Welcome to a collection of inspiring Animal Lover Quotes that celebrate the special bond between humans and animals. These quotes capture the heartwarming compassion and respect that animal lovers hold for their furry, feathered, and scaly friends. Whether you’re a pet owner or simply appreciate the beauty of all creatures, these quotes remind us of the profound connections we share with the animals around us.
- “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” – Mark Twain
- “Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.” – Gregory Maguire
- “I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contained.” – Walt Whitman
- “A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
- “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known, and animals are a part of that mystery.” – Carl Sagan
- “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell
- “You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.” – Paul McCartney
- “Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals ‘love’ them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.” – Edwin Way Teale
- “He who knows how to speak to animals knows how to understand the world.” – Debasish Mridha
- “Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.” – Nick Trout
- “There is no creature among all the beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the elephant.” – Edward Topsell
- “The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained.” – Henry Beston
- “Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.” – Betty White
- “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.” – George Orwell
- “I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it’s such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.” – Woodrow Wilson
- “Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.” – John Grogan, “Marley and Me”
- “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- “A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” – Groucho Marx
- “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.” – Mark Twain
- “I really don’t think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” – James Herriot
- “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them long and long.” – Walt Whitman
- “The cat is above all things, a dramatist.” – Margaret Benson
- “I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” – Emily Dickinson
- “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” – Andy Rooney
- “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” – Christopher Morley
Animal Quotes About Compassion:
- “I don’t believe in the concept of hell, but if I did, I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.” – Gary Larson
- “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
- “I sometimes think that animals are incapable of the kinds of cruelty that humans willingly inflict on each other.” – Belinda Jeffrey
- “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
- “Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen though . . . that’s the problem.” – Benjamin Hoff
- “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” – Immanuel Kant
- “Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” – Martin Buber
- “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.” – George Eliot
- “The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.” – Hippocrates
- “Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “He who does not love animals has a hard heart.” – Immanuel Kant
- “Kindness and compassion towards all living things is the mark of a civilized society.” – Cesar Chavez
- “The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man.” – Henry Beston
- “Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind’s capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct, and faithful stewardship.” – Matthew Scully
- “The indifference, callousness, and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil, first because it results in great suffering, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit.” – Ashley Montagu
- “A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.” – Leo Tolstoy
- “Animals are my friends…and I don’t eat my friends.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.” – A.A. Milne
- “Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.” – Elvis Presley
- “It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.” – Haile Selassie
- “The animals of the planet are in desperate peril. Without free animal life, I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.” – Alice Walker
- “Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind’s capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship.” – Matthew Scully
- “I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other, and it’s very important to have compassion and give respect to them.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” – St. Francis of Assisi
- “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.” – Robert Brault
- “Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without.” – Rue McClanahan
Inspirational Animal Quotes About Your Bond With Your Furry Companion:
- “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” – Roger Caras
- “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” – Josh Billings
- “There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” – Ben Williams
- “The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” – Konrad Lorenz
- “Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.” – John Grogan
- “Pets understand humans better than humans do.” – Ruchi Prabhu
- “My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.” – Edith Wharton
- “No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” – Louis Sabin
- “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
- “And the fox told the little prince that men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” – Charles de Gaulle
- “The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.” – Stanley Coren
- “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.” – Gilda Radner
- “Cats choose us; we don’t own them.” – Kristin Cast
- “Your pet is your mirror, showing you exactly who you are at any given moment.” – Cesar Millan
- “Animals have a way of touching the soul without ever speaking a word.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
- “The better I know men, the more I love dogs.” – Mark Twain
- “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz
- “I believe the happiness we feel in relation to animals is immensely significant. I believe it is absolutely central to our physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.” – Linda Bender
- “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.” – Christopher Morley
- “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” – M.K. Clinton
- “Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us.” – Ashly Lorenzana
- “When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.” – Sara Paretsky
- “The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.” – Michel Houellebecq
- “Everyone is taught that angels have wings – the lucky ones of us find that they have four paws.” – Jury Nel
- “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” – W. Bruce Cameron
- “Dogs teach us a very important lesson in life: the mailman is not to be trusted.” – Sian Ford
- “Your dog may only be a part of your life, but for your dog, you are his whole life.” – Unknown
- “Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful, and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.” – Alfred A. Montapert
Quotes About Defending Animal Rights:
- “We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.” – Peter Singer
- “The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” – Jeremy Bentham
- “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” – Charles Darwin
- “The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.” – Émile Zola
- “Remember that animals are born to live their own lives, not to serve you! Do not use them; do not exploit them. Let them live their own lives.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
- “If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” – Leo Tolstoy
- “I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” – Thomas Edison
- “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” – Alice Walker
- “When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
- “In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they’re the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer
- “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.” – Paul McCartney
- “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” – Thomas Edison
- “The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “Animals are not property or ‘things’ but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship, and support.” – Marc Bekoff
- “All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?” – Buddha
- “It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.” – Joaquin Phoenix
- “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.” – St. Francis of Assisi
- “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “I abhor vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better still, it should be abolished. I know of no achievement through vivisection, no scientific discovery, that could not have been obtained without such barbarism and cruelty.” – Charles Mayo
- “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
- “The indifference, callousness, and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil.” – Ashley Montagu
- “Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test… consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.” – Milan Kundera
- “Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog, or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.” – Sri Aurobindo
- “Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Animal Quotes About Greatness:
- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “The greatness of a person can be measured by their ability to show kindness to animals.” – Morgan Freeman
- “Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The greatness of a society and its moral progress can be judged by the compassion it shows to its animals.” – César Chávez
- “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” – James Herriot
- “The greatness of a man’s character can be found in his ability to show compassion for animals.” – David Duchovny
- “Animals are the bridge between us and the beauty of all that is natural. They show us what’s missing in our lives, and how to love ourselves more completely and unconditionally.” – Trisha McCagh
- “The true measure of greatness is how well we treat those who cannot speak for themselves, including animals.” – Dr. Jane Goodall
- “No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” – Christopher Morley
- “It is in the treatment of animals that we reveal who we really are.” – Jonathan Safran Foer
- “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “We are responsible for animals, not because they are helpless, but because of our capacity for greatness lies in our kindness toward them.” – Tziporah Heller
- “Greatness comes from helping all living creatures, from the most powerful human to the smallest animal.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “The true greatness of a person is measured by how they treat the defenseless, and that includes animals.” – Paul McCartney
- “The way you treat the animals around you will be the nature of the greatness you will manifest.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer
- “Great men show their greatness by the way they treat animals.” – Thomas Aquinas
- “The greatness of a person is not measured by their wealth but by their ability to give back to the animals and the planet.” – Ricky Gervais
- “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.” – Albert Einstein
- “The true test of a man’s character is how he treats the animals under his care.” – Charles Darwin
- “A person’s true greatness is reflected in how they protect and care for the creatures of the earth.” – James Cromwell
- “Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. Strength is not to be used against animals but for them.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “There is nothing so great as a gentle spirit caring for an animal.” – Bryan McGill
- “The greatness of human nature lies in our ability to have empathy for all creatures.” – David Attenborough
- “The best way to judge a person’s greatness is by looking at how they treat animals.” – Anna Sewell
- “Our greatness as humans lies in our ability to protect the most vulnerable, including animals.” – Emma Thompson
- “If we can find greatness in kindness, we will find greatness in our treatment of animals.” – Ellen DeGeneres
- “One of the true tests of greatness is how you treat those who are weaker than you—especially animals.” – Joel Salatin
- “Great souls show their greatness in how they treat the smallest creatures.” – Dale Carnegie
- “You measure the greatness of a man by how he treats the animals around him.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Our true greatness lies in showing love and kindness toward all beings, especially those without a voice.” – John Robbins
Conclusion:
In conclusion, these Animal Lover Quotes shine a light on the incredible kindness and understanding we can have towards our animal companions. They remind us that showing love and care for animals enriches our lives and reflects our true humanity. Let these quotes inspire you to cherish and protect all living beings, embracing the beauty of compassion every day.
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