Those whose hands are open to respond to the calls for means to sustain the cause of God and to relieve the suffering and the needy are not the ones who are found loose and lax and dilatory in their business management. They are always careful to keep their outgoes within their income. They are economical from principle; they feel it their duty to save, that they may have something to give. {4T 573.1}

Dem, hvis hænder er åbnede for at besvare kaldet på midler, som skal støtte Guds sag og hjælpe lidende og trængene, er ikke dem, som findes løsagtige, slappe og nølende i deres ledelse af forretninger. De er altid omhyggelige med at holde deres udgifter indenfor deres indtægter. De er sparsommelige ud fra princip; de anser det for deres pligt at spare, så de har noget at give af.