#giving

Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose? ↗

— John Wesley

#christianity #clothing #compassion #evangelism #faithfulness

Wait, we can not break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, and you will play golf, and eat hot h'ors d'ourves. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They said do not trust the pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller. And for all of these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground. ↗

— Paul Rudnick

#indians #native-americans #pilgrims #thanksgiving #family

Spoilers follow I started reading the third act of Hamlet, and I got about two pages in when I realized there's no point. I am never going back to school. I am never going to the university. I am never going to watch wolves stalk through the northern forests or elephants graze on the savanna. I am never going to have sex or get married or raise a family. I'm never going to have a first apartment, a first house, a first car. I'm never ↗

— Megan Crewe

#hopelessness #nihilism #terminal-illness #virus #family

It seems like it has been forever. But i getbthe feeling that forever hasn't even started yet. ↗

— John Passaro

#family #inpirational #motivational #special-needs #wrestling

[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#giving #money #sharing #stewardship #tithing

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#faith #financial-freedom #giving #promise #sacrifice

When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose. ↗

— Andy Andrews

#hope #purpose #self-worth #life

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. ↗

— Bear Grylls

#horse #inspirational #life #living #never-giving-up

My original fear that my daughter was going to die before BettyJane and myself has now been replaced with the fear that she is going to outlive us. ↗

— John Passaro

#caregiving #fear #parents-responsibility #life

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience