Connection to Earth Quotes

"“I think realizing that you’re not alone, that you are standing with millions of your sisters around the world is vital.”"

- Malala Yousafzai

"People with disabilities are individually different from each other. We have different goals and views. We have different approaches to life. We are just human beings who want equal access to reach our different goals."

- Sean Pevsner

""My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer.""

- Brenda Schoepp

""Strong communities are built around local, real food. Food we trust to nourish our bodies, the farmer and planet.""

- Kimbal Musk

"Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast."

- Luke Bryan

"Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better."

- Albert Einstein

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."

- Willa Cather

"Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again."

- John McCain

"They shine in every twinkle light, and glow in every start. They are still with us, always."

- Meghan Craig

"Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all. We must remember it’s not my America or your America. It’s our America."

- Michelle Obama

"From this moment on when you look at the vastness of the night sky and you see those stars moving up there, know that those stars are our African ancestors dancing. They’re dancing in celebration because their lives are finally being acknowledged."

- Pharrell Williams

"We Black folk, our history and our present being are a mirror of all the manifold experiences of America. What we want, what we represent, what we endure is what America is. If we Black folk perish, America will perish."

- Richard Wright

"She’s pickin’ up good vibrations / He’s lookin’ for sweet sensations."

- Beyoncé

"If people in powerful positions continue to hire and cast only people who look like them, sound like them, come from the same neighborhoods they grew up in, they will never have a greater understanding of experiences different from their own....The beauty of social media is it’s completely democratic. Everyone has a say. Everyone’s voice counts, and everyone has a chance to paint the world from their own perspective."

- Beyoncé

"What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it."

- Starhawk

"For I am my mother’s daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart."

- Mary McLeod Bethune

"It’s not about the money, though that’s nice to have. At the end of the day, it’s really about matching the right buyer to the right seller. We’re matchmakers—real estate matchmakers."

- Valerie Fitzgerald

"The arts make a bridge across this world in ways that nothing else can."

- Julie Andrews

"In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be."

- Juliet Stevenson

"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being."

- Thornton Wilder

"Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group."

- Sam Heughan

"I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy."

"I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once to see the world. Twice, to see the way you see the world."

"A batch of fresh coffee fills the kitchen with the promise of revitalizing conversation."

"Every flake in a snowstorm holds power only when it unites with others - let's unite in love this festive season."

"Happy happy birthday to you, my gorgeous friend. Thank you for sticking with me through everything, and providing so much laughter and fun along the way!"

"We may not get to see each other often, but you can bet I’ll be raising a glass and toasting the wonderful you later! Wishing you the BEST birthday, love you lots."

"Can’t wait to see you for belated birthday cocktails and a proper catch up soon! Hope you have the best day."

"Every hug from Mom feels like coming home—it’s warmth, comfort, and love all in one."

"Grace is the bridge that connects us to God."

- Unknown