April 22 is the special daywhen we celebrate the wonderful planet that we call home.
The following collection ofEarth Day quoteswill show you precisely what a wonderful world we live in.
The special day is supposedly a way to bring environmental issues to the forefront.
Not bad at all.
But we can always do better!
So, what are you waiting for?
It is not only a mirror of ourselves but a focusing lens on what we can become.
Lady Bird Johnson
2.
He, who plants trees, loves others besides himself.
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
Earth rejoices our words, breathing, and peaceful steps.
Let every breath, every word, and every step make the mother Earth proud of us.
There must be a reason why some people can afford tolive well.
They just have worked for it.
I only feel angry when I see waste.
When I see people throwing away things we could use.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Dear old world, you are lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives to all that live.
And into the forest, I go, to lose my mind and my soul.
Keep close to natures heart.
Wash your spirit clean.
There is a pleasure in a pathless woods.
Theres a rapture on the lonely shore.
There is society, where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar.
I love man the less but nature more.
The following phrases capture just how magical this world of ours can be.
Away, away, from men and towns.
To the wild wood and the downs.
To the silent wilderness; Where the soul need not repress its music.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
15.
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.
Henry David Thoreau
17.
It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.
But, how many of us actually do something to protect our environment?
Like many things, speaking about it is easier than acting!
Whats the use of a fine house if you havent got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Henry David Thoreau
19.
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth.
We are all crew.
I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
22.
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.
The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest except with faithful stewardship.
Pope John Paul II
25.
Cree Indian Proverb
28.
Pay your rent for the privilege of living on this beautiful, blue-green, living Earth.
Brooke Medicine Eagle
30.
What about naming trees?
If we have a tree in our name, we want the tree to live.
Many of us would quickly say, it provides us with everything we need!
And that is not a mistake.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every mans need, but not every mans greed.
To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other peoples trash.
Trees are Earths endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option.
They will become a necessity.
Fujio Cho (Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motors)
39.
The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.
John James Audubon
41.
Time spent among trees is never time wasted.
Global warming is, quite simply, the biggest thing that humans have ever managed to do.
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.
For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.
Do you celebrate on April 22nd?
Do you have a particular quote that you feel should have made it to our list?