Top 25 Earth Day Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”

— Chief Seattle

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2. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

— Dr. Seuss

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3. “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.”

— Chief Seattle

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4. “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Nature Quotes, Quotes About the World

5. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”

— John Muir

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6. “The earth is what we all have in common.”

— Wendell Berry

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7. “Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

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8. “Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”

— Carl Sagan

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9. “Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

— John Muir

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10. “When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.”

— Wangari Maathai

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11. “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Environment Quotes, Nature Quotes

12. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

— Gary Snyder

Also featured in: Nature Quotes

13. “We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.”

— Steve Irwin

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14. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

— Rachel Carson

Also featured in: Nature Quotes

15. “Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.”

— Chief Seattle

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Environment Quotes, Nature Quotes, Respect Quotes

16. “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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17. “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

— Nelson Henderson

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18. “Leave it better than you found it.”

— Robert Baden-Powell

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

— Jane Goodall

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20. “Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”

— John F. Kennedy

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Human Nature Quotes, Quotes About Humanity

21. “Make the world a better place because you have lived in it.”

— Edgar Cayce

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22. “The creatures that inhabit this earth – be they human beings or animals – are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

23. “You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

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24. “The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”

— Utah Phillips

25. “Be the solution, not the pollution.”

— Abhijit Naskar