Arthur Henderson Quotes

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't succumb to frenzy or rage or greed. That we'll figure out a solution without destroying the things that we love.' I have not lost that sense.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.

We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.

Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

I try to make the best of everything.

I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow.

We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.

I figure there's no point in stressing about what's out of my control, and all I can do is make the best of what I've got.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.