Jane Goodall

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.”

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”

“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

“We have the choice to use the gift of our lives to make the world a better place.”

“Here we are, the most intelligent species ever to have walked the planet. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?”

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”

“I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the power of young people, and the indomitable human spirit.”

“Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.”

“To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.”

“There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.”

“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.”

“We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion.”

“Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?”