Quotes About Custodianship

Mankind does not have dominion over the Earth, mankind has a relationship with the Earth.

A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.

We've have to heed our Biblical obligation to be good stewards of the Earth after leaving the Garden of Eden.

There can be no stewardship without stewards.

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.

God also set man to be the keeper of creation (Gen 2:15),49 to protect it and keep it safe.

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord.

No man should have proprietary rights over land who does not use that land wisely and lovingly.

I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.

To call human beings 'stewards' of this planet is like accepting that Jack the Ripper is the right man to start a Home for the Care and Protection of Fallen Women.

We don't own the earth. We are the earth's caretakers...we take care of it and all the things on it. And when we're done with it, it should be left better than we found it.

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.

If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.

It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

We did not - and could not - purchase Earth with money. We have just been granted temporary stewardship.

I want to be clear: I do not view myself so much as the owner of Fulham but a custodian of the club on behalf of its fans.

It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.

We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its future.