14 Inspiring Animal Quotes That Will Put Things in Perspective

People often tend to forget that most of the animals were here long before us. They also, in their pride, tend to think that we're the rulers of this planet and that it gives us the right to do whatever we like with the original inhabitants of this world. I hope next pictures will remind some of us of how things truly stand.

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“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is principal difference between dog and man.” – Mark Twain

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“I believe animals should be respected as citiyens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families and their own life.” – John Feldmann

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one-s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France

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“All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.” – Samuel Butler

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“They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other Nations, caught with ourselves in the net life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.” – Henry Beston

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“He could tell by the way animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to.” – Laura Adams Armer

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“An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.” – Martin Buber

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“Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.” – Frances Hodgson Butnett

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“Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me.” – Anthony Douglas Williams in 'Inside the Divine Pattern'

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“Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.” – Gregory Manguire

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“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

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“The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.” – Hippocrates

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“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better of than a lot of humans.” – James Herriot

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“They show us what's missing in our lives, and how to love ourselves more completely and unconditionally. They connect us back to who we are, and to the purpose of why we're here.” – Trisha McCagh