Quotes about Owed

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

It is significant that in most languages there is a single word for the essential virtue regarding both of these two relationships, which are the only two relationships where we cannot pay all that is owed. The word is "piety" (pietas). It means honor to both ancestors and God, the authors of our life.

The root of anger is the perception that something has been taken. Something is owed you, and now a debt to debtor relationship has been established.

Christianity teaches righteousness, not rights. It emphasizes honor, not equality. A Christian's concern is what is owed to the other, not what is owed to himself.