Earth Day is coming up on April 22, but you don’t need to wait until then to appreciate our planet and all that it provides for us with some Earth Day quotes. Throughout history, famous celebrities, historians, authors, and voices everywhere have inspired people through their Earth Day quotes about our planet. Below is a list of the best Earth Day quotes to help you get in the spirit of the holiday.
Our Favorite Earth Day Quotes
“If every day were #EarthDay we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
![If every day were #EarthDay we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in. If every day were #EarthDay we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.](jpg/earth-day-quote-1_v2.jpg)
“I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.” — Mother Teresa
![I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.](jpg/2-25-800x800.jpg)
“We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.” — Barack Obama
![We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.](jpg/3-27-800x800.jpg)
“And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!” — Laozi
![And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man! And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!](jpg/earth-day-quote-7_v2.jpg)
“It is a blessing to be the color of the earth; do you know how often flowers confuse me for home?” — Rupi Kaur
![It is a blessing to be the color of the earth; do you know how often flowers confuse me for home? It is a blessing to be the color of the earth; do you know how often flowers confuse me for home?](jpg/8-20-800x800.jpg)
“I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.” — Rumi
![I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.](jpg/earth-day-quote-9_v2.jpg)
“I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. ” — Nhat Hanh
![I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.](jpg/earth-day-quote-10_v2.jpg)
“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 King Jr.
![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. 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.](jpg/11-20-800x800.jpg)
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” — Anne Frank
![I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.](jpg/earth-day-quote-12_v2.jpg)
“If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.” — Alex Trebek
![If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you. If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.](jpg/earth-day-quote-13_v2.jpg)
“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” — Carl Sagan
![Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known. Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.](jpg/14-19-800x800.jpg)
“What about naming trees? … If we have a tree in our name, we want that tree to live.” — Jane Goodall
![What about naming trees? … If we have a tree in our name, we want that tree to live. What about naming trees? ... If we have a tree in our name, we want that tree to live.](jpg/15-19-800x800.jpg)
“The cheapest or most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy.” — Joshua Becker
![The cheapest or most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy. The cheapest or most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy.](jpg/earth-day-quote-16_v2.jpg)
“All we have to do is to wake up and change.” — Greta Thunberg
![All we have to do is to wake up and change. All we have to do is to wake up and change.](jpg/17-18-800x800.jpg)
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Kahlil Gibran
![Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.](jpg/earth-day-quote-18_v2.jpg)
“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” — Katrina Mayer
![Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time. Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.](jpg/earth-day-quote-19_v2.jpg)
“Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.” — Amit Ray
![Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth. Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.](jpg/earth-day-quote-20_v2.jpg)
“The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” — Lady Bird Johnson
![The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.](jpg/21-16-800x800.jpg)
“Dear old world, You are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.” — Lucy Maud Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables
![Dear old world, You are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you. Dear old world, You are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.- earth day quotes](jpg/22-16-800x800.jpg)
“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.” — Kurt Vonnegut
![I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.](jpg/earth-day-quote-23_v2.jpg)
“The Earth has its music for those who will listen.” — Reginald Vincent Holmes
![The Earth has its music for those who will listen. The Earth has its music for those who will listen.](jpg/earth-day-quote-24_v2.jpg)
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” — Henry David Thoreau
![What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on? What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?](jpg/26-14-800x800.jpg)
“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.” — Barbara Ward
![We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do. We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.](jpg/27-12-800x800.jpg)
“Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” — John Muir
![Keep close to Nature’s heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. Keep close to Nature's heart … and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.](jpg/earth-day-quote-28_v2.jpg)
“Earth laughs in flowers …” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
![Earth laughs in flowers … Earth laughs in flowers ...](jpg/earth-day-quote-29_v2.jpg)
“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.” — Thomas Fuller
![He that plants trees loves others besides himself. He that plants trees loves others besides himself.- earth day quotes](jpg/31-12-800x800.jpg)
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” — Jimmy Carter
![Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.- earth day quotes](jpg/34-12-800x800.jpg)
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” — Helen Keller
![To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.](jpg/36-12-800x800.jpg)
“Every day above earth is a good day.” — Ernest Hemingway
![Every day above earth is a good day. Every day above earth is a good day.](jpg/earth-day-quote-37_v2.jpg)
“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.” — Barry Commoner
![The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it. The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.](jpg/38-12-800x800.jpg)
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” — Robert Swan
![The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.](jpg/39-12-800x800.jpg)
“As cheesy as it sounds, truly every day is Earth Day.” — Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
![As cheesy as it sounds, truly every day is Earth Day. As cheesy as it sounds, truly every day is Earth Day.](jpg/41-12-800x800.jpg)
“It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.” — Dalai Lama
![It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members, and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.](jpg/42-12-800x800.jpg)
“We should care about the protection of people as much as we care about the protection of our planet—to me, these fights are the same.” — Leah Thomas
![We should care about the protection of people as much as we care about the protection of our planet—to me, these fights are the same. We should care about the protection of people as much as we care about the protection of our planet—to me, these fights are the same.](jpg/earth-day-quote-46_v2.jpg)
“See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. … We need silence to be able to touch souls.” — Mother Teresa
![See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. … We need silence to be able to touch souls. See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. ... We need silence to be able to touch souls.](jpg/49-40.jpg)
“One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.” — Daniel Boone
![One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought. One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.](jpg/50-38.jpg)
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.” — Paracelsus
![The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.](jpg/51-33.jpg)
“All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.” — Rudolf Steiner
![All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature. All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.](jpg/52-36.jpg)
“Light in nature creates movement in color.” — Robert Delaunay
![Light in nature creates movement in color. Light in nature creates movement in color.](jpg/53-37.jpg)
“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” — Harriet Jacobs
![The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.](jpg/54-36.jpg)
“Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.” — John Updike
![Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.](jpg/55-36.jpg)
“A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine.” — Anne Brontë in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
![A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine. A light wind swept over the corn; and all nature laughed in the sunshine.](jpg/56-35.jpg)
“Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.” — Luigi Pirandello
![Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.](jpg/57-35.jpg)
“The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.” — Morihei Ueshiba
![The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us. The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.](jpg/58-33.jpg)
“The good Earth—we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy.” — Kurt Vonnegut in A Man Without a Country
![The good Earth—we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy. The good Earth—we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy.](jpg/59-33.jpg)
“Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” — John Lubbock
![Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.](jpg/60-33.jpg)
“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.” — Chief Joseph
![The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.](jpg/61-32.jpg)
“Think of the power of the universe—turning the Earth, growing the trees. That’s the same power within you—if you’ll only have the courage and the will to use it.” — Charlie Chaplin
![Think of the power of the universe—turning the Earth, growing the trees. That’s the same power within you—if you’ll only have the courage and the will to use it. Think of the power of the universe—turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you—if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.](jpg/62-33.jpg)
“Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.” — Lao Tzu
![Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union.](jpg/63-32.jpg)
“We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.” — Oscar Wilde
![We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all. We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.](jpg/64-32.jpg)
“I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.” — Raquel Cepeda
![I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth. I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.](jpg/65-32.jpg)
“Don’t waste the Earth—it is our jewel!” — Buzz Aldrin
![Don’t waste the Earth—it is our jewel! Don't waste the Earth—it is our jewel!](jpg/66-32.jpg)
“The Earth is the Mother, I am her Son.” — Atharva Veda
![The Earth is the Mother, I am her Son. The Earth is the Mother, I am her Son.](jpg/67-32.jpg)
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson
![Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.](jpg/68-32.jpg)
“Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!” — Yuri Gagarin
![Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it! Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!](jpg/69-32.jpg)
“Times are tough, but never forget the awe and majesty of life on this strange blue planet.” — Rebecca Helm
![Times are tough, but never forget the awe and majesty of life on this strange blue planet. Times are tough, but never forget the awe and majesty of life on this strange blue planet.](jpg/70-32.jpg)
“The Earth is a tiny and fragile world. It needs to be cherished.” — Carl Sagan
![The Earth is a tiny and fragile world. It needs to be cherished. The Earth is a tiny and fragile world. It needs to be cherished.](jpg/71-31.jpg)
“We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.” — John Heyl Vincent
![We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home. We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.](jpg/72-31.jpg)
“You can just imagine if everyone on earth did have one day where we just put all our minds together regardless where the force is, as long as it’s positive, and just meditate for even an hour that day. … the climate would be nice, the smog would leave.” — Bob Marley
![Earth-Day-Quote-73_v2 "You can just imagine if everyone on earth did have one day where we just put all our minds together regardless where the force is, as long as it's positive, and just meditate for even a hour that day. ... the climate would be nice, the smog would a leave." — Bob Marley](jpg/earth-day-quote-73_v2.jpg)
“One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.” — Jack London
![One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.](jpg/74-31.jpg)
“Nothing is so cruel, so wanton, so unfeeling as nature; she moves with the weight of a glacier carrying everything before her.” — Clarence Darrow
![Nothing is so cruel, so wanton, so unfeeling as nature; she moves with the weight of a glacier carrying everything before her. Nothing is so cruel, so wanton, so unfeeling as nature; she moves with the weight of a glacier carrying everything before her.](jpg/75-30.jpg)
“How Strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!” — Emily Dickinson
![How Strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! How Strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!](jpg/76-30.jpg)
“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” — Albert Einstein
![Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift. Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.](jpg/77-29.jpg)
“But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” — Rachel Carson
![But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.](jpg/78-29.jpg)
“There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural resources, including fresh water, clean air, tillable soil, forests, wilderness, habitat for wildlife, minerals and recreational assets.” — Gaylord Nelson
![There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural resources, including fresh water, clean air, tillable soil, forests, wilderness, habitat for wildlife, minerals and recreational assets. There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural resources, including fresh water, clean air, tillable soil, forests, wilderness, habitat for wildlife, minerals and recreational assets.](jpg/79-29.jpg)
“Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment.” — Gaylord Nelson
![Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment. Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment.](jpg/80-29.jpg)
“The incredible beauty of the earth as seen from space results largely from the fact that our planet is covered with living things. What gives vibrant colors and exciting variety to the surface of the earth is the fact that it is literally a living organism.” — René Dubos
![The incredible beauty of the earth as seen from space results largely from the fact that our planet is covered with living things. What gives vibrant colors and exciting variety to the surface of the earth is the fact that it is literally a living organism. The incredible beauty of the earth as seen from space results largely from the fact that our planet is covered with living things. What gives vibrant colors and exciting variety to the surface of the earth is the fact that it is literally a living organism.](jpg/81-29.jpg)
“The total effect of the environmental crisis cannot be evaluated because it is spread throughout the whole social structure.” — René Dubos
![The total effect of the environmental crisis cannot be evaluated because it is spread throughout the whole social structure. The total effect of the environmental crisis cannot be evaluated because it is spread throughout the whole social structure.](jpg/82-27.jpg)
“Nature provides exceptions to every rule.” — Margaret Fuller
![Nature provides exceptions to every rule. Nature provides exceptions to every rule.](jpg/83-27.jpg)
“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” — Marie Curie
![All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.](jpg/84-26.jpg)
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” — Loren Eiseley
![If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.](jpg/85-26.jpg)
“We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.” — Mary Daly
![We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.](jpg/86-24.jpg)
“On Spaceship Earth there are no passengers; everybody is a member of the crew. We have moved into an age in which everybody’s activities affect everybody else.” — Marshall McLuhan
![On Spaceship Earth there are no passengers; everybody is a member of the crew. We have moved into an age in which everybody’s activities affect everybody else. On Spaceship Earth there are no passengers; everybody is a member of the crew. We have moved into an age in which everybody's activities affect everybody else.](jpg/87-24.jpg)
“The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.” — Johannes Kepler
![The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.](jpg/88-25.jpg)
“I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men’s beginning to redeem themselves.” — Henry David Thoreau
![I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men’s beginning to redeem themselves. I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men's beginning to redeem themselves.](jpg/89-24.jpg)
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![Earth-Day-Quotes-1 Earth Day is on April 22, but it is never too early to read some Earth Day quotes to get inspired and feel grateful for our planet.](jpg/earth-day-quotes-1-683x1024.jpg)