Eco Friendly Quotes

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth… ~Genesis 1:1

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. ~Genesis 1:31

You shall not pollute the land in which you live… you shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell. ~Numbers 35:33-34

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ~Theodore Roosevelt

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi

The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard. ~Gaylord Nelso

The supreme reality of our time is…the vulnerability of our planet. ~John F. Kennedy

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations. ~ Jean Paul Richter

Your descendants shall gather your fruits. ~Virgil

Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find. ~Quoted in Time

I’m not an environmentalist. I’m an Earth warrior. ~Darryl Cherney, quoted in Smithsonian, April 1990

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~Marshall McLuhan, 1964

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun’s energy…. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. ~Sir George Porter, quoted in The Observer, 26 August 1973

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.” ~Art Buchwald, 1970

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows. ~Paul A. Samuelson, Newsweek, 12 June 1967

I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am. ~Monty Python

It’s important for celebrities, environmentalists and world leaders to continue to increase education and eco-awareness through the forums provided to them naturally by virtue of being famous. Take inspiration from these words of wisdom from a Nazi-era teenager and concentration camp victim: “how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Frank

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. ~Psalms 24:1 

The earth and its fullness are the Lord’s. ~1 Corinthians 10:26

But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being. ~Job 12:7-10

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