Ownership Quotes

• Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.

  Gary W. Keller

  Motivation, Powerful, Outcomes

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• The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Leader, Vision

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.176, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

  Pat Summitt

  Powerful, Team, Responsibility

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.38, Crown Business

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• Everything changes for the better when you take ownership of your own problems.

  Robert Ringer

  Change, Responsibility, Entrepreneur

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• Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important to you or you can’t be relied upon. • Execute. Do what you’re supposed to do when you’re supposed to do it. Not almost. All the way. Not most of the time. All of the time. • Take ownership. Whatever it takes. No excuses, no explanations.

  Tony Dungy

  Adversity, Mean, Champion

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• All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.

  Peter Block

  Commitment, Responsibility, Blame

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• Success is never owned, it is rented, and the rent is due every day.

  Rory Vaden

  Success, Payment, Dues

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• Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when it's that way too. It's best lived when it's owned.

  Bob Goff

  Way, Feels, Consumers

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

  Toni Morrison

  Freedom, Self, Beloved

  FaceBook post by Toni Morrison from Aug 29, 2011

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• Until you take ownership for your life, you will always be chasing happiness.

  Sean Stephenson

  Happiness, Chasing, Sean

  Sean Stephenson (2009). “Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself”, p.141, John Wiley and Sons

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• Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be served.

  Vaclav Havel

  Commitment, Vices, Instruments

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• It's feeling the sense of responsibility, the sense of ownership, to step in, to try to solve any problem - and the humility to step back and embrace the better ideas of others. Your end goal, is what can we do together to problem-solve. I've contributed my piece, and then I step back.

  Laszlo Bock

  Teamwork, Humility, Responsibility

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• By becoming self-aware, you gain ownership of reality; in becoming real, you become the master of both inner and outer life.

  Deepak Chopra

  Real, Self, Gains

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• And I would argue the second greatest force in the universe is ownership.

  Chris Chocola

  Arguing, Force, Universe

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• When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is that we should probably add all kinds of things to it - meaning, creation, challenges, ownership, identity, pride, etc.

  Dan Ariely

  Motivation, Pride, Reality

  "What makes us feel good about our work?". TEDxRiodelaPlata Talk, www.ted.com. October 2012.

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• What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Money, Novelists

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1834, Penguin

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• The sad news is, nobody owes you a career. Your career is literally your business. You own it as a sole proprietor. You have one employee: yourself. You need to accept ownership of your career, your skills and the timing of your moves.

  Andy Grove

  Business, Moving, Skills

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• Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the fear of failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing.

  Asher Roth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

  William Stafford

  Glances

  William Stafford (1977). “Stories that could be true: new and collected poems”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Intention is power. Intention is ownership. Intention is commitment. Intention is magic.

  Sonia Choquette

  Commitment, Magic, Intention

  Sonia Choquette (2010). “Your Heart's Desire: Instructions for Creating the Life You Really Want”, p.25, Crown Archetype

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• The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature.

  William James

  Wisdom, Men, Rights

  William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.288, Library of America

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• In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.

  Henry Cloud

  Real, School, Essence

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• Take ownership of every decision you make because you will be hold responsible for the film, whether good or bad.

  David Fincher

  Decisions You Make, Film, Responsible

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• When you post something, when you text something, you lose ownership of it when you hit enter or send. Who you send it to, where you post it, they take ownership of that information whether you like it or not

  Mark Cuban

  Information, You Like It, Posts

  "What Scares Mark Cuban". Interview with Jeff Weiss, www.menshealth.com. September 12, 2004.

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• Creativity's about ownership.

  John Maeda

  Creativity

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