Quotes from Gifford Pinchot

The earth and its resources belong of right to its people.

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

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

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

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

Innovations never happen as planned.

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

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

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

We are in the habit of speaking of the solid earth and the eternal hills as though they, at least, were free from the vicissitudes of time and certain to furnish perpetual support for prosperous human life.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Learning is the gradual replacement of fantasy with fact.

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

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.