Stewardship Quotes

• When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

  John Muir

  Inspirational, Peace, Nature

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• Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.

  Randy Alcorn

  Christian, Grace, Talent

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Money, Possessions, and Eternity”, p.226, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

  C. S. Lewis

  Believe, Giving, Safe

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.

  R. C. Sproul

  Waste, Sin, Worst

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• We must strive to become good ancestors.

  Ralph Nader

  Environmental, Strive, Ancestor

  "The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap". Book by Ralph Nader, 2004.

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• Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

  William Arthur Ward

  Responsibility, Generosity, Giving

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• The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given us

  Larry Burkett

  Principles, Given, Managers

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• Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Giving, Cost, Lord

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• You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Funny, Women

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• Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

  George H. W. Bush

  Perspective, Environmental, Earth

  George H.W. Bush (2009). “Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

  William Carey

  Generosity, Promise, Needs

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• Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index to a man's true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate correlation between the development of a man's character and how he handles his money.

  Richard Halverson

  Jesus, Real, Character

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• I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Salary, Dollars, Able

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• It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Responsibility, Heart, Years

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• Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.

  Hillel the Elder

  Balance, Needs, World

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

  John Calvin

  Tested

  John Calvin (2009). “The Christian Life”, p.8, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• We are not cistern made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Hoarding, Made

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions.

  Erwin McManus

  Passion, Volunteer, People

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2011). “Unleashed: Release the Untamed Faith Within”, p.102, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

  Barbara Bush

  Memorable, Generosity, Giving

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• I do believe in what I call the stewardship of influence as well as the stewardship of affluence. And that is you use whatever God gives you not for your own benefit, but use it to help people who have no benefit. And when you use whatever God gives you, he gives you more of it. When you use it well, he gives you more of it.

  Rick Warren

  Believe, People, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Giving, Way, Whole

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• The average Christian pays more in interest than he gives to the Lord's work. In a church of 100 families 37 will give nothing.

  Larry Burkett

  Christian, Average, Giving

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• Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanctifies it: "The Universe is God's sanctuary. Every work day is a day of the Lord, every supper is a Lord's supper, every work a fulfillment of the divine task, every joy a joy in God. In all preliminary concerns, ultimate concern is present, consecrating them."

  Paul Tillich

  Joy, Tasks, Lord's Supper

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