Sustainable Quotes

#1. Happiness is your inherent nature. In the hustle and bustle of life, you have forgotten a part of yourself, and looking for it outside. Fill this void with happiness that is sustainable, not transitory; that illuminates your life and that of others, that is life giving and so natural.

Sanchita Pandey

#2. It is not reasonable that art should win the place of honor over our great and powerful mother Nature. We have so overloaded the beauty and richness of her works by our inventions that we have quite smothered her.

Michel De Montaigne

#3. My view is that the bitcoin is in its very early days, and it is an artificial currency. But whether it is creating new money, whether it is sustainable, whether it would survive - I have many questions about it.

Uday Kotak

#4. The current practices of distributing resources are not sustainable and will continue to harm the environment if we do not evolve our methods into procedures that are more practical based on the needs of today's society.

Joseph P. Kauffman

#5. Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses.

Maurice Strong

#6. Our job in gospel is not going away. It's a sustainable genre. It sells - without question.

Marvin Sapp

#7. Markets need not be in sync with one another. Simultaneously, the bond market can be priced for sustained tough times, the equity market for a strong recovery, and gold for high inflation. Such an apparent disconnect is indefinitely sustainable.

Seth Klarman

#8. Only a Systemic approach of organisations can produce sustainable changes because companies are ecosystems and as such are alive

Denis Gorce-Bourge

#9. Working harder is not a sustainable solution and it's not how people meet their destiny. It's time to get more creative. Instead of choosing one thing we love over something else we love, we must ask, 'how can I do both?' And, then, we can find solutions.

Maynard Webb

#10. We have a broad array of teams. And if somebody asked me whether a team is a good buy, my response is, 'You'd better hurry up, they're going like hot cakes, and they're going to be even more valuable when we get a system that is even more sustainable.'

David Stern

#11. I have told our senior executives that I will slaughter holy cows if it benefits the company's long-term success. When we asked ourselves whether Formula 1 still matched the concept of a sustainable company, the clear answer was no.

Norbert Reithofer

#12. There is no ecological architecture, no intelligent architecture and no sustainable architecture - there is only good architecture. There are always problems we must not neglect. For example, energy, resources, costs, social aspects - one must always pay attention to all these.

Eduardo Souto De Moura

#13. Unilever, Nestle and SAB Miller are all taking a long-term approach to investing in sustainable resource consumption. Each is driving through better resource management, which is expected to yield positive returns in the future.

Jacob Rothschild

#14. Sustainable growth is characterized by one simple rule: New customers come from the actions of past customers.

Eric Ries

#15. For WordPress to be world class, it needs to have a sustainable model.

Matt Mullenweg

#16. Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

Jeff Henderson

#17. Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

Douglas B. Reeves

#18. We see no reason why a sustainable world needs to leave anyone living in poverty. Quite the contrary, we think such a world would have to provide material security to all its people.

Donella H. Meadows

#19. Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

Matthew Fox

#20. I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global earth community.

Mikhail Gorbachev

#21. To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid.

Peter Singer

#22. During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

#23. From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.

Frances O'Grady

#24. Innovation is only innovation when it's sustainable.

Donald Clark

#25. Ontario's gas tax rebates and infrastructure programs help create sustainable transit to improve quality of life for Ottawa residents with significant environmental benefits.

Bob Chiarelli

#26. It's extremely hard to build a company with a product that everyone loves, is free and has no business model, and then to innovate a business model. I did that with Kazaa, had half a billion downloads but that wasn't a sustainable business.

Niklas Zennstrom

#27. Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.

Bill Gates

#28. We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.

Barton Seaver

#29. Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.

Ben Bernanke

#30. Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

Lucas Papademos

#31. Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.

Achim Steiner

#32. For too long we have placed an irrational burden upon our oceans by demanding only a narrow selection of species, which has led to unsustainable fishing and economic practices. If we instead ask the ocean what it is willing to supply, we engage in an inherently more sustainable relationship.

Barton Seaver

#33. The recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually come to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the transition will be calm or exciting.

Timothy Geithner

#34. Sustainable Development is more than meeting the needs of today and the future generations; to my understanding this definition better fits sex industry.

M.F. Moonzajer

#35. To be equitable, economic growth has to be sustainable. To be sustainable, economic growth has in turn to be all-inclusive. All-inclusive is no longer the greatest good of the greatest number. It is actually Sarvodaya or the rise of all. This Mahatma Gandhi saw as essential to Satyagraha itself.

Sonia Gandhi

#36. TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable.

Blake Mycoskie

#37. My dream is remaking and reforming a more sustainable, more livable, delicious future.

Kate Orff

#38. Breathless living is anything but the abundant life. The pace at which we live is not sustainable.

Stephen W. Smith

#39. We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour.

Sigmar Gabriel

#40. Like it or not, the road to Hell is paved with sustainable bamboo flooring.

Chuck Palahniuk

#41. We must build an agenda for speedy yet sustainable economic growth that is inclusive of all, is respectful of individuals, responsive to innovation and responsible towards the future generations.

Narendra Modi

#42. I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.

Alice Waters

#43. Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

Julian Fellowes

#44. We are creating the future. It is not determined. If we get our act together and solve our current problems, we could have a sustainable, abundant future. If we don't, we could wipe ourselves out. We are on the verge of doing it with our current politics. It is regressive, going back the other way.

Edgar Mitchell

#45. Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.

Arianna Huffington

#46. I'm passionate about restoring the efficacy of American democracy, making capitalism sustainable, prioritizing advances in technology, and seizing the opportunities to use that kind of innovation to help usher in a new economy that doesn't rely on carbon-spewing fossil fuels.

Al Gore

#47. In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes - a virtuous cycle of change.

Abdallah II Of Jordan

#48. Understanding how your business affects human rights and using that knowledge to shape appropriate policies and practices is crucial to achieving what should be the goal of all corporations - sustainable growth.

Cherie Blair

#49. Aggression, occupation and a repetition of the Holocaust won't bring peace. What we want is a sustainable peace. This means that we have to tackle the root of the problem. I am pleased to note that you are honest people and admit that you are obliged to support the Zionists.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#50. Sustainable farms are to today's headlong rush toward global destruction what the monasteries were to the Dark Ages: places to preserve human skills and crafts until some semblance of common sense and common purpose returns to the public mind.

Gene Logsdon

#51. Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#52. The Neo-Feudalism of UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development is reviving serfdom as the condition of the future. If you let it.

Rosa Koire

#53. I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.

Ellen Page

#54. Galer Street School is a place where compassion, academics, and global connectitude join together to create civic-minded citizens of a sustainable and diverse planet. Student:

Maria Semple

#55. On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical for achieving truly sustainable development for all.

Kofi Annan

#56. Fashion is a logical place to start to raise awareness for sustainable causes.

Jochen Zeitz

#57. For nearly 11 years, now, we have been on this mission; we call it, "climbing Mt. Sustainability", a mountain higher than Everest, to meet at that point at the top that symbolizes zero footprint-zero environmental impact. Sustainable: taking nothing, doing no harm.

Ray Anderson

#58. When you're younger, you feel like work is work and relationships are supposed to be easy. As you get older, you realize you have to work at relationships to make them sustainable.

Vince Vaughn

#59. If we're going to see sustainable results from all the other investments we're making in education, we need to build leadership capacity in each and every country.

Wendy Kopp

#60. We will continue to offer the most dynamic vehicles in the future. However, we have also made it our mission to be sustainable as a company.

Norbert Reithofer

#61. The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy.

John Baldacci

#62. It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable.

John Stuart Mill

#63. We want a plan for a clean energy future ... an end to global warming ... Moms know about sustainable energy. After all, mother love is an unending supply and it keeps kids healthy.

Julianne Moore

#64. The beauty of the Internet is there's a niche market for everything, and if you can focus on it, you can build a sustainable and viable business of it.

Michelle Phan

#65. Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

Helene D. Gayle

#66. Energy is essential for development, and sustainable energy is essential for sustainable development.

Tim Wirth

#67. The only things that excited her father, the king, more than a good ball were sustainable logging practices

Shannon Hale

#68. I said, 'Don, what's sustainable about feeding chicken to fish?'

Dan Barber

#69. Over the past two years, the Obama Administration and USDA have worked to build a foundation for sustainable economic growth in rural America. At the center of our vision is an effort to increase domestic production and use of renewable energy.

Tom Vilsack

#70. Job creation is a choice. Investing in cleaner, greener technologies that allow us to strike a more sustainable balance with the other living systems of this earth - this, too, is a choice.

Martin O'Malley

#71. I don't think a true company - one that builds sustainable value - can ever only exist online or remotely.

Margaret Heffernan

#72. Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real.

Michele Jennae

#73. Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.

Dan Shechtman

#74. Having one foot in design and the other in sustainable and social projects, I hear this question quite often: 'Why does the world need another chair?' My answer is that the world needs another chair/bicycle/car or any new product for that matter, like the world needs another book.

Yves Behar

#75. We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

Jeff Merkley

#76. Shikun & Binui, our infrastructure and real estate company, implements sustainability by building their projects 100% sustainable while educating their employees worldwide.

Shari Arison

#77. Sustainable development is not an option! It is the only path that allows all of humanity to share a decent life on this, one planet. Rio+20 gives our generation the opportunity to choose this path.

Sha Zukang

#78. I define sustainable history as a durable progressive trajectory in which the quality of life on this planet or other planets is premised on the guarantee of human dignity for all at all times and under all circumstances.

Nayef Al-Rodhan

#79. The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of energy and make it sustainable is not actually congruent with reality.

Alex Steffen

#80. The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to be some means testing. It's a Ponzi scheme that's not sustainable.

Gary Johnson

#81. Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.

Ben Bernanke

#82. I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost.

Ellen Page

#83. Sustainable success can only happen on purpose

Seth Czerepak

#84. We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.

Ban Ki-moon

#85. Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we care for it. It is our universal responsibility to pass a healthy earth onto future generations.

Sylvia Dolson

#86. Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.

Tom Peters

#87. I believe in living healthily and sustainably, and looking to nature for renewal and inspiration.

Jay Woodman

#88. We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom.

Dean Ornish

#89. We have entered a new era. Global society is interconnected as never before. [...] I suggest that we have arrived in the Age of Sustainable Development.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

#90. As a member of both the energy and environment committees, I am constantly astounded by how many of my colleagues prefer to focus on what the government can do for the nuclear or coal industries rather than why the government should support clean and sustainable energy.

Bernie Sanders

#91. How do you feel about helicopters?"
There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?"
"As a mode of transportation."
"Faster than camels, but less sustainable.

Maggie Stiefvater

#92. Societies are not sustainable without institutions.

Mo Ibrahim

#93. It's super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure.

Petter Stordalen

#94. The federal government has never created one job that is sustainable long term. It creates government project work but not creating real work where people are.

Michael Steele

#95. The slogan used to be 'Populate or perish'. We can now see that it is more like 'Populate and perish'. A sustainable future has to be based on stabilisation of both population and consumption.

Ian Lowe

#96. Literacy is at the heart of sustainable development

Kofi Annan

#97. What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.

Ratan Tata

#98. No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the small things that we can do to create a sustainable future and a healthy environment.

John Denver

#99. Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

Majora Carter

#100. A sustainable business is resource efficient, respects the environment and is a good neighbour

Phil Harding