Earth Day Quotes - Page 5

• The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Sacrifice, Grandchildren, Men

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• All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It must be this voice that is telling me to do something, and I am sure it's the same voice that is speaking to everybody on this planet - at least everybody who seems to be concerned about the fate of the world, the fate of this planet.

  Wangari Maathai

  Fate, Voice, World

  "Wangari Maathai: 'You Strike The Woman...'". Priscilla Sears, "In Context" (journal), Volume 28, Spring 1991.

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• The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Nature, Mutual Interest, Environmental

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• Forests are the lungs of our land.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Land, Tree, Environmental

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4”, p.65, Best Books on

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• There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

  Robert Orben

  Fun, Air, Environmental

  "Waiting to Inhale: Don't Take a Breath Without the Report From Our Air Pollution Control District". The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 31, 2008.

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• The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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• Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space.

  Margaret Mead

  Integrity, Ocean, Communication

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• It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.

  Rene Dubos

  Men, Quality, Pollution

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• The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Book, World, Maps

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", www.imdb.com. 2012.

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• He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

  Thomas Fuller

  Love, Nature, Science

  "Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 2248, 1732.

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• We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all.

  Vandana Shiva

  Way, Making Peace, Humans

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• Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of Nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Wind, Weather

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.70, Harvard University Press

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• The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.

  Mary Brave Bird

  Inspirational, Mother, Native American

  Mary Brave Bird, Richard Erdoes (2007). “Ohitika Woman”, p.220, Grove Press

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• A careless way of sauntering across the earth and breaking open its treasures, a terrible dependency on sucking out the world's best juices for ourselves-these may also be our enemies. The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Enemy, Treasure, May

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Small Wonder”, p.13, Faber & Faber

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• The long fight to save wild beauty represents democracy at its best. It requires citizens to practice the hardest of virtues - self-restraint.

  Edwin Way Teale

  Fighting, Self, Wild Beauty

  Edwin Way Teale (1987). “Circle of the seasons: the journal of a naturalist's year”, Olympic Marketing Corp

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• Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Air, Goal, Water

  "Earth Day at 40: Environmental movement has undergone significant change" by Steve Almasy, www.cnn.com. March 23, 2011.

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• We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.

  William Anders

  Moon, Space, Important

  "The mysteries of sleepwalking and night fears are not solved", www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.

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• I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.

  Natalie Merchant

  Girl, Summer, Memories

  "Girls Scouts' 100th Anniversary a Time to Reflect", abcnews.go.com. March 12, 2012.

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• A world without huge regions of total wilderness would be a cage; a world without lions and tigers and vultures and snakes and elk and bison would be - will be - a human zoo. A high-tech slum.

  Edward Abbey

  Zoos, Snakes, Would Be

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

  Jimmy Carter

  Love, Nature, Art

  Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.10, University of Arkansas Press

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• The environment is everything that isn't me.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

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• Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Nature, Color

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2001). “Nature, Addresses and Lectures”, p.17, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

  Jay Inslee

  Country, Environmental, Energy

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• It's Earth Day today. Let me tell you something about polar bears. They're endangered but you have to be careful because a polar bear is one of the few animals that will stalk a human. If you go to where polar bears live, it might stalk you and when you're on the plane going home, it might be behind you reading.

  Craig Ferguson

  Reading, Home, Animal

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