Mod Sun Quotes

I was raised to believe that you need to leave the world a better place than how you found it, as corny as that sounds.

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

My mother taught me when you go someplace, you leave it better than you found it.

I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

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

Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

The World is not ours to keep. We hold it in trust for future generations.

The world is not given by our fathers but borrowed from our children.

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.

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

I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.

We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.'

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

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

I go where the good work is being done.

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

The only thing I do for posterity is plant trees.

When Bindi and Robert have grown, there will probably be another life for me, and I can't anticipate exactly what that will be, but it will involve continuing Steve's work, conservation, being there for my kids, Australia Zoo.