Henry David Thoreau Quotes

We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts back into the soil what he takes out.

We depend on the gifts of nature, but these gifts must be received with gratitude and not exploited or abused

I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.

We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.

The peoples of the Andes believe in the concept of 'living well' instead of wanting to 'live better' by consuming more, regardless of the cost to our neighbors and our environment.

Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

I'm just becoming more and more aware of this truly profound responsibility that we carry as individuals. And it's a responsibility not only to ourselves and to our families, but to the billions of people who still have to come in the future who will be dealing with our legacy.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

We must strive to become good ancestors.

You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there.

When you're in a position to have gotten so much, the gift at this point is giving back.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I've always believed, if you're gifted, that it's incumbent not to think about giving something back.

Land is not something you inherit from your parents. It is something you borrow from your children.

Nothing was made by God for man to spoil or destroy.

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.

I've been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else.

I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.