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title: "2 Good Mothers Quotes By Jane Goodall"
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> [I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She was playful. She enjoyed having her babies, as good mothers do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-learnt-from-flo-how-to-be-mother-flo-was-patient-tolerant-she-was/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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> [There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/there-are-good-mothers-and-bad-ones-but-most-of-them-are-somewhere-in/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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## More by Jane Goodall

> [The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/the-voice-of-the-natural-world-would-be-could-you-please-give-us/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/what-makes-us-human-i-think-is-an-ability-to-ask-questions-a/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/chimpanzees-gorillas-orangutan-shave-been-living-for-hundreds-of/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-did-this-book-harvest-for-hope-and-i-learned-so-much-about-food-and/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/from-my-perspective-i-absolutely-believe-in-a-greater-spiritual-power/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [We are always talking about how we can get more environmental and humanitarian education. It is about listening to the voice of young people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-are-always-talking-about-how-we-can-get-more-environmental-and/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/some-humans-are-mathematicians-others-aren-t/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [We started off with physical evolution and got our form. Then we somehow developed language, which meant cultural evolution could race so we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-started-off-with-physical-evolution-and-got-our-form-then-we/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/it-was-both-fascinating-and-appalling-to-learn-that-chimpanzees-were/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-wanted-to-talk-to-the-animals-like-dr-dolittle/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/some-people-say-therefore-that-violence-and-war-are-inevitable-i-say/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/it-s-been-proven-by-quite-a-few-studies-that-plants-are-good-for-our/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [Having respect for animals makes us better humans..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/having-respect-for-animals-makes-us-better-humans/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/if-we-kill-off-the-wild-then-we-are-killing-a-part-of-our-souls/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

> [“We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-still-have-a-long-way-to-go-but-we-are-moving-in-the-right/)

[Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/)

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