yourself.

Blaming keeps you in the problem. Taking responsibility for your actions points you in the direction of the solution.

You cannot change what you do not own. Own your past and the future belongs to you. Own your fears and the stars are yours to change.

You cannot change your reality if you think someone else is responsible for it.

No road is paved with gold unless you make it your own treasure.

All bicycles weigh fifty pounds. A thirty-pound bicycle needs a twenty-pound lock. A forty-pound bicycle needs a ten-pound lock. A fifty-pound bicycle doesn't need a lock.

It's really the cat's house — we just pay the mortgage.

You know you're a grown-up when your houseplants are alive and you can't smoke any of them.

Justifying a fault doubles it.

I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.

But history supplies little beyond a list of those who have accomodated themselves with the property of others.

Th' feller that owns his own home is allus jist comin' out o' a hardware store.

Nor did ever a miser prize his treasure as did I prize the knife.

Except for a few special cases, title to every parcel of real property derives from an act of violence, more or less remote, and ownership is only as valid as the strength and will required to maintain it. This is the lesson of history, whether you like it or not." "The mourning of defeated peoples, while pathetic and tragic, is usually futile," said Kelse.

trouble. As an extension of a married woman's ownership of the cart, the wife handled all issues related to money, barter, or commerce.

Control your own destiny, or someone else will.

Her always is mine

But it's a lot easier to blame someone else than accept blame for your own failings.

Had I become so rich that I could neglect some of my possessions?

It's true,' she agreed. 'You are the only one of us who belongs to this country.' 'No, this country belongs to me. I will be its sole owner and everything here will be mine.

It'll be yours if you

Nothing is mine to claim or to command, But all is mine to know and understand.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

If you don't choose yourself, someone else will and the result won't be pleasant.