These wildlife quotes will inspire you. Wildlife is living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated or wild animals collectively; the native fauna (and sometimes flora) of a region.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging wildlife quotes, wildlife sayings, and wildlife proverbs.
Famous Wildlife Quotes
- “We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “Wilderness without wildlife is just scenery.” ~ Lois Crisler
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“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
- “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” ~ Charles Darwin
- “The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.” ~ Jim Fowler
- “Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.” ~ E. O. Wilson
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“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” ~ Martin Buber
- “The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we’ll start thinking of doing something about it.” ~ Jim Fowler
- “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” ~ William Shakespeare
- “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” ~ Stewart Udall
- “Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.” ~ John Muir
- “The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth – soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife.” ~ Rachel Carson
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“Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead
- “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists.” ~ Jane Goodall , Save wildlife quotes
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“Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.” ~ Benjamin Hoff
- “I feel like I’m nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them.” ~ Bindi Irwin
- “If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
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“Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?” ~ David Attenborough
- “Wildlife needs wilderness-not just to survive, but also to live freely. Sadly, many species struggle to survive due to increased human activity and expansion into habitats they call home.” ~ Zoe Helene
- “Until the day comes when the senseless killing ends, we will all have to fight like wildlife warriors to protect our precious planet.” ~ Terri Irwin
- “If you can’t excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?” ~ Steve Irwin , Love wildlife quotes
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“Managing wildlife? It’s wild! It don’t need managing, leave it alone.” ~ Russell Brand
- “I want the cleanest water, the freshest air, and wildlife in abundance… but most of all I want a future for our children.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can’t rebuild ecology or a giraffe.” ~ Joy Adamson
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“No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink.” ~ Murray Banks
- “Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.” ~ Dalai Lama
- “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” ~ Rachel Carson
- “The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity… that’s all there is. That’s the whole economy. That’s where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world.” ~ Gaylord Nelson
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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.” ~ Aldo Leopold
- “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” ~ Francis of Assisi
- “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” ~ Alice Walker
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“Time is running out for nature and wildlife around the world” ~ Jennifer Morgan
- “I am the hawk and there’s blood in my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry. And all those who see me and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.” ~ John Denver
- “I think I’m very easily inspired. People, wildlife, nature, music, art. I think that I’m lucky that I have this great sense of wonderment about life in general.” ~ Jorja Fox
- “The world of life, of spontaneity, the world of dawn and sunset and starlight, the world of soil and sunshine, of meadow and woodland, of hickory and oak and maple and hemlock and pineland forests, of wildlife dwelling around us, of the river and its wellbeing–all of this [is] the integral community in which we live.” ~ Thomas Berry
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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “It is our responsibility to help wildlife adapt to a changing climate.” ~ Nikhil Advani
- “If we could just stop building up armies and things like that, we would have all the money we need for wildlife and poverty.” ~ Jane Goodall
- “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” ~ Aldo Leopold
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“There’s no space for wildlife; the humans are crowding them out.” ~ Patrick Bergin
- “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” ~ Martin Luther
- “The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife. To utilize them for present needs while insuring their preservation for future generations requires a delicately balanced and continuing program, based on the most extensive research. Their administration is not properly, and cannot be, a matter of politics.” ~ Rachel Carson
- “I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it’s something that I can’t help.” ~ Steve Irwin
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“The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our forefathers greeted the American West. Many laws protecting environmental quality have promoted liberty by securing property against the destructive trespass of pollution. In our own time, the nearly universal appreciation of these preserved landscapes, restored waters, and cleaner air through outdoor recreation is a modern expression of our freedom and leisure to enjoy the wonderful life that generations past have built for us.” ~ Ronald Reagan
- “I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it’s a relief. If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.” ~ Viggo Mortensen
- “When wildlife damages agriculture we eliminate the wildlife. Rather we should eliminate agriculture when it damages wildlife.” ~ James Cook
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“I try to use photography to move people to action to save the wildlife in our beloved ocean.” ~ Tom Gruber
- “A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct” ~ Aldo Leopold
- “Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being.” ~ Nick Brandt , Wildlife quotes photography
- “Our air, water, soil, forests, oceans, rivers, lakes, scenic beauty, wildlife habitat, minerals, that is the wealth of the country.” ~ Gaylord Nelson
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“Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.” ~ Stephen Ambrose
- “Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.” ~ Jim Fowler
- “The animals of the planet are in desperate peril… Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.” ~ Alice Walker
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“I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.” ~ Steve Irwin
- “While it is important to maintain a balanced approach to solving our nation’s energy problems, we must commit ourselves to recognize some areas as ‘off limits,’ and the Artic National Wildlife Reserve is a national symbol of that commitment.” ~ Ken Salazar
- “My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.” ~ Steve Irwin
