Quotes About Stewardship

When you realize the value of all life you dwell less on past and concentrate more on the conservation of the future.

To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling. The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.

responsible man to ask is not how he is to extricate himself heroically from the affair, but how the coming generation is to live.

It is foolish to hold tightly to material possessions. We do not own them, but they can own us.

Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.

Money is a good servant, but a poor master.

10 Quien es fiel en lo poco, también lo es en lo mucho; y quien es injusto en lo poco, también lo es en lo mucho. 11 Si en las falsas riquezas no han sido fieles: ¿Quién les fiará las verdaderas? 12 Y si en lo ajeno no fueron fieles: ¿quién pondrá en sus manos lo suyo propio?

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the inherent value of people and all life is foundational.

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

Clearly we could devastate the world... as far as we know, the Earth is the only place in the universe where there is life. Its continued survival now rests in our hands

For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life.

I hardly exaggerate. Jewish life consists of two elements: Extracting money and protesting.

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

Its about cherishing the woodland at the bottom of your garden or the stream that runs through it. It affects every aspect of life.

You need to treat your finances as a resource God has provided to fulfill your vision, not a tool to fill your life with luxuries

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.

Every Christian should say: 'Have I wealth now? I should prepare for poverty. Have I health now? I should prepare for sickness.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need but not enough for every man's greed."56