Quotes about Stewardship
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.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.
— Henry David Thoreau
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
— Andrew Carnegie
Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.
— John Calvin
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.
— Craig Groeschel
Don't tell me you're trusting God until you trust Him with your pocketbook.
— J. Vernon McGee
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
— Andrew Carnegie
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.
— Cicero
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself as public property.
— Thomas Jefferson
The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.
— John Calvin
God intends... our care of Creation to reflect our love for the Creator.
— John Stott
The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving money and using people to get more money. Money is simply a tool to be used for good.
— Rick Warren