A wise man regards the life of his animals.. Proverbs 12:10
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated" ~~Mahatma Ghandi
The more helpless the creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. -- Anon.
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher
"If you can't afford to fix your pet, you can't afford a pet"....Denise
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. ~~Josh Billings
Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see. unknown
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. ~~George Orwell
Men! The only animal in the world to fear. ~~D.H. Lawrence
To insult someone we call him “bestial.” For deliberate cruelty and nature, “human” might be the greater insult. ~~Isaac Asimov
A dog wags its tail with its heart. ~~Martin Buxbaum
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why. Unknown
If intelligence "out there" is greater than ours, then don't you wonder.......
Loved the quotes. My favorite was "A dog wags it's tail with it's heart". That is so true.
ReplyDeleteCaroline, that's one of my favs, too. Some of the others are more "lessony." I hope one of them goes to the heart someone to raise awareness of our responsibility to the precious ones.
ReplyDeleteI wish EVERYONE could read these!
ReplyDeletePatti, welllllllll. If everyone who reads them here copied and posted them to their own blog, and everyone who reads it at their blogs copies them and posted them, and everyone who reads it at their blog copies them and posted them, then .............
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