We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Hundreds and thousands of young people around the world can break through and can make this a better world for all living… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I was born in London in England in 1934. I went through, as a child, the horrors of World War II, through… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, 'Do you really, really… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Whatever we believe about how we got to be the extraordinary creatures we are today is far less important than bringing our… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I feel a desperation to make people see what we are doing to the environment, what a mess we are making of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
…I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I think we must cling to the hope that we can see in the great heroism, the bravery of the firemen and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You know the old expression "We haven't inherited the world from our parents, we've borrowed it from our children"? Well it's just… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The hardest part of returning to a truly healthy environment may be changing the current totally unsustainable heavy-meat-eating culture of increasing numbers… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
When I go back to Gombe it's to be in that timeless world where it's soft and where life is entwined and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people,… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
There is a lot of corruption all over the world and not only when it comes to illegal wildlife trade! There are… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
It's not Africa that is destroying the African rainforest, it's selling concessions to timber companies that are not African, they are from… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The Soul of Money is an inspired and utterly fascinating book. It will change the way you think about money. ... It… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. — Jane Goodall Copy Share
It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human… — Jane Goodall Copy Share
