Belonging Quotes

“The desire for acceptance and belonging is so strong.”

— Jenny Hayworth

“There is no ownership. There is only stewardship.”

— LeeAnn Taylor

My actions are my only true belongings.

— Anonymous

There is no house like the house of belonging.

— David Whyte

Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

— Brené Brown

“I was drunk with belonging.”

— Ian Morgan Cron

“Fitting in is the greatest barrier to belonging.”

— Brené Brown

“Violence can be a gift. Violence belongs to everyone.”

— Bryant McGill

“...You would be 'my boy', belonging to me alone, and I'd be faithful to you." "Homecoming”

— Keegan Kennedy

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

— Vikram Seth

Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.

— Geoffrey Beene

Strange that only a little problem of your own will take your mind far from a tragedy belonging to others.

— Richard Llewellyn

Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning, I definitely have the sensation of belonging there

— Anonymous

Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere.

— Matt Chandler

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.

— Brené Brown

You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging

— Valery Giscard d'Estaing

The popularity of leaders like Mandela was an invitation to counter-attack by the government. Mandela was banned from speaking, from attending gatherings,…

— Oliver Tambo

“What is necessary for belonging is the habit of showing up for one another, a steadfast presence that endures on good days…

— Kelley Nikondeha

Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were…

— Anonymous

“There is no true belonging, only an unspoken treaty to hate the same people. This fuels our spiritual crisis of disconnection.”

— Brené Brown

I really admire Ana Mendieta. She was a Cuban American artist who died the year I was born and whose work examines…

— Emma Healey

“Out of the hobbled spirit of attachment, and the insecure need of belonging, come the gross judgments against those who do not…

— Bryant McGill

Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is…

— Hannah Whitall Smith

People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some…

— Linus Torvalds

“The tribal belonging, the sexual association, the sense of party – these are what popular music offer, and they have always been…

— Stephen Fry

I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits…

— Dalai Lama

Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests,…

— E. B. White

“True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic…

— Brené Brown

I've also never written about home in this way before. I guess a lot of it is subconscious and I am intuitively…

— Jesmyn Ward

I think I've grown up in a mixed environment, and maybe a lot of the time I haven't really belonged anywhere in…

— Neneh Cherry

In some of our subcultures, paper bags are often used to carry intimate personal belongings. And the sight of some of our…

— David L. Bazelon

The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something…

— Phil McGraw

Some say they are not bound by the doctrine which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church…

— Pope Pius XII

If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or…

— Elif Batuman

“Community as belonging . . . In many groups of people and clubs of all sorts (political, sports, leisure, liberal professions, etc.)…

— Jean Vanier

All things belonging to the earth will never change-the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries and sleeps and wakes…

— Thomas Wolfe

We're not really afraid to die. We're only afraid of being forgotten. We know that we'll be forgotten, and the idea is…

— Karin Fossum

I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face…

— Annie Dillard

“True belonging is not something you negotiate externally, it’s what you carry in your heart. It’s finding the sacredness in being a…

— Brené Brown

“I was set free! I dissolved in the sea, became white sails and flying spray, became beauty and rhythm, became moonlight and…

— Eugene O'Neill