Gifford Pinchot Quotes

The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.

It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican or a good Democrat.

Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men

Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good.

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day

A vision is not a vision unless it says yes to some ideas and no to others, inspires people and is a reason to get out of bed in the morning and come to work.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.

World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace

Learning is the gradual replacement of fantasy with fact.

The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead to far greater effectiveness.

I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time.

If you aren't getting flak, you aren't over the target.

The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency

In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare

Innovation never happens as planned.

Innovations never happen as planned.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.