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Giving: The Heart of Abundance

Giving is not about losing something; it’s about gaining a richer life. The Bible repeatedly emphasizes that generosity is a key to living abundantly, a truth echoed by philanthropists and thought leaders throughout history.

  1. Bible (Psalm 37:21): “The righteous give generously.”
    • Dave Ramsey: “Giving to those in need will bring more joy than money could ever buy.”
    • Jim Rohm: “He who serves the most reaps the most. Giving is the key to success, fulfillment, and a life of prosperity.”
    • Robin Sharma: “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
  2. Bible (Luke 6:38): “Give to others, and you will receive. You will be given much. It will be poured into your hands, more than you can hold. You will be given so much that it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.”
    • Orison Swett Marden: “We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”
    • Dale Carnegie: “The rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.”
    • Erich Fromm: “Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”
  3. Bible (Proverbs 3:9-10): “Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce, then your barns will be filled with plenty.”
    • John D. Rockefeller: “He did not just give $1.5 million randomly; he began giving 10% back when he first began working when he was making $1.50 per day. Then during the height of his career, he gave $1.5 million dollars (≈ $30 million today) to his church every year.”
  4. Bible (Proverbs 28:27): “Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.”
    • Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
  5. Bible (Matthew 6:3-4): “But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
    • Tony Robbins: “People are rewarded in public for what they do in private.”
  6. Bible (Proverbs 14:21): “The generous will themselves be blessed.”
    • St. Francis of Assisi: “For it is in giving that we receive.”
    • Ben Carson: “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.”
    • Maya Angelou: “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
  7. Bible (2 Thessalonians 3:13): “As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.”
    • Albert Schweitzer: “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
  8. Bible (2 Corinthians 9:6): “The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
    • George H.W. Bush: “There could be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.”
    • Bill Clinton: “We cannot build our own futures without helping others to build theirs.”
  9. Bible (Proverbs 11:25): “The generous will prosper…”
    • T. Harv Eker: “How you do anything is how you do everything. If you want to be rich, start by giving.”
  10. Bible (Proverbs 22:9): “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.”
    • Sheryl Sandberg: “The more that you give, the more that you’ll get in return. The world works in mysterious ways.”
    • Zig Ziglar: “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.”
    • Albert Einstein: “The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.”
  11. Bible (2 Corinthians 9:7): “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
    • Mark Zuckerberg: “We all have an obligation to give back to the world. It’s not just about building wealth, it’s about building a better future.”
    • Warren Buffett: “If you’re in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%.”
  12. Bible (Proverbs 19:17): “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”
    • Mother Teresa: “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
  13. Bible (Galatians 6:9): “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
    • Ronald Reagan: “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”
    • John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Budgeting, Spending, Earning, and Planning: Master Your Resources

Wealth does not come from how much you make but how wisely you manage what you have. The Bible provides profound lessons on planning, diligence, and discipline—foundations for financial peace.

  1. Bible (1 Corinthians 16:2): “On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he will prosper.”
    • Warren Buffett: “You do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.”
    • Edmund Burke: “If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
  2. Bible (Psalms 35:27): “God gives us wealth to show the world His glory.”
    • Billy Graham: “If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.”
    • Henry David Thoreau: “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
  3. Bible (1 Timothy 6:10): “The love or lust of money is the root of all evil.”
    • Dave Ramsey: “Money is not evil. Money is amoral. Neither good nor bad. Money is simply a tool. It is how you use it.”
    • Mahatma Gandhi: “Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.”
  4. Bible (Proverbs 21:5): “Plans of the diligent lead to wealth.”
    • Dave Ramsey: “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you. Financial peace isn’t the acquisition of stuff. It’s learning to live on less than you make, so you can give money back and have money to invest. You can’t win until you do this.”
    • Vince Lombardi: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
  5. Bible (Luke 14:28-29): “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?”
    • Thomas Jefferson: “Never spend your money before you have it.”
    • Aristotle: “Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.”
  6. Bible (Proverbs 29:18): “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
    • Edmund Burke: “If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
  7. Bible (Proverbs 21:5): “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.”
    • Warren Buffett: “Successful investing takes time, discipline, and patience. I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.”
  8. Bible (Proverbs 24:34): “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest – and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.”
    • Robert Kiyosaki: “The only difference between a rich person and a poor person is how they use their time.”
  9. Bible (Ecclesiastes 10:10): “If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.”
    • Abraham Lincoln: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
  10. Bible (Proverbs 12:11): “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”
    • Aristotle: “First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve it. Third, adjust all your means to that end.”
  11. Bible (Jeremiah 29:11): “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
    • Thomas Edison: “A vision without a plan is a hallucination.”
    • Lao Tzu: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
    • Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
    • Morris Chang: “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.”
  12. Bible (2 Timothy 2:15): “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
  13. Bible (Genesis 41:34-36): “Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. They should collect all the food of these good years… to be kept in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine… so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”
    • Seneca: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
    • Ovid: “He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.”
    • John D. Rockefeller: “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”
  14. Bible (Proverbs 21:5): “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance…”
    • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “Plan your work and work your plan.”
  15. Bible (Deuteronomy 8:18): “You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth…”
  16. Bible (Ecclesiastes 5:19): “Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil, this is a gift of God.”
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
    • Mahatma Gandhi: “The future depends on what we do in the present.”
  17. Bible (Proverbs 10:22): “The blessing of the Lord makes you rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.”
    • Eleanor Roosevelt: “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”
    • Winston Churchill: “Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.”
    • Chinese Proverb: “The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
  18. Bible (Proverbs 16:3): “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
    • Sun Tzu: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
    • Jack Welch: “Control your own destiny or someone else will.”
    • Mark Twain: “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
    • Carl Icahn: “In life and business, there are two cardinal sins: The first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all.”
  19. Bible (Matthew 25:14-30): “Well done, good and faithful servant… You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.”
    • Pablo Picasso: “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
  20. Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:2): “Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.”
    • Thomas J. Stanley: “You are what you earn. But, in addition, you are how well you manage your money.”
  21. Bible (Romans 13:8): “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another…”
  22. Bible (Proverbs 12:11): “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”
    • Tony Robbins: “The secret to wealth is to create a plan and then follow through on it.”
  23. Bible (Matthew 6:33): “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
    • Aristotle: “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives—choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
  24. Bible (Proverbs 13:22): “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.”
    • Dave Ramsey: “You must gain control over your money or the lack of it will forever control you.”

TRUST GOD & DON'T WORRY

Small, consistent savings lead to large rewards over time. Just as a farmer reaps what he sows, those who invest wisely and patiently will see their efforts grow.

  1. Bible (1 Corinthians 16:2): “On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he will prosper.”
    • Warren Buffett: “You do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.”
    • Edmund Burke: “If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
  2. Bible (Proverbs 13:11): “Whoever gathers little by little will increase it.”
    • T. T. Munger: “The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.”
    • Brigham Young: “If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money, but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.”
  3. Bible (Proverbs 21:20): “The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.”
    • Pablo Picasso: “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
    • Charles Dickens: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty-pound ought and six, results in misery.”
  4. Bible (Proverbs 13:22): “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.”
    • Robert Kiyosaki: “It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.”
  5. Bible (Proverbs 14:23): “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
    • Thomas Jefferson: “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
    • Thomas Edison: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
    • Aristotle: “It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth and wisdom.”
    • Benjamin Franklin: “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
  6. Bible (Proverbs 3:17-18): “Wisdom gives: a long, good life, riches, honor, pleasure, peace. Wisdom is a tree of life to those who eat her fruit; happy is the man who keeps on eating it.”
    • Benjamin Franklin: “The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself. An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. The more you learn, the more you’ll earn.”
    • Warren Buffett: “One can best prepare themselves for their economic future by investing in your own education.”
    • Robert Kiyosaki: “Too many people are focused too much on money and not on their greatest wealth, which is their education. Money comes and goes, but if you have the education about how money works, you gain power over it and can begin to build wealth.”
  7. Bible (Proverbs 22:6): “Bring up a child by teaching him the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn away from it.”
    • Dave Ramsey: “Nobody wants to ruin their kids’ lives! But that’s exactly what wealth does if it’s passed down to adult children who don’t have the emotional and spiritual backbone to carry it.”
  8. Bible (Proverbs 21:25): “Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves.”
    • Andrew Carnegie: “In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who will help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; to give those who desire to rise the aids by which they may rise; to assist, but rarely or never do all.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “The biggest and most common weakness of mankind is wanting something. The gift of riches in any form, without some sort of consideration in return, generally harms more than it benefits the one who receives it.”
  9. Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:4): “Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
  10. Bible (Proverbs 25:28): “A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.”
    • Jack Canfield: “You only have control over three things in your life—the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take.”
  11. Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:6): “Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.”
    • Thomas Edison: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
  12. Bible (Luke 16:10): “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”
    • Sir John Templeton: “As you become a good steward of the abundance that is yours right now, an increasing attitude of gratitude will bring greater blessings to you and, then through you, to our world.”
  13. Bible (Ecclesiastes 11:2): “Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.”
    • Peter Lynch: “Know what you own, and know why you own it. Invest in what you know.”
  14. Bible (Proverbs 3:9-10): “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.”
  15. Bible (Matthew 25:14-30): The Parable of the Talents – “Well done, good and faithful servant... You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.”
    • Sir John Templeton: “The four most dangerous words in investing are: ‘This time it’s different.’”
    • Warren Buffett: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
    • Warren Buffett: “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”
  16. Bible (Proverbs 10:4): “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.”
    • Charlie Munger: “The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but in the waiting.”
    • Robert Kiyosaki: “The rich don’t work for money. They make money work for them.”
    • Warren Buffett: “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”
  17. Bible (Genesis 41:47-49): “During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.”
    • Benjamin Graham: “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.”
    • “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” – George Soros
    • “You make most of your money in a bear market; you just don’t realize it at the time.” – Shelby Cullom Davis
    • “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle
    • “Courage leads to fortune.” – Virgil
    • “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.” – Albert Einstein
    • “The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around, and the bigger the upside.” – George Soros
    • “All intelligent investing is value investing—acquiring more than you are paying for.” – Charlie Munger
    • “The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing.” – Jack Bogle
    • “Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.”
    • “The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” – Philip Fisher
    • “A successful investor must be able to see the business as a whole and not be swayed by the daily fluctuations of the stock market.” – Thomas Rowe Price Jr.
    • “It's not always easy to do what's not popular, but that's where you make your money.” – John Neff

Positive Growth Mindset: The Engine of Transformation

Your mindset will either be the wind beneath your wings or the weight that holds you down. As the Bible and success leaders affirm, thoughts shape reality, and faith fuels action.

  1. Bible (Matthew 21:22): “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought. Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
    • Earl Nightingale: “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”
  2. Bible (Ecclesiastes 5:19): “As for every man to whom God has given riches and many good things, He has also given him the power to eat from them, receive his reward and be happy in his work. This is the gift of God.”
    • Andrew Carnegie: “I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of the mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.”
  3. Bible (Proverbs 16:16): “Wisdom and understanding is better than having silver and gold.”
    • Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
  4. Bible (Proverbs 24:3-5): “A house is built by wisdom and comes strongly through good sense. Through knowledge, its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables. The wise are mightier than the strong, and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.”
    • Zig Ziglar: “Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
  5. Bible (Proverbs 13:20): “He who walks with the wise becomes wise, those who hang with fools become a fool.”
    • Benjamin Franklin: “Associate with people who enjoy the measure of prosperity you would like to enjoy.”
  6. Bible (Luke 1:37): “For nothing will be impossible with God.”
    • Henry Ford: “Those who walk with God, always reach their destination.”
    • Isaac Newton: “What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean. He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.”
    • Galileo Galilei: “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
  7. Bible (Deuteronomy 8:18): “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth.”
    • Catherine Pulsifer: “We should all read the Bible. But there is more to it than just reading. The Bible’s real power comes when we put its words into action.”
  8. Bible (Proverbs 13:20): “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.”
  9. Bible (Isaiah 43:18): “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.”
    • Brian Tracy: “It doesn’t matter where you came from. All that matters is where you are going.”
  10. Bible (2 Timothy 3:17): “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
    • Norman Vincent Peale: “The Bible – the wisest document ever known in human existence, which defies the ravages of time and change because it contains the truth that cannot be changed or invalidated.”
  11. Bible (Colossians 3:23): “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.”
    • Dalai Lama: “Challenge whatever you find hardest to do, do with all your heart.”
  12. Bible (Proverbs 15:22): “Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers, they succeed.”
    • Tony Robbins: “If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results.”
  13. Bible (1 Corinthians 15:33): “Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'”
    • Oprah Winfrey: “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”
  14. Bible (Matthew 9:29): “According to your faith, let it be done to you.”
    • Zig Ziglar: “By altering our attitudes, we can alter our lives.”
  15. Bible (Philippians 3:14): “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
    • Oprah Winfrey: “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”
    • Nelson Mandela: “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up.”
    • Napoleon Hill: “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
  16. Bible (Proverbs 24:16): “The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.”
    • Thomas Edison: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
    • Winston Churchill: “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
    • Paulo Coelho: “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
  17. Bible (Proverbs 23:7): “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”
    • James Allen: “As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”
    • Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
    • Shakespeare: “There is nothing good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.”
  18. Bible (Matthew 5:43-44): “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
    • Martin Luther King Jr.: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
  19. Bible (Mark 11:24): “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
    • Andrew Carnegie: “I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of the mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.”
    • Albert Einstein: “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”

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More Quotes of Interest

  1. Scripture’s Authority in Society & Governance
    • George Washington: “It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”
    • Thomas Jefferson: “The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. A student perusal of the Sacred Volume will make us better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.”
    • Napoleon Bonaparte: “The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.”
    • Winston Churchill: “We rest with assurance upon the impregnable rock of Holy Scripture.”
  2. Personal Engagement & Transformation through Scripture
    • Abraham Lincoln: “I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a better man.”
    • Theodore Roosevelt: “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”
    • D.L. Moody: “The Bible was not given for our information, but for our transformation.”
    • John Quincy Adams: “So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens.”
  3. Faith as Daily Dependence & Courage
    • Mother Teresa: “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.”
    • C.S. Lewis: “Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
    • Martin Luther King Jr.: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”
  4. Wealth, Stewardship & Divine Gift
    • John D. Rockefeller: “I believe the power to make money is a gift from God... to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.”
    • Andrew Carnegie: “The older I get, the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.”
    • Benjamin Franklin: “Work as if you were to live 100 years; pray as if you were to die tomorrow.”
  5. Integrating Faith with Reason & Science
    • Albert Einstein: “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
    • Abraham Lincoln: “Take all of this book upon reason… and the balance on faith.”
  6. Women’s Voices on Faith, Character & Hope
    • Mother Teresa: “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
    • Margaret Thatcher: “Watch your thoughts, for they will form your actions. Watch your actions, for they will form your habits. Watch your habits, for they will forge your character. And your character will make your destiny.”
    • Ruth Bell Graham: “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
    • Corrie ten Boom: “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
    • Harriet Tubman: “I always told God, ‘I’m going to hold steady on You, and You’ve got to see me through.’”
    • Helen Keller: “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.”
    • Elizabeth Elliot: “The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.”
    • Eleanor Roosevelt: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
    • Beth Moore: “God never overlooks a single tear you cry. Each one is caught, counted, and cherished by Him.”
    • Amy Carmichael: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”
    • Anne Graham Lotz: “God is bigger than any problem you will ever face. He already knows the outcome.”