Nature Protection Quotes

We've all got to come together, and we've got to protect what's left of our ancient forests on this planet.

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

I live in a tree called Luna. I am trying to save her life. Believe me, this is not what I intended to do with my own.

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

When you live in a watershed area, in a pristine area, and you could watch this whole place fall apart in front of your eyes, you don't sell your soul for a buck.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

The first law of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped.

O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

Plant more flowers than you pick

The only thing left worth saving is wilderness.

That's what the best global conservation organisations and the American government (and other environmentally inclined governments, such as Sweden and the Netherlands) are doing: protecting the remaining wild environment. This is the equivalent of getting a patient to the emergency room - keep them alive and then figure out how to save them.

It is not enough to celebrate the earth and all its inhabitants, we must restore what we have destroyed.

Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of feeling or sense of concern. Some sort of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline.

Thanks to the growing strength of environmental organizations, there will always be some back country to provide us with a touch of wonder and a breath of fresh air.

If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

Conservation must become before recreation.

A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

I definitely want to get into environmental science and environmental politics, learning a lot more and preserving what's left of the world. That's such a sacred circle to be in. I'd love to contribute to that.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.