400 Quotes by Jane Goodall

How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.

Your life matters. You can’t live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what’s most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was “just human”.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can’t not be what everyone says I am. But I don’t feel like an icon.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” Jane Goodall.

I didn’t want to become a professor or get tenure or teach or anything. All I wanted to do was get a degree because Louis Leakey said I needed one, which was right, and once I succeeded I could get back to the field.

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

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place – or not to bother.