Animal Quotes and Sayings

“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.” – John Muir

“Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.” – Milan Kundera

“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein

“Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing, right in your ear.” – Dave Barry

“Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.” –  George Bernard Shaw

“Behold, my brothers, the spring has come;
The earth has received the embraces of the sun
And we shall soon see the results of that love!
Every seed is awakened and so has all animal life.
It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being
And we therefore yield to our neighbors,
Even our animal neighbors,
The same right as ourselves, to inhabit this land.”
– Sitting Bull

“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” – Albert Schweitzer

“My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.” –  Albert Schweitzer

“Kindness to all God’s creatures is an absolute rock-bottom necessity if peace and righteousness are to prevail.” – Sir Wilfred Grenfell

“A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.” – Mohammed

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles Schulz

“I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human.” – Rachel Ray