Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the…

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

— Andrew Carnegie

The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians of our…

— Jacob Schiff

“their surplus wealth to the mass of their fellows in the forms best calculated to do them lasting good. Thus is the problem of…

— Andrew Carnegie

In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

— Anatole France

“It is astonishing that critical scholarship has asked forever about the identification of these store-house cities, but without ever asking about the skewed exploitative…

— Walter Brueggemann

As we celebrate a culture of giving, however, we must also sharpen the question of how extreme wealth generation happens in the first place.…

— Rohini Nilekani

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.

— Paul Robeson

“Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we are so unfortunate…

— Susanna Clarke

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

For you have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well.

— B. J. Palmer

The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer…

— Andrew Carnegie

No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today…

— Robert C. Solomon

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it…

— John Kasich