Deterrent Quote by Randy Alcorn Download Open image “The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.” — Randy Alcorn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deterrent Earth Giving Home Illusion Nature
“The earth sometimes rewards humans who do good works for the planet. Look out for unexpected windfalls of produce from the earth such as… — Sarah Rajkotwala Copy Share Image
We must make living in harmony with the Earth a priority. This is our home... the only one we have! — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less harm and… — Zoe Weil Copy Share Image
The more our hearts and minds are turned to assisting others less fortunate than we, the more we will avoid the spiritually cankering effects… — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature, and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows. But the enjoyment… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Jesus Himself was criticized. He wasn't a glutton and drunkard, but He was accused of being those things. Why? Because He went to parties where people ate and drank, and some people probably were at those parties who were drunkards and gluttons. But you don't have to be sinning just because you're in in an environment of happiness. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward's mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not given - to me. A steward manages assets for the owner's benefit. The steward carries no sense of entitlement to the assets he manages. It's his job to find out what the owner wants done with… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.” —George… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
There's a timeless truth behind the concept of giving God our firstfruits. Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which it certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next. Materialism… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“When we become proud, we operate outside the grace God only gives to the humble. Humility preserves us; pride destroys us.” — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
I believe the only way to break the power of materialism is first, to see ourselves as stewards that God has entrusted these money and possessions to, and second, to give. Jesus says, "It is more blessed to give than to receive". As long as I still have something, I believe I own it. But when I give it away,… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“The most tragic strain in human existence lies in the fact that the pleasure which we find in the things of this life, however… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the nuclear weapons… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by. — Winifred Kirkland Copy Share Image
If somebody plans to carry out a series of murders... then this is obviously an evil and pre-meditated attack and in that case, there… — David Davis Copy Share Image
You know what an effective deterrent to crime is? Jail! And do you know what kind of criminal penalty actually makes people think twice… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one ... So long as one sees killing as wrong there is no need to waste time with the deterrent argument, since it would be nonsense to try to prevent a theoretical evil in the future by… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share
A nuclear program has arguably worked as a deterrent for North Korea and other states - would Moammar Gadhafi have been deposed and summarily killed if Libya had had nuclear weapons? Iranians might not think so. — Richard Engel Copy Share
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
