Stewardship Quotes

The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

In the midst of prosperity, the challenge for believers is to handle wealth in such a way that it acts as a blessing, not a curse.

God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.

It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming in, that helps relieve debt.

Giving is true loving.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job.

There can be no stewardship without stewards.

Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue

The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.

Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.

It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I think the USA is ready for that challenge!

Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

Whoever is gripped by God's spirit turns to his creation with all the interest that comes from God's love.

The fact is, America needs energy and new energy infrastructure, and the Keystone XL pipeline will help us achieve that with good stewardship.

We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.

My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.

What the Bible says is really true-it's better to give than to receive.

In losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation.

Give regularly. Stewardship is not a once-a-year consideration, but a week-to-week, month-to-month commitment requiring discipline and consistency.

Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.

A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.

Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

The better you get, the better you better get.

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

What you do with your resources in this life is your autobiography.

The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.

The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see. Presumably the unselfish motives will follow as we wise up.

Fulfilling the vision of the Irvine Ranch master plan has been a lifetime dedication and lifetime passion, and I am hopeful the heritage of our Irvine stewardship will live on in many new ways.

We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two "Eds" are better than one.

Nobody's going to vote for terrorism. So our governments don't have that sort of political pressure to act in a responsible manner when it comes to stewardship of our rights.

Success is not what you leave to but what you leave behind

The stewardship of influence. What have you done with influence?

We do a stewardship series every Sunday...at offering time.

Who so hath his mind on taking, hath it no more on what he taketh.

I'll go back and take what the people owe me.

Genesis 1...was designed to reflect God, both to reflect God back to God in worship and to reflect God into the rest of creation in stewardship.

In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

There is no one subsists by himself alone.

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into.

In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in the desert.

The question is not, how much of what is mine do I give to others. The question is, how much of what is God's do I reserve for myself. The answer we give is a faith issue, a stewardship issue.

Nature does require her times of preservation.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.