Preservation & Sustainability

Category Preservation

Here are some quotes related to preservation along with the authors’ names:

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson

“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” – Douglas MacArthur

“The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.” – C. S. Lewis

“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.” – John F. Kennedy

“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.” – Cesar Chavez

“The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.” – Sam Houston

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” – George Washington

“Self-preservation, nature’s first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.” – Andrew Marvell

“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.” – John Locke

“He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.” – Evelyn Waugh

“The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.” – Berenice Abbott¹

“Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau¹

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.” – Aldo Leopold

“We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.” – Martin Van Buren

“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.” – Cesar Chavez

“Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.” – John Locke

“This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.” – Voltaire

“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.” – Abraham Lincoln

“The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.” – John Muir

“Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.” – Ephraim Mirvis

“We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self-preservation and that of the race.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay

“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.” – John Locke

“AI can help solve some of the most difficult social and environmental challenges in areas like healthcare, disaster prediction, environmental conservation, agriculture, or cultural preservation.” – Jeff Dean

“Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.” – Felix Dennis

“Out of the west came Lincoln, and all that he had he gave to the preservation of the Union that had been bought so dearly and was falling to pieces.” – Gutzon Borglum

“I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation.” – Strom Thurmond

“When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.” – Clara Zetkin

“Anger can be a useful emotion; it’s built into our genetic code to help with self-preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified.” – Michael Hayden

“Society’s preservation against the unlimited violence of scandals lies in the mimetic coalition against the single victim and its ensuing limited violence. The violent death of Jesus is, humanly speaking, an example of this strange process.” – Rene Girard

“I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.” – David Ogden Stiers

Category Sustainability

Here are some quotes related to sustainability along with the authors’ names:

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” – Gro Harlem Brundtland

“Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It’s not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be.” – Gary Lawrence

“There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.” – Paul McCartney

“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people.” – Kofi Annan

“No matter how complex global problems may seem, it is we ourselves who have given rise to them. They cannot be beyond our power to resolve.” – Daisaku Ikeda

“The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities is the bedrock of our enterprise for a sustainable world.” – Narendra Modi

“How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?” – Charles A. Lindbergh

“The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.” – Paul Hawken

“Without environmental sustainability, economic stability and social cohesion cannot be achieved.” – Unknown

“Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.” – Paul Hawken

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned, or removed from production.” – Pete Seeger

“The future is in our hands. Let’s come together, raise our voices, and demand the sustainable and just world we deserve.” – Helena Gualinga

“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.” – Annie Leonard

“It is one world. And it’s in our care. For the first time in the history of humanity, for the first time in 500 million years, one species has the future in the palm of its hands.” – David Attenborough

“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.” – Jochen Zeitz

“Refuse what you do not need; reduce what you do need; reuse what you consume; recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse; and rot (compost) the rest.” – Bea Johnson

“Buy less, choose well. Make it last.” – Vivienne Westwood

“We have the power to change the narrative. Let’s rewrite the story of our planet and ensure that it’s a tale of resilience, sustainability, and hope.” – Jamie Margolin

“When sustainability is viewed as being a matter of survival for your business, I believe you can create massive change.” – Cameron Sinclair