Terri Irwin Quotes

Dad was certainly a free spirit and had his own ways. He was very proud of my golf achievements but more proud of the person I've turned into. He brought me up to lead a very balanced life.

When I turned 25, something changed in me. I see children in my future 100%. Soon. I started thinking I want my kids to look back and say, 'Wasn't Mummy amazing?' I've really started thinking about what I'm leaving for them.

Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.

'Keeper' is about fathers, ultimately. and also conservation, commitment and ambition.

My job, my mission, what I have been put on this planet for is to save wildlife.

I'm a nature lover.

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

Each generation makes it's own accounting to its children.

There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren't at the same time raising young people to be better stewards.

There never has been before and never will be again another Steve Irwin.

I learned a lot from my father.

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

I don't hunt big African game anymore.

I can't wait to be a grandfather.

My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.

Having a kid motivates you to really take stock of yourself and how much of yourself you want to be reflected back in the actions of your kid.

I was able to live out my dream of playing baseball, and I've got to do the same for my kids and let them live out their dreams of whatever they want to do in life.

Bindi's been filming with us since she first hatched.

I want to show that you can be a successful entertainment executive, be a good husband, be a good father, be a good friend, be down to earth, be a good person, and give back. If I can push that message out there into the world and pass it on to my son, then I'm OK.

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.

Each one of us is a custodian of India's well-being and of the legacy that we will pass on to coming generations.

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.

We are the heirs of the ages; but the estate is entailed, as large estates frequently are, so that while we inherit the earth, the great round world which is God's footstool, we have only the use of it while we live and must pass it on to those come after us. We hold the property in trust and have no right to injure it or to lessen its value. To do so is dishonest, stealing from our heirs their inheritance.

Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain".

Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my kids, my husband and my family. One thing I really wanna do is being there for my kids, be part of my siblings and my parents.