Kofi Annan Quotes

I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust.

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

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

What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.

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

He plants trees to benefit another generation.

That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.

President Obama believes that we have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave our land, water, and wildlife better than we found it.

The future of our children is a trust we have been given. To conserve and grow, not to squander wastefully on needless excesses. The earth is a trust, to protect and to honor. Our home, our livelihood, our future rests in the quality of our stewardship. Let us become better stewards.

God has lent us the earth for our life; it is a great entail. It belongs as much to those who are to come after us, and whose names are already written in the book of creation, as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do or neglect, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or deprive them of benefits which it was in our power to bequeath.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

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

I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we have to do everything we can to protect it for future generations.

We must strive to become good ancestors.

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

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

Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.

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

If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.

The only legacy I seek is the one that any grandparent seeks - that is, to hand off our nation... our fields and our farms to the next generation in better shape than we found it.

Just as our forefathers saved and invested to build what we, the current generation, are enjoying today, so, too, we must plant trees so that our sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters, can enjoy the shade.

The only thing I do for posterity is plant trees.

I believe so strongly that you always need to leave things better than you found it.

When I think about my legacy, I think about the world that we leave behind for our children.

I think about the world that we leave behind for our children.