A Generous Life: 10 Steps to Living a Life Money Can't Buy by David Green Sr.My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Quotes from A Generous Life: 10 Steps to Living a Life Money Can’t Buy by David Green
David Green has written a wonderful, encouraging, practical, and challenging book. There are some great personal stories about Green and his company, Hobby Lobby. There is several quotes from each chapter that I have shared below:
• A true legacy . . . is conceived in wisdom, nurtured by principle, and sustained by character.
• The questions we ask at the end of life are the ones we should begin with.
• Generosity and legacy happen only when we return everything to the rightful owner [God].
• Wealth can be a hindrance if it’s seen as something you own rather than steward.
• I sensed God saying to me, “This company [Hobby Lobby] beongs to me. Don’t you touch it. It’s mine.”
• I knew who controlled my fate no matter what those justices decided. And peace reigned. (This was when his company was being judge by The Supreme Court over the health issue).
• Choose the eternal in the everyday mundane.
• Honoring the people in your life, respecting them, doing what’s right, acting with integrity. This is true virtue, and it begins with people.
• Valuing the eternal means putting people first.
• The first thing that will help your children is to show them a marriage they want to emulate.
• Whether it is in your marriage, your parenting, or your work ethic, integrity always wins.
• The greatest blessings are the ones that can never be lost.
• Having money does not equal being blessed. Money can actually be a curse if it is not handled the right way.
• Blessing carries a purpose that goes beyond ourselves, and even beyond this lifetime.
• Beyond Christ, everything else is just frosting.
• Every journey requires a destination.
• Generosity can start ever so small, but eventually have massive impact for God’s kingdom.
• To invest in eternal things is the most important thing we can do with our lives, our energies, and our resources.
• If we don’t use Hobby Lobby’s earnings to touch people for the Lord, I really don’t see the reason for me to be in business at all.
• Through giving, we join God in His divine work.
• Those who plan to give, do.
• Let your mind play a bit, and see whether God ignites your heart with the fire of generosity.
• Ask, “Is this going to matter a thousand years from now?” If not, it might be a good thing, but it’s not a great thing.
• Don’t underestimate the power of making a plan and writing it down.
• What you know, you can change. What you don’t know controls you.
• One of the great needs in families is to talk with one another about money and the responsibility it brings.
• You can spend your life either on the eternal or on things that aren’t going to matter.
• Work is not a curse. It is our calling.
• We simply must raise kids and grandkids to be independent. Otherwise we make cripples out of them.
• No family member, of whatever generation, must ever view Hobby Lobby as his or her source of well-being for all of life. God is our source!
• Give even when it seems impossible.
• You won’t know whether you can out-give God until you try.
• It settled permanently inside of me that God had a purpose for a businessman. He had called me.
• The more this business gives, the more God blesses us to keep giving.
• When to give? I humbly suggest always.
• Passing on wealth means passing on all forms of wealth.
• It doesn’t matter if you’re a wealthy business owner, a rookie entrepreneur, or a couple planning their family and the next five years – breaking up your family’s vision is never a good thing.
• We want [Hobby Lobby] to continue for decades, perhaps even centuries, as an ongoing source of financial fuel for God’s work around the world.
• Stockpile treasure in Heaven!
• Legacy is not just what we leave behind, but what we send ahead.
• Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or – worse! – stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being” (Matthew 6:19-21).
• I want to be remembered more for the size of my soul than for the size of my bank account.
As you can see from the quotes above, this is an excellent book. If you are a believer than I highly recommend this book. It is an easy read, but has eternal principles
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