Quotes About Stewardship

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.

Evangelism and stewardship, women's and men' ministries, youth ministry, Sunday school, worship, social justice ministries, and even pastoral care must be held accountable to this one question: how does what we are doing encourage and enable others to live lives of active faith?

It's my property and a gift from the Lord. Why should I pay tax on it?

We, the people of Thiaoouba, are assigned to assist, guide and sometimes punish the inhabitants of planets under our guardianship.

Cada uno mira demasiado lo propio y olvida que hay cosas que son de todos y que hay que cuidar.

a terra pertence ao dono, mas a paisagem pertence a quem a sabe olhar.

Never, Never Call Yourself a "Landlord

Always a "Property Manager," NEVER a "Landlord

humans are the species that can most affect other species.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

It is a journey from doing things for God to doing things with Him. I was a really good steward for many years. I used to do what I felt God asked me to do, but now I have discovered that it is much better, and much more fun, to do things with Him. It is a journey from slavery to sonship.

For all the contradictions of the present-day world, for all the diversity of social and political systems in it, and for all the different choices made by the nations in different times, this world is nevertheless one whole. We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark.

The believer, however, will be concerned for the creation not simply because our actions there affect us, but also because it is God's, is valuable to him, and therefore should be to us as well.

Here's the thing: this planet's not a place that kids will inherit at some point, far off in the distant future. We live here right now, and we share this planet already."

If you admire our faith, strengthen yours. If you admire our sense of commitment, deepen yours. If you admire our community spirit, build one. If you admire the simple life, cut back. If you admire quality merchandise or land stewardship, then make quality. If you admire deep character and enduring values, live them.

Don't expel a man from his father's property, Don't reduce the nobles in their possessions.

I did not seize a man's daughter, nor did I seize his field STELA OF THE TREASURER ITI OF IMYOTRU

A goodly office is kingship, It has no son, no brother to maintain its memorial. But one man provides for the other; A man acts for him who was before him, So that what he has done is preserved by his successor.

Respecte la terre, et elle te respectera. Travaille-la, elle te le rendra au centuple.

This is by Sage Ani. "The wealth accrues to him who guards it; let your hand not scatter it to strangers, lest it turn to loss for you. If wealth is placed where there is interest, it comes back to you redoubled. Make a storehouse for your own wealth, your people will find it on your way. What is given small returns augmented, what is replaced brings abundance.

It is impossible to achieve a harmonization of man and nature without creating a human community that lives in a lasting balance with its natural environment.

Land itself is a natural resource that every society possesses under their control.

Money is a neutral thing. It means that it can be the main source of your miseries or your happiness. In the wrong hands, it is only harmful, but beneficial in the right hands.