Earth Day Quotes: As we celebrate Earth Day this year, may we consider the sage advice of environmentalists, climate activists, religious leaders, nature enthusiasts, and the youth of the globe.
Read the following quotations to be inspired by the opportunity to make the world a better place and to be motivated to contribute to the creation of meaningful change. And go even further by investigating our guides on Earth Day and Earth Month celebrations.
In recognition of Earth Day, we have compiled this compendium of my favourite environmental quotations. I hope you find them to be as motivating as we do. Earth Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the progress we’ve made in preserving our shared environment, which is our responsibility.
It is also an excellent opportunity to recommit and aspire for improvement. On the path towards a more sustainable future, we’re all at various points.
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“I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.”
—Mother Teresa
“The Earth is what we all have in common.”
—Wendell Berry
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
-George Bernard Shaw
“Time spent among trees is never time wasted.”
—Anonymous
“Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs, —
To the silent wilderness,
Where the soul need not repress its music.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
—Thomas Fuller
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead
“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
—Leo Tolstoy
“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”
—Lady Bird Johnson
“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
—John Paul II
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”
—John Ruskin
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.”
—Jimmy Carter
“Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.”
—George Washington Carver
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.”
—Helen Keller
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“We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.”
— Maya Angelou
“Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling.”
— Greta Thunberg
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
— Robert Swan
“The good man is the friend of all living things.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
— George Bernard Shaw