We humans are full of emotions, hope, dreams and desires. If we decide we will do something, we do our best to achieve the goal. But, sometimes destiny wants something better for you. So, you don’t get what you are trying to achieve. Or maybe what is not yours can not be yours! It is not written for you. It is not in your destiny. We aren’t saying to give up on the dreams. But, when you finally come to a conclusion that you’ve tried a lot but achieving that thing is just impossible, you have to move on! If something is not for you, you will never posses it. Here is a handpicked collection of What is Not Yours is Not Yours Quotes that will help you move on and keep going.
What is Not Yours is Not Yours Quotes
- ” ‘All the same, I don’t think you’d get anywhere by fighting back in a war of escalation with the devil.’ “
- ” ‘What I know is that I will not enter into any agreement in which my silence is purchased. I will not be compensated for my silence.’ “
- ” ‘My mother taught me how to lose things, how to keep them safe.’ “
- “The key to happiness is not in acquiring more, but in appreciating what you already have.”
- ” ‘Can the unknown be gentle with us?’ “
- “Possessing something does not guarantee happiness; true joy comes from living a life of purpose.”
- ” ‘Hearing his own thoughts out loud had to be some kind of echo chamber.’ “
- “What is not yours will never truly satisfy you.”
- ” ‘It’s a funny thing, to find your own name on someone’s tongue.’ “
- ” ‘As far as I can tell, no one has ever attempted to tell the history of a book before. I’m making a go of it.’ “
“We can only possess what we create, and even then, possession is a fleeting illusion.”
- Helen Oyeyemi,
- ” ‘The longer I live the more I mistrust narrative, the more I see that any story is always open to the reflection of the person telling it.’ “
- ” ‘Keys have always been a fetish for me; I like to look at them, think about them, and fantasize about what might be behind the door they open.’ “
- “Ownership is an illusion; we are only temporary stewards of the things around us.”
- ‘Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.’
- “The key is a symbol of trust, and trust is a delicate thing that can be broken as easily as it is given.” – Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
- ” ‘You should never believe the lies they tell you in libraries, but what you don’t read can’t hurt you.’ “
- ” ‘I think I might want to be a woman in love with danger. I think I might want to be a man who isn’t the marrying kind.’ “
- ‘It’s a puzzle, and when you finish it you know that you’ve taken something from nothing, because your solution is the only thing that’s real.’
“The key to a fulfilling life is not in owning everything, but in loving everything you own.”
- ” ‘Love’s enough, though, isn’t it? Even when it’s not enough, it’s enough.’ “
- “The only things worth owning are the things that cannot be taken away.”
- “We are all just temporary custodians of the things we call our own.” – Helen Oyeyemi
- “The more we cling to things, the more we limit ourselves.”
- “The more we focus on what we don’t have, the less we appreciate what we do have.”
- “The more we try to hold onto something, the more it slips away.”
- “The most valuable things in life cannot be possessed or bought, but only experienced.” – Helen Oyeyemi,
- “The key to happiness is not in owning more, but in wanting less.” – Helen Oyeyemi
- “The things we truly own are intangible: love, memories, experiences.”
- “What is not yours is not worth sacrificing your integrity for.”
- “The things we try to own end up owning us instead.”
- ” ‘Time had passed so slow, and now it was speeding up, but no one knew what they were heading for.’ “
- ” ‘People would like you if you learned to let them.’ “
- ” ‘Trust him; I say, he’s in it.’ “
“What is not yours is not meant for you, no matter how much you desire it.”
- “True freedom comes from releasing the need to possess and control.”
- “Ownership is a concept invented by humans, and it has caused more harm than good.”
- “Ownership is a trap that keeps us from living a life of authenticity.”
- ” ‘My confession is that I know I have to protect myself.’ “
- ” ‘Words and music. A couple more sentences and a few more chords.’ “
- “Possession is a form of imprisonment, and the only way to be truly free is to let go of the things we hold onto.” – Helen Oyeyemi
- “True abundance is not in the number of things we possess, but in the richness of our experiences.”
- “To take what is not yours is to steal not only from others, but also from yourself.” – Helen Oyeyemi,
- ” ‘I don’t know whether love is real or a phantom. Perhaps that’s the wrong way to think about it.’ “
- “Ownership is a false construct. The only things we truly own are our thoughts, and even those are ephemeral.” – Helen Oyeyemi
- “The things we think we own end up owning us.” – Helen Oyeyemi,
- “Ownership is a burden; letting go is freedom.”
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