Sayings about Earth
Mother earth promised to tell her secrets to heaven. ~ Serbian Proverbs
The earth will cover the doctor’s mistakes. ~ Ukrainian Proverbs
As the sun’s shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth. ~ Afghan Proverbs
The earth is God’s bride — she feeds the living and cherishes the dead. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot would be left whole. ~ Dutch Proverbs
From the black earth there grows the finest grain. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The earth produces all things and receives all again. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Heaven and hell can both be found on earth. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Earth is but a marketplace; heaven is home. ~ West African Proverb
All riches come from the earth. ~ Armenian Proverbs
Earth is like a prison: we all go in through the same door, but we stay in different cells. ~ Bantu Proverb
Enough shovels of earth — a mountain. Enough pails of water — a river. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The earth is a host who kills his guests. ~ Iranian Proverbs
In this world I greet my oldest survivor — the earth. ~ New Zealander Proverbs
The earth is man’s only friend. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
The distance between heaven and earth is no greater than one thought. ~ Mongolian Proverbs
You travel on until you return home; you live on until you return to earth. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
He who looks only at heaven may easily break his nose on earth. ~ Czech Proverbs
If the doctor cures, the sun sees it; if he kills, the earth hides it. ~ Scottish Proverbs
All earthly goods we have only on loan. ~ Arabian Proverbs
The earth is not thirsty for the blood of the warriors but for the sweat of man’s labor. ~ Brazilian Proverbs
A mother-in-law may be good, but she is better when mother earth covers her up. ~ Catalonian Proverbs
When the earth is hot, the worm stays in the ground. ~ Native American Proverbs
While the sun is still up, let people work that the earth may live. ~ Hawaiian Proverbs
Six feet of earth make us all equal. ~ Italian Proverbs
When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt. ~ Malawian Proverbs
For each man produced by heaven, earth provides a grave. ~ Chinese Proverb
Lend to God and the earth — they both pay good interest. ~ Swedish Proverbs
Earth belongs to the brave but heaven to those who deserve it. ~ Basque Proverb
Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman’s breasts. ~ Arabian Proverb
Poetry moves heaven and earth. ~ Japanese Proverb
On earth it’s hard and heaven is far away. ~ Afghan Proverb
The earth has ears, the wind has a voice. ~ Turkish Proverb
Man is the flower of the earth. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
The bird flies high, but always returns to earth. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
It is the fate of the great ones of this earth, to be appreciated only after they are gone. ~ Traditional Proverb
The earth offers you a grave everywhere. ~ Chinese Proverb
All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment. ~ French Proverb
He who cheats the earth will be cheated by the earth. ~ Chinese Proverb
Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth. ~ Dutch Proverb
The man is heaven and earth in miniature. ~ Chinese Proverb
There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth. ~ Venezuelan Proverb
Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you. ~ Chinese Proverb
Earth is dearer than gold. ~ Estonian Proverbs
Earth is the queen of beds. ~ Nigerian Proverb
The law is three days older than the earth. ~ Estonian Proverb
The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked. ~ Armenian Proverb
Heaven and earth shall never meet. ~ African Proverb
The earth does not shake when the flea coughs. ~ Austrian Proverbs
Gold that falls to earth never dims. ~ Thai Proverbs
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows. ~ Jewish Proverb
Men make the earth black from green leaves. ~ Turkish Proverb
As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother’s womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth. ~ Malawian Proverb
Physicians’ faults are covered with earth, and rich men’s with money. ~ Traditional Proverb
We have never seen the earth show her teeth. ~ African Proverb
Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It is loaned to you by your children. ~ Kenyan Proverb
The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth doesn’t change color to match the chameleon. ~ Senegalese Proverb
Quotations about Earth
The earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul. ~ Thomas Merton
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. ~ Jules Renard
The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. ~ Thomas Jefferson
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. ~ Douglas MacArthur
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. ~ John Lubbock
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. ~ Thomas Aquinas
Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three. ~ Robert Montgomery
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know. ~ W. H. Auden
The earth and its resources belong of right to its people. ~ Gifford Pinchot
The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions. ~ Daniel Webster
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. ~ Khalil Gibran
The earth, that is nature’s mother, is her tomb. ~ William Shakespeare
Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived. ~ Sidney Sheldon
We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I believe this earth on which we stand is but the vestibule to glorious mansions through which a moving crowd forever press. ~ Joanna Baillie
We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home. ~ John H. Vincent
The flowers are but earth vivified. ~ Alphonse de Lamartine
The sweetest noise on earth, a woman’s tongue; A string which hath no discord. ~ Bryan Procter
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Kahlil Gibran
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. ~ Ferdinand Foch
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. ~ Marshall McLuhan
Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the earth from me. ~ Arthur Dobrin
Our earthly possessions will indeed perish in the final wreck of all things; but let the ship perish, let all we have sink in the deep, if we may come “safe to land.” From these storms and billows–these dangerous seas–these tempestuous voyages–may we all be brought at last safe to heaven. ~ Albert Barnes
It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man. ~ Pliny the Elder
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. ~ Evo Morales
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. ~ Charles Dickens
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Speak no harsh, words of earth; she is our mother, and few of us her sons who have not added a wrinkle to her brow. ~ Alexander Smith
Earth, ocean, air, beloved brotherhood. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. ~ Marlee Matlin
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. ~ Evo Morales
It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
