Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry."
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Stewardship
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Jane Goodall
Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist
"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?"
Selwyn Hughes
Author
"Remember this-you can't serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"In our good works nothing is our own."
John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses."
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"Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?"
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"We are not cistern made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing."
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"I am large, I contain multitudes"
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"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."
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"Our love for God is tested by the question of whether we seek Him or His gifts."
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"The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love."
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"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made."
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"The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver."
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"I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job."
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"Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud."
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"Nature does require her times of preservation."
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"Who so hath his mind on taking, hath it no more on what he taketh."
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"I'll go back and take what the people owe me."
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