Quotes about "Environmental & Nature"

Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing. ”

The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat. ”

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you. ”

As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this. ”

I like people who take responsibility for their lives. ”

We the people have the strength to bring our country from our weak-kneed stumbling gait in the last ranks of reason to the leadership of the great march to environmental victory. ”

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. ”

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ”

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment. ”

Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America, there's been a strong tradition of protecting our undisputed, important natural treasures or taking on great common engineering challenges. ”