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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.

God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important eighth and ninth chapters, where he urges some of the Christian communities to be generous to others so that they may also have the chance to be generous in return.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

You have to be humble when you're dealing with God.

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.

And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?