Animal Quotes

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms”
~George Eliot

“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts”
~Coleman Cox

“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
~Samuel Butler

“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?”
~Rose F. Kennedy

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
~Martin Buber

"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."
~Abraham Lincoln

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."
~Alfred A. Montapert

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."
~St. Francis of Assisi

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men."
~Alice Walker

"If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth."

~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe, letter to President Franklin Pierce