--- title: "21 Earth Belongs Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 21 Earth Belongs quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Earth Belongs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/thomas-jefferson-43_earth_the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-not-to-t_2830115.jpg" --- > [The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-not-to-the-dead/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/thomas-jefferson-43_earth_the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-not-to-t_2830115.jpg) > [“The earth belongs always to the living generations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-always-to-the-living-generations/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/thomas-jefferson-43_earth_the-earth-belongs-always-to-the-living-g_199679.jpg) > [It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-graham-sumner/it-is-often-said-that-the-earth-belongs-to-the-race-as-if-raw-land/) [William Graham Sumner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-graham-sumner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/william-graham-sumner-5011_boon_it-is-often-said-that-the-earth-belongs_1748936.png) > [Your time here on this earth, it belongs to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-faison/your-time-here-on-this-earth-it-belongs-to-you/) [Frankie Faison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-faison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/frankie-faison-41008_community_your-time-here-on-this-earth-it-belongs_1467540.jpg) > [This Earth belongs to anyone who stops for a moment, gazes, and goes on their way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-earth-belongs-to-anyone-who-stops-for-a-moment-gazes-and-goes-on/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/anonymous-1_earth_this-earth-belongs-to-anyone-who-stops-f_561744.jpg) > [“It is written that the earth belongs to those who have fair skins and hard but foolish hearts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-conrad/it-is-written-that-the-earth-belongs-to-those-who-have-fair-skins-and/) [Jose Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-conrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/jose-conrad-48343_foolish-heart_it-is-written-that-the-earth-belongs-to_527340.jpg) > [It doesn't really matter how rich you are, we're all just renting here on earth! It all belongs to the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-giglio/it-doesn-t-really-matter-how-rich-you-are-we-re-all-just-renting-here/) [Louie Giglio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-giglio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/louie-giglio-2490_earth_it-doesn-t-really-matter-how-rich-you-ar_2536034.png) > [From time immemorial History has decreed that territory on this Planet Earth belongs to those powerful enough to take it and determined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-klassen/from-time-immemorial-history-has-decreed-that-territory-on-this/) [Ben Klassen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-klassen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/ben-klassen-39535_determined_from-time-immemorial-history-has-decreed_736625.png) > [“Everything on this earth belongs to God and therefore the more your dedication draws you closer to him, the more you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/everything-on-this-earth-belongs-to-god-and-therefore-the-more-your/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/sunday-adelaja-35_belongs_everything-on-this-earth-belongs-to-god_49265.jpg) > [No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-society-can-make-a-perpetual-constitution-the-earth-belongs-always/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/thomas-jefferson-43_animal_no-society-can-make-a-perpetual-constitu_146408.jpg) > [I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living":…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-set-out-on-this-ground-which-i-suppose-to-be-self-evident-that-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/thomas-jefferson-43_earth_i-set-out-on-this-ground-which-i-suppose_819063.jpg) > [Let the creatures other than man also breathe freely. Remember that earth belongs to all the creatures living in this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/let-the-creatures-other-than-man-also-breathe-freely-remember-that/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_breathe_let-the-creatures-other-than-man-also-br_1999267.jpg) > [The reduction of the earth to an object simply for human's use/ possession is unthinkable in most traditional cultures... the earth belongs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-berry/the-reduction-of-the-earth-to-an-object-simply-for-human-s-use/) [Thomas Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/thomas-berry-7391_animal_the-reduction-of-the-earth-to-an-object_771889.jpg) > [I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-increasingly-persuaded-that-the-earth-belongs-exclusively-to-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/thomas-jefferson-43_command_i-am-increasingly-persuaded-that-the-ear_1756589.jpg) > [It seems to me that the earth belongs to God who made it and entrusted it to men as a perpetual home.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sand/it-seems-to-me-that-the-earth-belongs-to-god-who-made-it-and/) [George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/george-sand-1753_angry_it-seems-to-me-that-the-earth-belongs-to_2492231.jpg) > [The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose/the-world-has-been-created-for-everyone-s-use-but-you-few-rich-are/) [Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/ambrose-9220_air_the-world-has-been-created-for-everyone_1719881.jpg) > [I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-set-out-on-this-ground-which-i-suppose-to-be-self-evident-that-the-3/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_i-set-out-on-this-ground-which-i-suppose_2669502.jpg) > [“Above all human existence requires stability, the permanence of things. The result is an ambivalence with respect to all great and violent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bataille/above-all-human-existence-requires-stability-the-permanence-of-things/) [Georges Bataille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bataille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/georges-bataille-3741_distance_above-all-human-existence-requires-stabi_1966550.jpg) > [The whole earth, then, belongs to Jesus. It belongs to him by right of creation, by right of redemption and by right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-j-h-wright/the-whole-earth-then-belongs-to-jesus-it-belongs-to-him-by-right-of/) [Christopher J. H. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-j-h-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/christopher-j-h-wright-21516_activity_the-whole-earth-then-belongs-to-jesus-it_2118060.jpg) > [The earth belongs to the living. No man can, by natural right, oblige the lands he occupied or the persons who succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-no-man-can-by-natural-right-oblige/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/thomas-jefferson-43_contracts_the-earth-belongs-to-the-living-no-man-c_1885365.jpg) > [“In my world, you wouldn’t be smart, either.” “That is good. The tosi tivo way is boisa. ” “How so?” He nodded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/in-my-world-you-wouldn-t-be-smart-either-that-is-good-the-tosi-tivo/) [Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/catherine-anderson-308_mother-earth_in-my-world-you-wouldn-t-be-smart-either_1277448.jpg) ## Top authors on Earth Belongs - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth-belongs/thomas-jefferson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth-belongs/#itemlist", "name": "Earth Belongs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.", "creator": { 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