The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth. – Chief Seattle
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. – Alice Walker
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
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. – Robert Swan
The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves. – Wangari Maathai
There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere. – Annie Leonard
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb
Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein
For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The environment is everything that isn’t me. – Albert Einstein
We need the tonic of wildness—to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground. – Henry David Thoreau
Environmental quotes part 2
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein
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
The Earth is what we all have in common. – Wendell Berry
In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught. – Baba Dioum
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. – Mahatma Gandhi
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. – Luther Standing Bear
The future will either be green or not at all. – Bob Brown
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. – Aldo Leopold
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
There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw something away, it must go somewhere. – Annie Leonard
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. – Brooke Medicine Eagle
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb
The environment and the economy are really both sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves. – Wangari Maathai
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. – Robert Swan
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
In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught. – Baba Dioum
The environment is everything that isn’t me. – Albert Einstein
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb
For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. – Mahatma Gandhi
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth. – Luther Standing Bear
The future will either be green or not at all. – Bob Brown
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. – Aldo Leopold
There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw something away, it must go somewhere. – Annie Leonard
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