Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day is an annual event that is being celebrated all over the world every 22nd of April. This year marks its 54th year anniversary and the theme for this year is Planet vs. Plastics. The goal of the theme is to bring attention to the issue of plastic pollution and how it harms nature.

A few years ago, I shared some simple things that we do to help protect the earth. On Earth Day today, I thought about rounding up some of my favorite Earth Day quotes that are truly inspiring.

There are a lot of inspiring Earth Day quotes out there, but these are some of my favorites.

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.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature always wears the colours of the spirit.

Benjamin Franklin

When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.

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.

Barack Obama

We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.

Anne Frank

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

Carl Sagan

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.

Kahlil Gibran

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

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.

Helen Keller

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

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.

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.

Marie Curie

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

Such great quotes!

How about you? Do you have any favorite Earth Day quote? What simple things do you do to help protect the Earth?

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