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• Every man, in proportion to his virtue, considers himself, with respect to the great community of mankind, as the steward and guardian of their interests in the property which he chances to possess. Every man, in proportion to his wisdom, sees the manner in which it is his duty to employ the resources which the consent of mankind has intrusted to his discretion.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Men, Community, Chance

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1980). “Shelley on Love: An Anthology”, p.89, Univ of California Press

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• Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.

  Sophocles

  Thrifty, Goods

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• "Being a good steward" and "placing your hope in" is not the same thing.

  Matt Chandler

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• Eric Peters is a chronicler of his journey; he's been a faithful steward of the story God is telling through him, and this newest chapter, BiRDS OF RELOCATiON, is Eric's testimony that along the way there are moments of deep joy and gratitude-they may seem brief, but they're bright, and they're worth singing about. The joy I hear on this record heralds a long and welcome peace.

  Andrew Peterson

  Gratitude, Journey, Long

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• Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods.

  David Suzuki

  Backyards, Parks, Next

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• Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.

  Alexander Pope

  Poor, Stores, Pale

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• Some of us believe humanity should be in divine partnership with nature, some people believe that man has been given by God the right to have dominion over nature. But since even they say that we should be good stewards, that right there should be the common ground.

  Marianne Williamson

  Believe, Men, People

  Interview with John Robbins, foodrevolution.org. January 1, 2013.

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• ... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.

  John Calvin

  Stewardship, All Things, Regard

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• While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.

  John Darnielle

  Writing, Ideas, Doe

  "What’s Got John Darnielle’s Goat?". Interview with Emma Silvers, www.motherjones.com. March 25, 2011.

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• As stewards of God's creation, we are called to make the earth a beautiful garden for the human family.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Garden, God's Creation

  Pope Francis' address to the young people on the sports field of Santo Tomás University, Manila, w2.vatican.va. January 18, 2015.

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• The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical processes. Do you understand the way it works well enough to keep all its systems in operation? Can you make your kidneys function? Can you control the removal of waste? Are you conscious of the blood flow through your arteries, or the fact that you are losing a hundred thousand skin cells a minute?

  Lynn Margulis

  Cells, Blood, Ideas

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• I'm wise to be a good steward, but I'll never be my own rescuer. The worth thing you can do with fear and anxiety is to pretend you're too strong to have them. The best thing you can do is just to let Him be in charge of them

  Matt Chandler

  Wise, Strong, Anxiety

  Matt Chandler, Michael Snetzer (2014). “Recovering Redemption: A Gospel-Saturated Perspective on How to Change”, p.147, B&H Publishing Group

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• Our time on earth and our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships, and resources are all gifts from God that he has entrusted to our care and management. We are stewards of whatever God gives us. This concept of stewardship begins with the recognition that God is the owner of everything and everyone on earth. ... We never actually own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans the earth to us while we're here. It was God's property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die.

  Rick Warren

  Opportunity, Giving, Environmental

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• If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward's mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not given - to me. A steward manages assets for the owner's benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It's his job to find out what the owner wants done with his assets, then carry out his will.

  Randy Alcorn

  Jobs, Done, Benefits

  Randy Alcorn (2012). “The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving”, p.28, Multnomah

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• We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It's a wonderful treasure that we are to steward.

  Max Lucado

  People, Treasure, Want

  Source: www.biblestudytools.com

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• For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.

  Elizabeth I

  Leadership, Thinking, Safety

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• We have not wondered enough at the delights God has given us to appreciate them, and be good stewards. We have overworked the land, poured pollutants into river and stream, fouled the air we breathe with gas fumes and chemical smoke spiraling up from industrial chimneys. We have sown the wind. We are reaping the whirlwind.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Wind, Land, Rivers

  Madeleine L'Engle (1986). “A Stone for a Pillow”, Shaw

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• We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth's benefit.

  Rick Santorum

  Use, Benefits, Earth

  "Rick Santorum: I’ve Never Believed In The ‘Hoax Of Global Warming’". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2012.

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• It is important to note that everything in the business is converging with technology. The more you can understand how that convergence is happening, and the more you can steward that change into your organization, then the more you'll be sought after as that strategic partner.

  Stephen Gillett

  Technology, Organization, Important

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• The round-up is an aggressive tradition. I'm trying to objectively be a steward of the tradition and what it means in its choreography.

  Sufjan Stevens

  Mean, Trying, Tradition

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Think long and hard about the way you invest your children's time. Time is treasure. And where your time investment is, there you will find the heart of a child. Invest the majority of his time in entertainment, and his heart will be turned to love of pleasure. Invest his time in peers rather then family, and his heart will be with the peers more than his family. There is a time and place for all good things in balance, but wise parents will steward the treasure of time, and in so doing, shepherd their children's hearts.

  Doug Phillips

  Wise, Children, Heart

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• Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

  Leland Ryken

  People, Serving God, Workers

  Leland Ryken (1995). “Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure”, p.105, Baker Academic

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• If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.

  William Penn

  Death, Art, Debtors

  Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn (1909). “The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”

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• There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

  John F. Kennedy

  Water, Littles, Soil

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• The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people we admit) and immigrant policy (how we treat people who are already here). What our nation needs is a pro-immigrant policy of low immigration. A pro-immigrant policy of low immigration can reconcile America's traditional welcome for newcomers with the troubling consequences of today's mass immigration. It would enable us to be faithful and wise stewards of America's interests while also showing immigrants the respect they deserve as future Americans.

  Tom Tancredo

  Wise, Two, America

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