Quotes About Stewardship

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

We've got to be responsible, somebody's got to be responsible for it.

Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

You have to make the most responsible decisions you can with the resources you have.

The American people expect their government to manage their hard-earned tax dollars responsibly.

I reprimand people, even those working with me, for littering the roads.

You need to control the country, and the main thing is not to ruin people's lives.

Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.

We owe it to ourselves to keep healthy this marvelous world we've been given.

Fishermen own the fish they catch, but they do not own the ocean.

Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

The quality of ownership is not what it was in yesteryear.

We think the ownership culture is very important, so we like to invest in businesses whose leaders are also owners.

A community belongs to those who take ownership of it.

Well, I like the environment. I think anybody who owns land or really likes going out hunting, they care about the environment as well.

What people ought to do is find out what a national park is to begin with.

My wife and I have spent half our lives, half our adult lives, trying to save special parts of California.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

As Parker Palmer said, "Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.

Parker Palmer lo expresa muy bien: Hay al menos una cosa que me ha quedado clara: el cuidado de sí mismo no es nunca un acto egoísta; sencillamente es una buena mayordomía del único don que tenemos; fui puesto en la tierra para poderles ofrecer ese don a los demás. Cada vez que podamos escuchar a nuestro verdadero yo y darle el cuidado que necesita, no lo hacemos solo para nosotros mismos, sino también para los muchos otros cuyas vidas tocamos.

Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.