I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'
Personal savings accounts to me are one of the most powerful things, not necessarily in saving, solvency, or bankruptcy of the program, but in guaranteeing, the words I used a few minutes ago, a safe and secure retirement for our seniors.
To be a hero is to become a paradox. The very act of wanting to be a hero implies that you wish danger upon others in order to save them, for one cannot be a hero without needing someone to save.
To be a hero is to become a paradox. The very act of wanting to be a hero implies that you wish danger upon others in order to save them, for one cannot be a hero with needing someone to save.
What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.
I'm always wondering: Have all these time-saving devices actually saved us any time, or have they just created a million fetishes and obsessions that keep us from the quiet half hour we should be taking to sit and do nothing every day?
For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of course, some important progress has been made and millions of lives have been saved, but millions more could be saved.
Sing's Sidekick: You gave him your life savings? Sing: Yes. I was saving to become a doctor or lawyer... but this was a chance for world peace.
Elizabeth: You're despicable. Jack Sparrow: Sticks and stones, love. I saved your life, you saved mine. We're square.
Khan: I can save her. Thomas Harewood: What did you say? Khan: Your daughter. I can save her. Thomas Harewood: Who are you?
I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.
I was always the frugal kid growing up because I was saving for college. Or I was always that kid that was like, 'I'm going to save my babysitting money so I can eat an expensive dinner when I go to Europe.'
Jeff Bebe: "Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick! Russell Hammond: [to himself] You are a dick.
[from trailer] Nick Fury: Here we all are, with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world! So stand and fight!
[From trailer] Ultron: I was designed to save the world. People would look to the sky and see hope... I'll take that from them first.
Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.
We preach grace, but we don’t always practice it. We talk about God’s mercy, but we don’t always want the people who need it most to know it or get in on it. We say we are in the redemption business, but the door to that redemption is often loc...
To have saved one human life is worth more than to build a pagoda with seven stories.
Grace of God, power of God.
The breath of life is unlimited grace.
The grace of God is courtesy.
