30 Sustainability Quotes

1. The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them. Paul Hawken
   Inspirational Poems




2. "We thrive and survive on planet earth as a single human family. And one of our main responsibilities is to leave to successor generations a sustainable future." General Kofi A. Annan
   Short Family Quotes




3. There is only one way to keep ourselves alive and that is to keep the earth alive! Mehmet Murat ildan
   Poems About Earth Day




4. There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. Gandhi
   Poems about Life





5. The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
   Short Quotes




6. Well, when it comes to sustainability, fishing is tough to beat. Fish are a renewable resource. Peter Kaminsky; Gregg Schwipps Fishing for Dummies
   Fishing Quotes




7. ... adopting and sustaining healthy habits early in life is important for long-term health, wellness, and fitness. Charles Corbin, Concepts of Fitness And Wellness
   Wellness Quotes




8. Spasmodic efforts amount to little or nothing. It is steady, continuous driving that counts. Unknown, Don't Quit Until It's Done
   Don't Quit Poem




9. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever. Chinese Proverb
   Poems About Fishing




10. Those of us who go outdoors are united by more commonalities than the activities that divide us ... that all of life—and conservation—is an effort of endurance. Chuck McGrady
    Take Care Of Yourself Quotes




11. "The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired in value." Theodore Roosevelt
    Conservation





12. Modern technology owes ecology an apology. Alan M. Eddison
    Thought Provoking




13. "The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in harmony with the Earth on a genuinely sustainable basis." Sir Jonathon Porritt
    Earth Day Quotes




14. "The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible." Norman Cousins
    Believe




15. "The future is literally in our hands to mold as we like. But we cannot wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow is now." Eleanor Roosevelt
    Procrastination




16. "I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?" Robert Redford
    Environment Quotes




17. "In the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature." Mollie Beattie
    Inspirational





18. The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. Ross Perot
    Motivational Poems




19. "There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land." Paul McCartney
    Thoughtful




20. "Sustainable development" is a "compelling moral and humanitarian issue." Colin Powell
    Attitude Quotes




21. We will all need to play a part in reducing our water use, making our food system more sustainable, and restoring degraded landscapes. David A. Bainbridge, Gardening with Less Water
    Water Quotes




22. "The packaging for a microwavable 'microwave' dinner is programmed for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes and a landfill dead-time of centuries." David Wann
    Recycling Quotes




23. "Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more." Edwin Way Teale
    Love




24. "If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos." Edward O. Wilson
    Adaptability




25. "How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?" Charles Lindbergh
    Life




26. "The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future." Marya Mannes
    Pollution





27. We have not inherited the world from our forefathers - we have borrowed it from our children. Proverb
    Proverbs




28. Creativity is a natural, life-sustaining, human function that is essential to our health and well-being. It’s as natural as breathing. Chase Jarvis, Creative Calling
    Health Quotes




29. Lord, may Your love sustain me when my faith is weak. Pablo Diaz
    Journey of Faith




30. To return self-sufficiency and creativity to our lives, we might operate some sort of business from home, a cottage industry, a creative production into which we can put as much or as little time and energy as we like, as much as suits us at a particular time in our lives. Tom Hodgkinson, How To Be Free
    Creativity