Be Kind Because You Care

It is a kind of theological folly to suppose that God has made the entire world just for human beings, or to suppose that God is interested in only one of the millions of species that inhabit God’s good earth.
( Desmond Tutu )

Animals have hearts that feel, eyes that see.
And families to care for, just like you and me.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

I am homeless, not worthless.
I need your help, not your pity.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge.
For in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
( Marya Mannes )

I may not always hear when you call my name.
And sometimes I miss the ball on an easy toss.
But the love for you that shines in my eyes will never, ever, ever, grow old.

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the devil in human form.
( William Ralph Inge )

One day we will have the ability to communicate with animals.
They will ask us one question.
WHY?
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Do not take that which is not yours, including the lives of other animals.
( Jesus, Gospel of Thomas )

If you harm an animal or child, I think it is safe to say you are a moron and a shithead!
( Sean Connery )

Have no doubt.
Anyone who abuses animals will hurt your child.

If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end.
If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.
( Jonas Salk )

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.
( Dr. Louis J. Camuti )

We have entered the homes and homelands of virtually every other animal on earth.
Yet, we were never invited.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
( Wayne Dyer )

We don’t smoke.
We don’t drive.
We don’t drink alcohol.
We don’t wear make-up or perfume.
We don’t take drugs.
We don’t drop bombs on each other.
Just because you do these things, why should we suffer?

We are just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we are some divine legend and we see ourselves as some sort of God, seeing we can decide what will live and what will die, what will be saved and what will be destroyed, but honestly we are just a bunch of primates out of control.
( Paul Watson )

We have the same right to live life.
We are not a trophy.
Or born for a circus or zoo.
We were born free!

Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character.
And it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
( Arthur Schopenhauer )

What a beautiful world it would be if people had hearts like dogs.

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.
( Plutarch )

Unseen they suffer.
Unheard they cry.
In agony they linger.
In loneliness they die.

The awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race, form the blackest chapter in the whole world’s history.
( Edward Freeman )

The kindness one does for an animal may not change the world.
But it will change the world for that one animal.

If we kill off the wild, we are killing a part of our souls.
( Jane Goodall )

Their lives are in our hands.
We are their guardians.
We are their voice.

You think dogs will not be in heaven?
I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
( Robert Louis Stevenson )

Humans are not the only animals with a loving, beating heart.

Some people don’t understand why I allow my dog to sleep on the bed.
When a dog is family they can sleep anywhere.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story.
It is a bloody barbaric story.
( Mary Tyler Moore )

When it comes to animal rights it is better to be outspoken than unspoken.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.
( Leonardo da Vinci )

Animals don’t make me cry.
What humans do to animals does.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
( Thomas Edison )

Mankind is the only animal that frightens all other animals.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further introduction.
( Mark Twain )

If we grew up being told that pigs were pets and dogs was food, the meat-eaters would be defending their right to eat dogs.
( Rose Winfold )

Animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change and the pollution of our rivers, the soil, and the air we breathe.

We have more to fear from other people than from other animals.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

The greatest ethical test that we are ever going to face is the treatment of those who are at our mercy.
( Lyn White )

One day we will know that all animals have a soul.
Hopefully this knowledge does not come when it is too late.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

We demand our right to life.
This is our world as well.
It doesn’t belong to just you humans.

My heart breaks, and my soul weeps, when witnessing cruelty to any living being.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Sometimes, the difference between life and death is YOU.

Animals are just like us, endangered species on an endangered planet, and we are the ones who are endangering the animals, endangering the planet, and endangering ourselves.

We are not the only animal capable of love, but we are the only animal capable of hate.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Be kind to everything that lives.

It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.
( Joaquin Phoenix )

Those of us who are warm and dry and safe and well-fed must do our best to help both animals and humans who are cold and wet and endangered and hungry.

Be kind because you can.
More importantly, be kind because you care.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

The homes and the habitats of wildlife animals continue to be destroyed by the hands of cruel, greedy, ignorant humans.

Anmals run no risk of going to hell.
They are there already.
( Victor Hugo )

The real beast is the one that kills an animal.

Animals give us so much, yet we give them so little.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )

Monsters aren’t real.
But humans are.

If animals could speak, mankind would weep.
( Anthony Douglas Williams )