Quotes About Stewardship

Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees... We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.

The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.

When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."

I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley of the Euphrates.

Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.

In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.

From the explicit prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees, our sages deduced that it is all the more forbidden to destroy the fruits themselves.

They will come back, come back again, As long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think he would squander souls?

When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.

He who sees a gold bullion more valuable than a tree has surely an intelligence much less than a donkey's!

The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

For you have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well.

God has blessed me with more than I need. I'm rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more.

I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.

Don't tell me you're trusting God until you trust Him with your pocketbook.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The World we all share is given to us in trust. Every choice we make regarding the earth, air, and water around us should be made with the objective of preserving it for all generations to come.

Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

Our possessions are a trust from God. What we clutch tightly, we lose. What we place in His hands, we will possess.