Quotes About Stewardship

cada ser da natureza, inclusive o homem, precisa compreender que seu lugar na natureza não é ser o senhor, mas um parceiro, alguém que tem a missão de manter o mundo equilibrado, em perfeita harmonia para que o mundo nunca despenque de seu lugar.

Entendi que cada um dos elementos vivos segura uma ponta do fio da vida e o que fere e machuca a Terra, machuca também a todos nós, os filhos da Terra.

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

The world doesn't belong to us, we belong to it. Always have, always will. We belong to the world. We belong to the community of life on this planet--it doesn't belong to us. We got confused about that, now it's time to set the record straight

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

Earth won't let a whole race, a whole species, be destroyed.

Work as unto the Lord, remembering that He is the one who promotes you.

Whatever you sow into God's kingdom, it may leave your hand, but it will never leave your life.

However, the truth is that to foster the next generation, we must become selfless leaders who are not out to make a name or position for ourselves but rather willing to pass on our knowledge and understanding for the kingdom's sake. Like David, we must be ready to deny ourselves in order to protect those God has entrusted to us.

My dad was the manager at the 45 000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1 200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.

In order to live as a slave of Jesus Christ, you must recognize the truth that God owns you. He created you. Every part of your mind, soul, and spirit was made by the creative breath of God.

We are committing ecocide on a biblical scale. I am in no way religious, but if you are, consider this; do you really think God created wonderful diversity and gave us dominion over it so we could exterminate it? Do you really think He or She is pleased with what we have done?

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children" (Prov. 13:22 NKJV). I

At this stage in The Total Money Makeover, you are the Mr. Universe of Money, with serious abs, pecs, and quads. You have all this financial muscle, so now you should do something intentional with it. It is not just to look at. We built this financial superbody for a reason. To have FUN, INVEST, and GIVE.

In 1 Timothy 6:17, Paul tells Timothy, his young apprentice, "Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

Foundations in Personal Finance.

Young people: They care. They know that this is the world that they're going to grow up in, that they're going to spend the rest of their lives in. But, I think it's more idealistic than that. They actually believe that humanity, human species, has no right to destroy and despoil regardless.

We ourselves (one single species) have taken over vast tracts of the inhabitable surface of the planet. Surely, we should allow those other creatures we share the planet with to retain some part of their ancient heritage.

We humans, alone on Earth, are powerful enough to create worlds, and then destroy them.

We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves.

We humans, alone on Earth, are powerful enough to create worlds, and then to destroy them.

Since I started filming in the 1950s, on average, wild animal populations have more than halved. I look at these images now and I realize that, although as a young man I felt I was out there in the wild experiencing the untouched natural world... it was an illusion. Those forests and plains and seas were already emptying.

a place does not have to be pristine to be worthy of protection and care... If people are open and observant, wilderness is all around us.

When my daughers, Simone and Emily look at me 25 or 30 years from now and say 'what were you doing, when global warming was happening? And when you guys knew what was coming down the road?' I want to be able to say, 'guys, I was doing everything I knew how to do.