Earth Friendly Quotes

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.

Michelle Kwan is an incredible artist, she wears her heart on her sleeve when she performs. She has grown so much from every influence in her career, and she has made herself the biggest star there ever will be in figure skating. She's down to Earth, friendly and always positive. Nobody will ever match her longevity or her ability to be such a strong competitor.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option...they will become a necessity.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA.

The earth is what we all have in common.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.

The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

All things are bound together. All things connect.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children

And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good to eat in the refrigerator and throw away that which had no further use. And soon the earth was covered with plastic bags and aluminum cans and paper plates and disposable bottles and there was nowhere to sit down or walk, and Man shook his head and cried: "Look at this Godawful mess.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

Forests are the lungs of our land.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.