Iron Quotes - Page 2

Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.

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.

People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.

Every Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

All language is but a poor translation.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Music is pretty much in my blood and it's definitely in my environment.

Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to fear our power to exterminate. But we are also the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might destroy.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold - and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting their turn for life.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.

Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.