400 Quotes by Jane Goodall

I never wanted to give up. I thought I might have to. Especially at the beginning when chimpanzees had never seen a white person before.They gave one look at me and ran away! They were scared, but eventually I got their trust.

If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not the only beings with personalities, minds capable of rational thought, altruism and a sense of humor. That leads to new respect for other animals, respect for the environment and respect for all life.

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.

I believe that we have more capability than any other creature to control our biological inheritance - and we do so most of the time.

If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of our children and grandchildren. We must not let that happen.

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

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior.

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

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