Jane Goodall Quotes
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual can make a difference.
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle… If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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.
You can’t 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 difference you want to make.
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.
Remember: if all else fails, follow the chimpanzees.
The good news is that once you decide to do something, you can really make a difference.
The most important thing is to realize that we can make a difference, and we have a responsibility to try.
The greatest ability that humans possess is the ability to learn and change.
You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.
Jane Goodall Quotes part 2
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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 difference you want to make.
The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of manwhether this be in entertainment, as pets, for food, in research laboratories or any of the other uses to which we subject them.
Time and again I see and hear people, including scientists, talk about all the amazing discoveries just waiting to be made… provided we can again voyage into space. How could that even be an aspiration in a world where humans are snuffing out other miraculous beings every day?
If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual can make a difference.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
We have a choice to control our future rather than letting our future control us.
In this troubled world, it’s tempting to give up hope. But that is something we must not do. Instead, we must do everything we can to protect and preserve this beautiful planet.
Come forward as a servant of nature. Even children can help, by planting a tree or starting their own vegetable garden.
What gives me the most hope every day is the goodness of people.
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place or not to bother.
If we can provide a better understanding of other animals, then I think we can develop a more compassionate and caring attitude towards them.
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual can make a difference.
In this world of great wealth and excessive consumption, the planet is getting sicker and sicker and we all turn our heads: its all someone elses problem.
We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them allthe apathy of human beings.
Our lives are like individual drops of water that mingle and flow together, filling the rivers of time that will flow on as our legacy after we have gone.
You cannot share your life with a dog or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.
Thousands of people who say they love animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.
We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place or not to bother.
There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.
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 difference you want to make.
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
Remember: if all else fails, follow the chimpanzees.
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 difference you want to make.
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual can make a difference.
The good news is that once you decide to do something, you can really make a difference.
The most important thing is to realize that we can make a difference, and we have a responsibility to try.
The greatest ability that humans possess is the ability to learn and change.
You can’t just hope for a better life. You have to go out there and make it happen.
It is these undeniable qualities of human love and compassion and self-sacrifice that give me hope for the future.
