#inherit

Delaying giving as a strategy for future kingdom building is risky. We could hold on to assets out of fear of letting go or unwillingness to surrender control to the Lord. As long as money lies within our grasp, there's not only the danger that we'll lose the assets, but also that we'll change our minds or be seduced by the status, prestige, and recognition of controlling (or having our name attached to the distribution of) what belongs to God. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#donation #end-of-life-giving #inheritance #change

As he was about to leave, she said, "Murtagh." He paused and turned to regard her. She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, "Why?" She though he understood her meaning: Why her? Why save her, and now why try to rescue her? She had guessed at the answer, but she wanted to hear him say it. He stared at her for the longest while, and then, in a low, hard voice, he said, "You know why. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#murtagh #nasuada #courage

Eragon went to see the dragon for the first time since it had spoken to him. He approached apprehensively, aware now that it was an equal. "Eragon." "Is that all you can say?" he snapped. "Yes." His eyes widened at the unexpected reply, and he sat down roughly. Now it has a sense of humor. What next? ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#dragon #eragon #saphira #sarcasm #talk

What are the chances that we will one day discover that DNA has absolutely nothing to do with inheritance? They are effectively zero. ↗

— Sam Harris

#evolution #inheritance #natural-selection #science #faith

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children. ↗

— Mark Udall

#borrowing #children #earth #haven #i

And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#clothed #flesh #human #human nature #inherited

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#already #been #death #estate #estate tax

When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was. ↗

— Dick York

#also #did #found #fundamentalist #i

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#inherited #our #pass #responsibility #squander

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past. ↗

— Francis Herbert Hedge

#every #every man #fortune #heir #his