Jane Goodall Quotes

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place - or not to bother

Animals have personalities and minds and emotions.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.

Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference.

For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can ever describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected.

If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams.

The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.

Having respect for animals makes us better humans.

Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.

Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.

It's up to us to save the world for tomorrow: it's up to you and me.

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.