Quotes About Stewardship

I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.

When I wear the hat of management, it is important that our management behaves and conducts as management accountable to the board.

There were people in the country who, when it came into their hands, degraded it by locking it up in a chest, and then it grew diseased and was called mammon, and bred all sorts of quarrels; but when first it left the king's hands it never made any but friends, and the air of the world kept it clean.

she always administered her charity with some view to the value of the probable return,—with some regard, that is, to the amount of good likely to result to others from the aid given to one. She always took into consideration whether the good was likely to be propagated, or to die with the receiver. She confessed to frequent mistakes; but such, she said, was the principle upon which she sought to regulate that part of her stewardship.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

Si tolga l'uomo dalla scena e sarà tolta per sempre la causa della fame e della fatica. L'uomo è la sola creatura che consuma senza produrre. Egli non dà latte, non fa uova, è troppo debole per tirare l'aratro, non può correre abbastanza velocemente per prendere i conigli. E tuttavia è il signore di tutti gli animali.

a part of all I earned was mine to keep.

una parte de todo lo que gano me revierte y la he de conservar.

UNA PARTE DE LO QUE GANAS ES TUYA PARA QUEDARTE CON ELLA.

A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP. It should not be less than a tenth no matter how little you earn.

Uma parte de tudo o que ganha pertence exclusivamente a você.

UNA PARTE DE TODO LO QUE GANAS ES TUYA PARA QUEDARTE CON ELLA.

I advise that you take the wisdom of Algamish and say to yourselves, 'A part of all I earn is mine to keep.' Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night. Say it each hour of every day. Say it to yourself until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky.

it will be wasted by one unable to use it wisely and leave him without his treasure, and leave the borrower with a debt he cannot repay?

ASÍ QUE VIENEN MUCHAS BENDICIONES AL HOMBRE QUE ES DUEÑO DE SU PROPIA CASA. Y REDUCIRÁ EN GRAN MANERA SUS GASTOS DE VIDA, CAUSANDO QUE TENGA DISPONIBLE MÁS DE SUS GANANCIAS PARA LOS PLACERES Y LA GRATIFICACIÓN DE SUS DESEOS. ESTE, ENTONCES ES EL QUINTO REMEDIO PARA UNA BOLSA ESCASA. SÉ DUEÑO DE TU PROPIA CASA».

A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter

A part of all I earn is mine to keep.

George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear

steward and his housekeeper, both persons of sentiment, hoped that upon his death-bed he would remember her, and speak of her

Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.

My father Lloyd Bridges worked on a TV show called 'Sea Hunt.' He impressed upon me as a child the importance of taking care of the ocean and working together to do our part to reduce human pollution.

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

I'm not interested in world domination. I'm interested in running a nice little brand that takes care of its own and does really good work.