25 quotes
"You cannot share your life in a meaningful way with any animals such as a dog, cat, rabbit, bird, rat, pig, horse and so many more and not know that we are not the only sentient and sapient beings on the planet."
- Jane Goodall
Awareness
"You cannot share your life with a dog … or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings."
- Jane Goodall
Awareness
"We’re not, after all, separate from the animal kingdom. We’re part of it."
- Jane Goodall
Awareness
"You cannot share your life in a meaningful way with any animals such as a dog, cat, rabbit, bird, rat, pig, horse and so many more and not know that we are not the only sentient and sapient beings on the planet."
- Jane Goodall
Awareness
"I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees."
- Jane Goodall
Awareness
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Compassion
"Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved."
- Jane Goodall
Compassion
"I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the indomitable human spirit, and above all, the commitment of young people when they’re empowered to take action."
- Jane Goodall
Hope
"What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Motivation
"One individual cannot possibly make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!"
- Jane Goodall
Teamwork
"Only if we understand will we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help will we all be saved."
- Jane Goodall
Leadership
"What about naming trees?...If we have a tree in our name, we want that tree to live."
- Jane Goodall
Responsibility
"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 a difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Responsibility
"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 a difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Responsibility
"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 Goodall
Responsibility
"I have to work with young people today so that we try and raise new generations to look after this poor old planet better than we have, before it’s too late."
- Jane Goodall
Responsibility
"Every person has the power to make a difference, and every person should try."
- Jane Goodall
Empowerment
"You have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Empowerment
"If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way."
- Jane Goodall
Determination
"I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life."
- Jane Goodall
Gratitude
""What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.""
- Jane Goodall
Contribution
"“One individual cannot possibly make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!”"
- Jane Goodall
Contribution
"and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
- Jane Goodall
Contribution
"It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us."
- Jane Goodall
Boldness
"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?"
- Jane Goodall
Environment