Quotes on Animal Rescue

In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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.

...he will be our friend for always and always and always.

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.