Sustainability Quotes · Page 4

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

— Paul Polman

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.

— Thomas A. Edison

In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability.

— Rob Hopkins

“Long term sustainability requires relentless endurance and gratitude in all your efforts.”

— Wayne Chirisa

“Sustainability is best illustrated by those who sell food … just so they afford something to eat.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The funny thing about sustainability is you gotta sustain it.

— Ron Finley

If we don't get sustainability right in agriculture first, it won't happen anywhere.

— Wes Jackson

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.

— Aldo Leopold

The capitalist system only allows us to heap up waste. I would like to propose that the trillions of money earmarked for…

— Evo Morales

The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at…

— William Kittredge

“Our lives are like books; we are merely characters in each other's stories. While we can impact each other's plotlines, respecting the…

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

As far as I'm concerned, however, it is clear that the concept of premium will be increasingly defined through sustainability in the…

— Norbert Reithofer

“While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in…

— Rachel Held Evans

“Sustainable financing is the measure of prosperity, not just in financial terms, but non-financial as well, for people, planet and prosperity of…

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in…

— Kevin McCloud

The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet.

— John McDonnell

The path to relative economic, social and ecological sustainability is guaranteed to be littered with failures of every nature and scale. If…

— John Elkington

“A photograph of a disposable diaper floating in the arctic miles away from human habitat fueled my daily determination to save at…

— Gloria Ng

We are challenged to develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone, no nation can live alone, and anyone who feels…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“When we flood our creative problem-solving mind with the endorphins of gratitude, we are open to receiving the spectacular solutions that are…

— Natalie Pace

Every company that manufactures something is causing some damage either to the soil or water or air. Most companies treat these as…

— Philip Kotler

I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing…

— Bill Moyers

“In trying to make sense of this pessimism, Ridley, like Kahneman, sees a combination of cognitive biases and evolutionary psychology as the…

— Peter H. Diamandis

Now comes the threat of climate crisis - a threat that is real, rising, imminent, and universal. Once again, it is the…

— Al Gore

Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.

— Murray Gell-Mann

Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business.

— Anand Mahindra

“You are what you eat. If you want to live long, take good care of that.”

— Olawale Daniel

Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.

— Max Lucado

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

— Lynda Resnick

“Reach for the stars all you want, but anchor your soul in the soil.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

— Shari Arison

“Always staying low key, you'll see me when you see me, but when you see me you'll know it's me”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

Sustainability is treating ourselves and our environment as if we are to live on this earth forever.

— Arron Wood

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“In a world of masks, facades, and duplicated originality, authenticity is a rare and precious gift!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

Care work contributes enormously to the well-being of our societies and to the sustainability of our economies.

— Sharan Burrow

“Having the right priorities in a wrong world will humble you with a journey that only love can sustain.”

— Bryant McGill

“The key ingredient to progress, to getting ahead, is to leave a foundation behind.”

— Dov Seidman

Japan's future prospects depend on ensuring fiscal sustainability over the long term.

— Jose Angel Gurria

“Own sustainability; for we owe it, to generations to come.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma