Sustainability Quotes

“Live at home”

— George Washington Carver

“Once Green Always Clean!”

— Ana Claudia Antunes

“Consume less; share better.”

— Hervé Kempf

“Sustainability before ambition. Okal Rel.”

— Lynda Williams

“The ideal world; equitable, sustainable, resilient.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.

— William McDonough

Sustainability is here to stay or we may not be

— Niall FitzGerald

Sustainability is a design challenge

— Anonymous

“Be benevolent, be selfless, be relentless!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

“Sustainability starts with YOU !”

— Duane a Leffel

Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.

— Anthony Albanese

Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life.

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Sustainability-as-a-Service is a service, to the planet and the people; for the prospect of both.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.

— Jaime Lerner

What I try to do on my Instagram is provoke discussion and share environmental and sustainability messages.

— Aidan Gallagher

“What if each choice about what we bring into our lives became a declaration of our values?”

— Ken Breniman

“I worry that if we don’t act quickly, the delicate balance of nature will be lost.”

— Suman Pokhrel

Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals.

— Ginni Rometty

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have…

— Toshihiko Fukui

No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we…

— John Denver

Companies that operate across borders have the expertise SMEs need. Who better to help smallholder farmers navigate complex sustainability standards than the…

— Arancha Gonzalez

What is urgently needed is a bold new move from a consumer economy to a conserver economy in all of the developed…

— Richard J. Foster

We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources…

— Vandana Shiva

Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff.

— Tom Douglas

“Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections…

— Sharon Salzberg

“While small wins mark progress, we must not overlook the necessity of identifying and rectifying poor behaviors.”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw our…

— Ray Anderson

Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into…

— Elinor Ostrom

That's not a utopian vision. It is a set of ideas that we think are important to discuss. Those ideas largely have…

— William J. Mitchell

The Captains of Industry have always counseled the rest of us "to be realistic." Let us, therefore, be realistic. Is it realistic…

— Wendell Berry

As a nation, this is the moment to start seriously investing our time, energy and resources into proven methods of reducing violence,…

— Joaquin Phoenix

I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was…

— Alice Waters

Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons…

— Suquamish Chief Chief Seattle

“Keep your fans close and your critics closer”

— Girish Kohli

“Positive thought and forward action equals harmony!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

All things are bound together. All things connect.

— Chief Seattle

GDP tells you nothing about sustainability

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Inaction is no longer acceptable.”

— Eric Lowitt

“A setback is merely a delay to our destination!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G