Animal Quotes

Animal Quote of the day

God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

Who does not love his own tongue is far worse than a brute or stinking fish.

Women should be treated as human beings, not as domestic animals.

The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful you are-- he takes you for how you make him feel.

It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.

We are all a quarter good, a quarter bad, a quarter animal and a quarter child which equals a whole bunch of crazy.

My goal is simple. All I want to do is re-connect people with animals. Awaken some emotions and some feelings and some logic, that is been buried and suppressed, intentionally, by our society.

We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.

Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.

The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.

I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

The truth about an animal is far more exciting and altogether more beautiful than all the myths woven about it.

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have anxiety for the future generation.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.

I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

Why do people shush animals? Theyve never spoken

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.

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

I'd like to be a jellyfish, 'cause jellyfish don't pay rent.

The only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move around

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

The deeper minds of all ages have had pity for animals.

Reverse petting zoo. You pet the animals, and they pet you back.

Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently in the equivalent of a kennel.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Never believe that animals suffer less than humans. Pain is the same for them that it is for us. Even worse, because they cannot help themselves.

As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

I'm not a party animal. I'm a chill homebody. I like to watch movies and go out to eat. That's my idea of a good time. I'm definitely able to be social.

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

I don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs.

It's not about loving animals. It's about fighting injustice. My whole goal is for humans to have as little contact as possible with animals.

When humanity serves Nature, Nature serves humanity. When we serve animals and plants, they too serve us in return.