Take Ownership Quotes

#1. I always try to get people a different outlook. When you do that, people take ownership of the information. They don't ever have to reference me because, I'd like to believe as an educator, I'm empowering them to have those thoughts themselves.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#2. I'm struggling to take ownership of this new person I call me. But everyday brings me closer. And I'm glad I got to know her at all.

Ellen Hopkins

#3. People take ownership of sickness and disease by saying things like MY high blood pressure MY diabetes, MY heart disease, MY depression, MY! MY! MY! Don't own it because it doesn't belong to you!

Stella Payton

#4. She could not help but feel that paying money to take ownership of a living organism was inappropriate.

Haruki Murakami

#5. I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the way I act seem rash. But I do take ownership of it. I don't say things I don't mean.

Bode Miller

#6. Take ownership of your life decisions rather than relinquishing that responsibility to others.

Frank Sonnenberg

#7. We have to take ownership for our words. Words are powerful. They can be devastating. If your words carry hate--if they shame others, if they make them doubt that they are loved--Hannah, you don't want to own words like that.

Kelly Quindlen

#8. 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

#9. Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#10. Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector to take ownership of this issue.

Michelle Obama

#11. You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.

Ban Ki-moon

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

Robert Ringer

#13. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do and not worry about what others think. You don't have to take ownership of other people's Drama.

Denise Mansfield

#14. As social is where consumers' eyeballs are, businesses must take ownership of their online company profiles. By providing their customers with a place to share content, social media managers can monitor and track content which directly relates to their brand.

Ryan Holmes

#15. If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever.

Cindy Sheehan

#16. The most difficult days have been the ones I've had to spend correcting a mistake. We're all human, and we make errors in spite of the pains we take not to. It's important to take ownership of the situation and to work to make it right.

Mark Mason

#17. To think about your life is to create it. You have to take ownership of where you are right now and know where you want to go before you can get there. Keep collecting evidence for your success. You can believe it, and you can be it.

Ali Vincent

#18. Start creating the habit of counting your blessings for being alive today. Take ownership of your life. Shift your priorities. You are going to die! Understand this, and get excited about the gift of today. You are alive right now.

Bronnie Ware

#19. I think it's like the '60s - we're going to see another revolution in film where these new filmmakers stand up and take ownership of what film is and mould it into what they want.

Nate Parker

#20. As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity.

Pierre Omidyar

#21. To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

Brene Brown

#22. Laying down a challenge means more than directing people to do it. It includes asking the hard questions that no one yet has the answers to and then backing off so that the people within the organization have the space to think through the questions, take ownership, and find the answers.

Liz Wiseman

#23. Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.

Eric Thomas

#24. Kanban lets your team members motivate themselves as they decide what to work on. They take ownership of the task and their pride is measured in the number of completed tasks. They

Aleksandar Olic

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

Sean Stephenson

#26. Writing is a physical act that engages your body and mind. Putting your words to paper makes your ideas real and concrete. It unites body and mind into one (and they are one). Take ownership of your life. Start by taking ownership of your words.

Mike Cernovich

#27. Students take ownership of their education when they learn from one another

Susan Cain

#28. I further promise you, that all my wealth and property will be in Pakistan. I will take ownership of this country and won't be like those leaders who create hideouts abroad

Imran Khan

#29. To share a story is in part to take ownership of it, especially because you are often able to comment on a story that you are sharing on social media.

Annalee Newitz

#30. It's paramount we take ownership of our lives. Sadness is greatly due to our having sacrificed ourselves over to a power outside of ourselves. We need to be proactive in creating positive thoughts and actions that will align ourselves with where we want to be and what we want to feel in life.

Kaiden Blake

#31. I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.

Maelle Gavet

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

David Fincher

#33. At Year Up, our students - low income 18-24 year olds - come to us having already faced substantial obstacles in life. They are not in search of a handout; what they want most of all is the ability to take ownership of their own futures.

Gerald Chertavian

#34. When failing spectacularly the trick is to employ an inverted Schadenfreude. Take ownership of your misfortune.

Dean Cavanagh

#35. 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

#36. We need to get women to the point where they aren't apologizing. Its time to take ownership in our success.

Tory Burch

#37. Developing a Culture of Accountability where people take ownership for achieving key organizational results requires a willingness to make the link between where you are and what you have done with where you want to be and what you are going to do to get there.

Roger Connors

#38. Continuously lying to yourself is just as fatal as suicide; only slower. Take ownership of your life, be accountable to you.

Noel DeJesus

#39. I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.

Jon Runyan

#40. I take pride in using fountain pens. They represent craftsmanship and a love of writing. Biros, on the other hand, represent the throwaway culture of modern society, which exists on microwave ready-meals and instant coffee.

Fennel Hudson

#41. He experienced a strange reaction to the sight, a nearly overwhelming urge to go over to her, shove her back on the bed, and take her without preliminaries. To dominate her, and force her to admit his ownership.

Lisa Kleypas

#42. The point I'm trying to make is that we as a family have bent over backward not to take advantage of Wal-Mart, not to press our ownership position unfairly, and everybody in the company knows it. Alice

Sam Walton

#43. I thought music could take you to a place where you didn't even feel ownership of it, you just felt lucky you were there. It's like church without God, or something. It's about feeling, hope and catharsis and things that are nurturing.

Wesley Schultz

#44. It's a rare thing when you read a role and have this immediate ownership over it, you have this take and this connection, and it's not even that you feel that you're gonna do a good job, it's that you feel like you've found it. It fits, it's natural; it's like putting on a good shoe or something.

Fran Kranz

#45. Whose vow can you abide by? You can take a vow of an idol, because an idol has no ownership. You can abide by a vow of a living being, provided he is not the owner of his body, however if he is the owner of his body, you cannot take his vow, because one day he will make you stumble.

Dada Bhagwan

#46. I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?

Karen Duffy

#47. When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers.

Margaret Thatcher

#48. As people of color, it took a whole generation in many ways to get us out of the kitchen, and it's gonna take us the same whole generation to get us back into the kitchen and have ownership of restaurants, hotels and stuff like that.

Marcus Samuelsson

#49. Take full ownership if your thoughts, then you can start taking full ownership of your life and the impact you will make with it.

Trish Blackwell

#50. I don't think I ever got the hang of the writers' room. I love collaborating with people, but I really do my best work alone, and I think I would want to - if I did something again, I think I'd want to take total ownership the way Aaron Sorkin or David Kelley does.

Diablo Cody

#51. When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

Mike Pence

#52. There was nothing to compare with standing on a piece of land you owned free and clear. No one could push you off it, no one could take it from you, no one could tell you what to do with it.

Jeannette Walls

#53. Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.

John D. Rockefeller

#54. Airport take their own commercial decisions on their ownership structure. But this must not be at the expense of exploiting airlines through higher charges

Giovanni Bisignani

#55. When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.

Ruth Simmons

#56. Great mentors don't solve your problems, they guide you to make your best decision and encourage you to take personal ownership of the next steps for success.

Steve Knox