I love Earth Day – a day to praise the mountains, the oceans, the wind and the rain. The sunrises and sunsets, and all the earths wonderful creatures! The places I have traveled and the nature I have yet to see. The nature that will never be seen by anyone. Natures great wonders and waterfalls, canyons and lakes! A day to give thanks to our home, a home we cannot live without! It is very important to protect our planet. After all, we only have one Earth. Today I am sharing 20 of my favorite quotes about nature, the environment, and taking care of the Earth. I hope you enjoy and find some inspiration to help where you can! Our planet needs us!

1. “The Earth is what we all have in common.”
   – Wendell Berry
   
2. “We don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
   – North American Proverb
   
3. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better it’s not.”
   – The Lorax
   
4. “The most patriotic thing you can do is take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.”
   – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
   
5. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every mans need; but not every mans greed.”
   – Mahatma Gandhi
   
6. “He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
   – Tomas Fuller
   
7. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second-best time is now.”
   – Chinese Proverb
   
8. “The forests are the flags of Nature. They appeal to all and awaken inspiring universal feelings. Enter the forest and the boundaries of nations are forgotten. It may be that sometime an immortal pine will be the flag of a united and peaceful world.”
   – Enos Mills
   
9. “It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”
   – Ansel Adams
   
10. This is what you should do; love the Earth and the sun and the animals.”
    – Walt Whitman
    
11. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to the people.”
    – FDR
    
12. “The environment is in us; not outside of us. The trees are our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment, ultimately you do to yourself.”
    – Ian Somerhalder
    
13. “Earth is not a platform for human life. It’s a living being. We’re not on it but part of it. Its health is our health.”
    – Thomas Moore
    
14. “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.”
    – Steve Udall
    
15. “What I stand for is what I stand on.”
    – Wendall Berry
    
16. “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.”
    – Cree Indian Proverb
    
17. “The Earth has music for those who listen.”
    -Shakesphere
    
18. “Live each season as it passes; breath the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”
    – Henry David Thoreau
    
19. “The greatest threat to our plant is the belief that someone else will save it.”
    – Robert Swan
    
20. “Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can’t expect them to help protect and care for it.”
    – David Suzuki
    

Thank you for stopping by and reading this collection of quotes! I hope you come away feeling inspired to do something good for our planet today, and everyday! HAPPY EARTH DAY! What great Earth Day quotes am I missing?

Much Love & Happy Travels,

Lacey