Quotes About Stewardship

Man has responsibility, not power.

The parks are our national treasures, and they must be shown more respect, not only by visitors but also the people who run them.

I want the Forest Service to look at a vista with scenery, not only at lumber with a price tag.

The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.

I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose to hang out together but none of us has authority over the others. I bought and/or acquired them. I own them. I am profoundly responsible for their care and well being.

Teens say there's nothing I can do because I have no vote. The truth is, the only vote that matters is how you spend your money and who you give it to. Each coin is giving power. Notice and be careful who you give your power to.

I own every share of my company, and I don't want to sell any of it.

You shouldn't send people out to do a job which you cannot afford to equip them to do.

Money has to serve, not to rule.

I want to leave this company in the best possible shape.

I would rather be responsible and accountable and help to reward the public shareholders going ahead.

You really need to be on top of what you own, and you've got to be on top of your record-keeping. Imagine one day if a major bank is taken down and the records are gone.

We don't manage money for anyone else. We bear responsibility only for our own risks.

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

Mars does not belong to 'America,' nor to Earth, nor to human beings.

The earth of the future belongs to the people of the future.

What belongs to someone, belongs to someone.

from St. Luke: "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the growth of centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder, [and] it pains me to an unspeakable degree." J

We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.

he only ran that house as a way to

You are responsible for allocating your life.

I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it...But there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants.