Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.
Water is the true wealth in a dry land.
The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price.
Surplus money allows some people to exercise inordinate power over others: in the workplace; in politics; and above all in the capture, use and destruction of the planet's natural wealth.
Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.
Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.
There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable.
We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice.
The buffalo didn't belong to anybody. If you could kill them, what they brought was yours. They were walking gold pieces.
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
IT'S OUR AMERICA - DO SOMETHING TO PRESERVE ITS' BEAUTY STRENGTH, AND NATURAL WEALTH
Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.
Afghanistan fortunately is one of the richest countries in terms of water, mineral resources, location and human capital.
Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources.
Where on the globe can there be found an area of equal extent with that occupied by the bulk of our States, so fertile and so richand varied in its productions, and at the same time so habitable by the European, as this is?
Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them.
Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should be made, taking care of the environment. We should give added value to this natural resource, and generate revenue to fight poverty with more resources, that come from natural resources.
The prosperity of a people depends upon such facts as the natural wealth of the country in which they live, their social discipline and industrial character, the result of generations, of centuries, it may be, of tradition.
Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.
Without the land, the rivers, the oceans, the forests, the sunshine, the minerals and thousands of natural resources we would have no economy whatsoever
On my reservation, we had one of the most abundant fisheries in the world and hundreds of thousands of acres of wild rice beds. We've lost a lot of it, but there's still natural wealth that could support our communities.
Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach.
Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.
