Some of these environmental quotes and quotes about children in the environment are from modern times, and some are ancient by today’s standards. No matter when they were said or written, it’s astonishing how significant these words remain.
We hope you find some that inspire you and help to encourage a lifelong love of nature within your family.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth. ~ Chief Seattle
One individual cannot possibly make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference—all the difference in the world! ~ Dr. Jane Goodall
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Ghandi
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. ~ David Sobel
How wild it was to let it be. ~ Cheryl Strayed
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. ~ Jimmy Carter
May your life preach more loudly than your lips. ~ William Ellery Channing
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. ~ John Muir
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~ Helen Keller
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ~ Desmond Tutu
We will conserve only what we love. We love only what we know. We know only what we are taught. ~ Baba Dioum
The environment, after all, is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest. It is one thing that all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become. ~ Lady Bird Johnson
‘Heaven on Earth’ is a choice you must make, not a place you must find. ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~ Joseph Addison
Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~ Dr. Seuss (The Lorax)
The Earth is what we all have in common. ~ Wendell Berry
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned will we realize we cannot eat money. ~ Alanis Obomsawin
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from. ~ Terry Tempest Williams
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. ~ Rachel Carson
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~ Lao Tzu
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~ Native American Proverb
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~ John Muir
There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. ~ Brooked Medicine Eagle
Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. ~ Albert Einstein
To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Let the children be free; encourage them;
let them run outside when it is raining;
let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water;
and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew,
let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet;
let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade;
let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.
~ Maria Montessori
We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow, to hear the sun rise and night fall – to care. ~ John Cleal
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~ Ansel Adams
Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known. ~ Carl Sagan
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