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.
JANE GOODALLThe least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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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We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place.
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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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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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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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Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease.
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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 never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
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I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.
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A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.
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You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.
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I like to envision the whole world as a jigsaw puzzle. If you look at the whole picture, it is overwhelming and terrifying, but if you work on your little part of the jigsaw and know that people all over the world are working on their little bits, that’s what will give you hope.
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Arguably, we are the most intellectual creatures that’s ever walked on planet Earth. So how come, then, that this so intellectual creature is destroying its only home?
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How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
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Without patience I could never have succeeded.
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