#reservation

But as the Everglades continued to wither, a few of their colleagues began to wonder if conservation really should mean development more than preservation. These heretics did not believe that God had created man in order to 'improve' or 'redeem' nature; they found God's grace in nature itself. ↗

— Michael Grunwald

#ecology #ecosystems #everglades #preservation #nature

Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#evil #humanity #self-preservation #decisions

The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

#image #instrument #more #preservation

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#about #concerned #jealous #keeping #lost

I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one's emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one's pearls to the pigs. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #poise #self-preservation #sincerity #the-art-of-poise

Indians were frequently off their reservations. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#indians #off #reservations #their #were

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#merit #plagiarists #preservation

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future. ↗

— Dian Fossey

#dwell #future #less #life #more

We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years. ↗