Lady Bird Johnson Quotes

I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish.

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

Nature nurtures our souls and lifts our spirits. But it also sustains us and our economy - and it is for this reason that we take it for granted at our peril.

All I want to do is to present the abundance of life on Earth.

I'm into environmental and ecological issues, so maybe that is an avenue to go down.

Environment is of supreme importance. It is greater than will power.

The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

I believe the American people care a lot about the environment.

The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle - those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them.

We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

With today's mass media obsession, it's good to be able to raise awareness about our environment.

On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect.