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Sabbath Keeping

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Money· Sabbath Keeping· TCF

“One who has no sense, 
shakes hands in pledge 
and puts up security for a neighbor.” 



“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” ~ Polonius, Act 1, Scene 3 Hamlet ~ 
“Good times are when people make debts to pay in bad times.” 
~ Robert Quinlin ~
“It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.” ~ Rutherford B. Hayes ~
“The man who never has enough money to pay his debts has too much of something else.” ~ James Lendall Basford ~
“He who promises, runs in debt.” ~ Talmud ~

“Debts are like children. 
The smaller they are, 
the more noise they make.” 
~ Spanish Proverb ~

“There are four things every person has more of than they know: sins, debt, years and foes.”  ~ Persian Proverb ~
“Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.” 
~ American Proverb ~
“The only man who sticks closer to you than a friend in adversity is a creditor.” ~ unknown ~
“Promises makes debt and debt makes promises.” ~ Dutch Proverb ~
“Interest on debts, grow without rain.” ~ Yiddish Proverb ~
“A church debt is the devil’s salary.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~
“Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.” ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ 
“Never spend your money before you have it.” ~ Thomas Jefferson ~
“Creditors have better memories than debtors.” ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ 
“No man’s credit is as good as his money.” ~ E. W. Howe ~
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it.”
~ Bob Hope ~
“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.” ~ Robert Orben ~
“Money often costs too much.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ 
“If you lend someone money and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.” ~ Sandra Bennett ~
“To many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”  ~ Will Smith ~
“If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” 
~ Aristotle Onassis ~ 
“Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale. ~ Zig Ziglar ~ 
“Money is like a sixth sense, and you can’t make use of the other five without it.” ~ William Somerset Maugham ~

“For the love of money is the root of all evil.” 

If you’d like a name added to the prayer list, please let me know. Names will be kept for one week, then we begin anew.

Prayer Keeping ~ Maxine ~ Stephanie ~ Debbie ~ Deborah ~ Quesenberry family ~ Timi and family ~ Kim ~ Sandra ~ Grills family ~ Jim ~ Beth ~ persecuted Christians ~ 

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  1. Karen, a sweet and cute doggy face.

    Dori, Sadie is such a sweet dog too.

    Jody, Will Smith's comment was wonderful and OH so true.

    LindaSue, debt is a huge problem for so many people.

    EvalinaMarie, that one brought a smile to me as well.

    Mildred, I'm enjoying every day, even those I don't want to enjoy.

    Nancy, wise words are always welcome.

    Lea, you and me both.

    Vic, love Dave Ramsey and the dog is Sadie, my Ridge.

    Mildred, putting Beth's name on the prayer list.

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  6. Hope you are enjoying beautiful weather on the farm. It has been near perfect in GA this weekend. Blessings to you this week.

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  7. My favorite:
    "Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work." ~ Robert Orben ~
    Thank you for sharing.

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  8. great reminders – I don't have much now – but not a single penny of debt for which I'm truly grateful. Skip and I committed to no debt when we got married and stuck with it – no mortgage, no car payments – real freedom.
    Fun to see how many cultures/personalities view debt as a problem.

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