“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
The Bible (Psalm 50:10)
WildlifeCreation
Environmental Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental Quotes
Read 200 of the best environmental quotes about nature, conservation, pollution and protecting the planet, from John Muir, Thoreau, Roosevelt and more.
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?”
The Bible (Luke 12:6)
BirdsValue Of Life
“Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees.”
The Bible (Revelation 7:3)
ProtectionEarth
“Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
The Bible (Genesis 1:28)
StewardshipCreation
“I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; I'll fish for thee.”
William Shakespeare
ForagingNature's Gifts
“The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb; what is her burying grave that is her womb.”
William Shakespeare
Nature's CyclesEarth
“O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies in herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.”
William Shakespeare
PlantsHealing
“Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; do thou but thine.”
John Milton
ResponsibilityNature
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”
Oliver Goldsmith
GreedCountryside
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”
Charles Dudley Warner
WeatherAction
“The earth has many keys, where melody is not is the unknown country.”
Emily Dickinson
Nature's MusicEarth
“The groves were God's first temples.”
William Cullen Bryant
ForestsSacred Nature
“If you have ever come on a dense wood of ancient trees, the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot, will prove to you the presence of deity.”
Seneca
Ancient ForestsWonder
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Cicero
GardensContentment
“Praise large estates, farm a small one.”
Virgil
FarmingSimplicity
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.”
Aristotle
WonderNature
“Nature itself is the best physician.”
Hippocrates
HealingNature
“Praised be my Lord for Brother Wind, and for the air and clouds, and fair and every kind of weather.”
Francis of Assisi
AirWeather
“Praised be my Lord for Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and pure.”
Francis of Assisi
WaterGratitude
“You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.”
Bernard of Clairvaux
Learning From NatureForests
“Men seldom plant trees till they begin to be wise.”
John Evelyn
Planting TreesWisdom
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens.”
Thomas Jefferson
FarmingSociety
“Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.”
George Washington
FarmingWork
“Nature, red in tooth and claw.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
WildlifeNature's Power
“Man marks the earth with ruin - his control stops with the shore.”
Lord Byron
OceansHuman Impact