You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALLAs thy days, so shall thy strength be.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back.
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I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
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Some people say, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?
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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place–or not to bother
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It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.
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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
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That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?
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I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.
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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
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Trees are living beings. And they have their own personalities. There are the young, eager saplings, all striving with each other. If you put your cheek against one of those, you almost sense the sap rising and the energy.
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