Ban Ki-moon Quotes

The earth is a tremendous gift. There is nothing else like it in the known universe. I want to leave it the way I found it.

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

The problem of the environment is the extension of good housekeeping of the thinking woman.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

One Earth, one mother - one does not sell the Earth.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

We have a responsibility to Mother Earth to protect it as much as possible.

Protecting our planet is a moral imperative.

My main issue is sustainability of the Earth, and protection of those animals and people who dwell here.

Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.

If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.

Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I'm passionate about. CNN's 'Going Green' series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope.

I maintain that if there is such a thing as a true and honest environmentalist, it's people like Slim and hopefully me, who have been caretakers of the land all our lives, along with the generations before us.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

The future will either be green or not at all.

The sun is always shining. We have oxygen, trees, birds. There's so much good things on Earth, still. We haven't destroyed everything.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

We must give everyone a stake in the World’s environment.

The earth is the only home that any of us have—so far, anyway.

We always have to remind ourselves of how fragile life on this planet is and what responsibilities we have.

Take good care of our fragile planet.

We depend on nature to survive... it is our responsibility also to take care of our home, planet Earth.