Inspiring Quotes 6

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 * "There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires." Nelson Mandela


 * "Treat the Earth well. It is not inherited from your parents, it is borrowed from your children." Kenyan proverb


 * "When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed nine billion. You don't need to be an expert to realise that sustainable development is going to become the greatest challenge we face this century" Tony Blair


 * "The future depends on what we do in the present.." Mahatma Gandhi


 * "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir


 * "The seeds of living economies have already been planted and are taking root in countless communities throughout the world. Some have been around for a long time. They include land trusts, local organic farms and farmer's markets, enterprises producing and marketing innovative environmental services and products, community supported agriculture initiatives, local restaurants specializing in locally grown organic produce, community banks, local currencies, buy local campaigns, fair traded coffee, worker buyouts of factories whose owners are moving production abroad, family businesses that take pride in community service, employee and community owned businesses, production networks of small producers taking on large projects, recycling business, independent book stores that serve as community learning centers, independent media, community sustainability indicators, green business directories, independent business alliances and much more." David Korten


 * "Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein


 * "A world where one tenth of the population gets to be extremely wealthy, and six tenths very poor, is not, in the long run, a stable place." Bill McKibben


 * "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin


 * "Whoever you vote for the council still gets in." anon


 * "Never doubt the value of your own contribution however much it may go unrecognised by the powers-that-be. Nuture your own self-confidence and help realise the confidence of the group to which you belong, even if the only group to which you belong is humankind." anon


 * "Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." Mother Teresa


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