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Cumulatively small decisions, choices, actions, make a very big difference. — Jane Goodall

I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate. — Jane Goodall

However much you know giraffes, to see one in the wild for the first time feels prehistoric. — Jane Goodall

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive. — Jane Goodall

I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message. — Jane Goodall

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics. — Jane Goodall

Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential. — Jane Goodall

Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth. — Jane Goodall

My hope for the future is that we learn wisdom again. — Jane Goodall

Without patience I could never have succeeded. — Jane Goodall

Mainly because as women's education increases all around the planet, we find that family size tends to drop. — Jane Goodall

I have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another. — Jane Goodall

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? — Jane Goodall

I believe the only hope for mankind lies in the hands of our young people. — Jane Goodall

Here was a chimpanzee using a tool... That was object modification-- the crude beginning of tool making. — Jane Goodall

If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your Dreams. — Jane Goodall

It's the bond between mother and child, which is really, for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions of social behavior. — Jane Goodall

It was because the chimps are so eye-catching, so like us and teach us so much that my work was recognised worldwide. — Jane Goodall

Become as knowledgeable as possible. — Jane Goodall

The greatest danger to our future is apathy. — Jane Goodall

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place
or not to bother — Jane Goodall

We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe. — Jane Goodall

To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities. — Jane Goodall

There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change. — Jane Goodall

A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do. — Jane Goodall

I always loved animals. And when I was ten, I decided I had to go to Africa and live with animals and write books about them. — Jane Goodall

I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle. — Jane Goodall

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know. — Jane Goodall

Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner. — Jane Goodall

People said, Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve. — Jane Goodall

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. — Jane Goodall

Every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change. — Jane Goodall

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. — Jane Goodall

Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences. — Jane Goodall

You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes. — Jane Goodall

I am living in the Africa I have always longed for, always felt stirring in my blood. — Jane Goodall

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries. — Jane Goodall

Attacks by other chimpanzees are the second most frequent cause of death at Gombe, after disease. Through — Jane Goodall

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. — Jane Goodall

We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human". — Jane Goodall

Certainly it's very often true that women tend to be a bit quieter and more prepared to sit there and let the animal tell you things. — Jane Goodall

The more we spread the word, the further it will go and more it will change! — Jane Goodall

We are unique. Chimpanzees are unique. Dogs are unique. But we humans are just not as different as we used to think. — Jane Goodall

Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation. — Jane Goodall

From the moment when, staring into the eyes of a chimpanzee, I saw a thinking, reasoning personality looking back. — Jane Goodall

As a child, we couldn't afford holidays overseas, so instead I travelled through books. I was inspired by Dr Dolittle and Tarzan. — Jane Goodall

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well. — Jane Goodall

I don't care two hoots about civilization. I want to wander in the wild. — Jane Goodall

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right. — Jane Goodall

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love. — Jane Goodall

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change. — Jane Goodall

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential. — Jane Goodall

Never be arrogant or abrasive. Treat your opponent respectfully if they really and truly believe they are right. — Jane Goodall

Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin. — Jane Goodall

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior - my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings. — Jane Goodall

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. — Jane Goodall

The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests — Jane Goodall

Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan. — Jane Goodall

The awful thing is we don't respect each other. — Jane Goodall

Having respect for animals makes us better humans.. — Jane Goodall

Some humans are mathematicians-others aren't. — Jane Goodall

Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful. — Jane Goodall

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain! — Jane Goodall

I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company. — Jane Goodall

I was the sort of person who didn't care about hairdressing and clothes and parties and boyfriends. I really wanted to be in the wild. — Jane Goodall

If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls. — Jane Goodall

If we could just stop building up armies and things like that, we would have all the money we need for wildlife and poverty. — Jane Goodall

The only possible way to get somebody to change is to reach into their hearts. — Jane Goodall

My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. — Jane Goodall

If harsher laws are put in place, less will dare to break them. — Jane Goodall

I think the most important thing to do is to be willing to listen, willing to care, and willing to admit mistakes and change your ways for the better! — Jane Goodall

And always I have this feeling
which may not be true at all
that I am being used as a messenger. — Jane Goodall

Children can change the world. — Jane Goodall

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist. — Jane Goodall

Some people actually do not like animals - hard for me to understand, but true. — Jane Goodall

What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. — Jane Goodall

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children. — Jane Goodall

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world. — Jane Goodall

It would be absolutely useless for any of us to work to save wildlife without working to educate the next generation of conservationists. — Jane Goodall

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love. — Jane Goodall

I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions. — Jane Goodall

When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it's just like a human baby. We have a responsibility to them. — Jane Goodall

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals. — Jane Goodall

It's not a pretty picture, but there are reasons for hope. — Jane Goodall

It's up to us to save the world for tomorrow: it's up to you and me. — Jane Goodall

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice. — Jane Goodall

Science demands objective factual evidence - proof; spiritual experience is subjective and leads to faith. — Jane Goodall

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup. — Jane Goodall

Chimps taught us we're not separated from the animal kingdom, we're a part of it. — Jane Goodall

Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved. — Jane Goodall

Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference. — Jane Goodall

As thy days, so shall thy strength be. — Jane Goodall