We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
JANE GOODALLI’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.
More Jane Goodall Quotes
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Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
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If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
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As thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?
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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.
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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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And so began one of the most exciting periods of my life, the time of discovery.
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Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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And always I have this feeling-which may not be true at all-that I am being used as a messenger.
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We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .
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Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.
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We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.
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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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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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Nature can win if we give her a chance.
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