Vision Quotes

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The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only… — David Attenborough
Sustainable development is a process which enables all people to realise their potential and to improve their quality of life in ways which protect and… — Sara Parkin
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest — Thabo Mbeki
We live on this very small and fragile planet: a world in which there is poverty and injustice is never going to be a safe… — Hilary Benn
A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable — Thabo Mbeki
For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty — Thabo Mbeki
We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take for granted, do… — Elliot Morley
Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief… — Ed Mayo
We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease — Margaret Thatcher
Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for future generations? That… — John Gummer
Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children — Michael Meacher
'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we are… — Unknown Author
If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't — Jonathon Porritt
When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude "they didn't know": let us not go down in history… — Mikhail Gorbachev
The future has no shelf life — Warren G. Bennis
You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it — James Callaghan
There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land — Paul McCartney
Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand — Confucius
Treat the Earth as though we intend to stay here — Crispin Tickell
The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you… — Laozi

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