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title: "33 Natural Resource Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Natural Resource quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Natural Resource sayings and thoughts."
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> [Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/our-greatest-natural-resource-is-the-minds-of-our-children/)

[Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/)

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> [Vermont is a leader in environmental policy and natural resource management.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-scott/vermont-is-a-leader-in-environmental-policy-and-natural-resource/)

[Phil Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-scott/)

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> [Women-the greatest natural resource in the world today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-steichen/women-the-greatest-natural-resource-in-the-world-today/)

[Edward Steichen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-steichen/)

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> [Children are our most valuable natural resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/children-are-our-most-valuable-natural-resource/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [“Children are our greatest natural resource.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/children-are-our-greatest-natural-resource/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-kaye/the-greatest-natural-resource-that-any-country-can-have-is-its/)

[Danny Kaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-kaye/)

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> [In the global marketplace, women remain the most untapped natural resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-engelbert/in-the-global-marketplace-women-remain-the-most-untapped-natural/)

[Cathy Engelbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-engelbert/)

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> [Intelligence is the only unlimited natural resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/intelligence-is-the-only-unlimited-natural-resource/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We talk a lot about our abundant natural resources, but we need to talk more about the most precious natural resource God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bel-edwards/we-talk-a-lot-about-our-abundant-natural-resources-but-we-need-to/)

[John Bel Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bel-edwards/)

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> [ \[For American consumer society\], the country's reserves of ignorance constitute a natural resource as precious as the Mississippi River or the long-lost… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/for-american-consumer-society-the-country-s-reserves-of-ignorance/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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> [The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-cronauer/the-electronic-spectrum-is-the-only-natural-resource-in-which-there-s/)

[Adrian Cronauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-cronauer/)

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> [I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-murkowski/i-look-at-what-we-have-our-traditional-natural-resource-base-as/)

[Lisa Murkowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-murkowski/)

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> [The other night, the president gave a speech. He said, "children are our most prescious natural resource". I thought, "let's hope it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emo-philips/the-other-night-the-president-gave-a-speech-he-said-children-are-our/)

[Emo Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emo-philips/)

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> [Children, be worried when they call you America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they've done to the other natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/children-be-worried-when-they-call-you-america-s-most-valuable/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [“Very soon nations will understand that in reality Water is the most expensive natural resource for their survivals. Not Middle East oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/very-soon-nations-will-understand-that-in-reality-water-is-the-most/)

[M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/)

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> [Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-tusk/poland-is-quite-a-mediocre-country-in-some-regards-the-only-natural/)

[Donald Tusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-tusk/)

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> [New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramez-naam/new-technology-lets-you-grow-the-resource-pie-which-is-the-only-way/)

[Ramez Naam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramez-naam/)

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> [Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/bolivia-also-depends-not-only-on-tin-and-other-minerals-but-also/)

[Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/)

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> [Water is our most precious and interconnected natural resource. It sustains all ecosystems, communities, and economies from local watersheds to the seas.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-cousteau/water-is-our-most-precious-and-interconnected-natural-resource-it/)

[Alexandra Cousteau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-cousteau/)

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> [We must treat water as if it were the most precious thing in the world, the most valuable natural resource. Be economical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-gorbachev/we-must-treat-water-as-if-it-were-the-most-precious-thing-in-the/)

[Mikhail Gorbachev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-gorbachev/)

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> [The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-trudeau/the-federal-government-s-role-is-to-establish-a-process-whereby/)

[Justin Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-trudeau/)

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> [It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-zwick/it-seems-that-almost-every-time-a-valuable-natural-resource-is/)

[Edward Zwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-zwick/)

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> [Water is the most precious, limited natural resource we have in this country...But because water belongs to no one - except the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/water-is-the-most-precious-limited-natural-resource-we-have-in-this/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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> [Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it. It is the work of childhood. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darell-hammond/play-is-the-best-natural-resource-in-a-creative-economy-kids-need/)

[Darell Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darell-hammond/)

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> [From earliest times, water has always been acknowledged as a primary human good and an indispensable natural resource. Around the great rivers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/from-earliest-times-water-has-always-been-acknowledged-as-a-primary/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/you-are-about-to-be-told-one-more-time-that-you-are-america-s-most/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/words-are-humanity-s-greatest-natural-resource-but-most-of-us-have-2/)

[Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/)

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> [No "natural" resource is more precious and to be used more wisely than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/no-natural-resource-is-more-precious-and-to-be-used-more-wisely-than/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/neal-a-maxwell-925_balance_no-natural-resource-is-more-precious-and_1186781.png)

> [“continue polluting while trying to offset the damage through some face-saving corporate philanthropy exercises. We would be fools to assume that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorenzo-fioramonti/continue-polluting-while-trying-to-offset-the-damage-through-some/)

[Lorenzo Fioramonti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorenzo-fioramonti/)

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> [Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-negroponte/young-people-i-happen-to-believe-are-the-world-s-most-precious/)

[Nicholas Negroponte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-negroponte/)

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> [Man's brain is, after all, the greatest natural resource.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brandt/man-s-brain-is-after-all-the-greatest-natural-resource/)

[Karl Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brandt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/karl-brandt-89231_brain_man-s-brain-is-after-all-the-greatest-na_2058164.png)

> [The paradigm of the development of natural resource-based industry - meatpacking, lard, timber, iron and coal, grain. Cincinnati's lard processing plants looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/the-paradigm-of-the-development-of-natural-resource-based-industry/)

[Charles R. Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-morris/)

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> [I always felt like if you get to a point where you've got enough money to invest in something real, you gotta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akon/i-always-felt-like-if-you-get-to-a-point-where-you-ve-got-enough/)

[Akon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/akon-7813_enough_i-always-felt-like-if-you-get-to-a-point_1359941.jpg)

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                        "text": "“continue polluting while trying to offset the damage through some face-saving corporate philanthropy exercises. We would be fools to assume that we can simply pay our way out of this mess. Nature cannot be bailed out, as if it were a financial market. We need to stop breaking things in the first place. But for this, we need a new development model. We have designed an economic system that sees no value in any human or natural resource unless it is exploited. A river is unproductive until its catchment is appropriated by some industry or its waters are captured by a dam. An open field and its natural bounty are useless until they are fenced. A community of people have no value unless their life is commercialised, their needs are turned into consumer goods, and their aspirations are driven by competition. In this approach, development equals manipulation. By contrast, we need to understand development as something totally different: development is care. It is through a caring relationship with our natural wealth that we can create value, not through its destruction. It is thanks to a cooperative human-to-human interaction that we can achieve the ultimate objective of development, that is, wellbeing. In this new economy, people will be productive by performing activities that enhance the quality of life of their peers and the natural ecosystems in which they live. If not for moral reasons, they should do so for genuine self-interest: there is nothing more rewarding than creating wellbeing for oneself and society. This is the real utility, the real consumer surplus, not the shortsighted and self-defeating behaviour promoted by the growth ideology. The wellbeing economy is a vision for all countries. There are cultural traces of such a vision in the southern African notion of ‘ubuntu’, which literally means ‘I am because you are’, reminding us that there is no prosperity in isolation and that everything is connected. In Indonesia we find the notion of ‘gotong royong’, a conception of development founded on collaboration and consensus, or the vision of ‘sufficiency economy’ in Thailand, Bhutan and most of Buddhist Asia, which indicates the need for balance, like the Swedish term ‘lagom’, which means ‘just the right amount’. Native Alaskans refer to ‘Nuka’ as the interconnectedness of humans to their ecosystems, while in South America, there has been much debate about the concept of ‘buen vivir’, that is, living well in harmony with others and with nature. The most industrialised nations, which we often describe in dubious terms like ‘wealthy’ or ‘developed’, are at a crossroads. The mess they have created is fast outpacing any other gain, even in terms of education and life expectancy. Their economic growth has come at a huge cost for the rest of the world and the planet as a whole. Not only should they commit to realising a wellbeing economy out of self-interest, but also as a moral obligation to the billions of people who had to suffer wars, environmental destruction and other calamities so that a few, mostly white human beings could go on”",
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