Vegan Quotes
Looking for inspiring quotes about veganism? From quotes about animals, to quotes about protecting the environment, to quotes from famous athletes at the top of their game, here are some of our favourite famous vegan quotes!
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has often shared strong messages on animal rights and how good he feels eating a vegan diet.
“We all have choices to make. I choose to love, to be conscious of what I’m supporting and I refuse to support the companies killing and torturing animals.”
Conservationist and activist, primate-defender and planet-protector, Jane Goodall, has spent most of her life fighting for animals.
“There are so many people dedicated to making this a better world.” Jane is here to reminds us that “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Pam Ahern may not be a famous vegan celebrity, but so many lives have been saved thanks to her tireless efforts. This powerful and popular vegan quote is attributed to Pam, founder of famous sanctuary for rescued farmed animals, Edgar’s Mission. “If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others, why wouldn’t we?”
“Caring for animals has always been part of my life. As a kid, I always managed to find stray cats and dogs in the neighbourhood and I would bring them home. We had a lot of animals!” says Pam.
“Yet, as I learned more about farmed animals, I recognised that we had been guilty of playing favorites.
[Our first rescue pig] was from a production farm, so he would have been turned into pork, ham or bacon. He got lucky and got to walk the catwalk of life and in doing so he encouraged many people to change the way they think about farmed animals.”
Albert Einstein has various vegetarian and vegan quotes worth mentioning. But from all Einstein’s famous quotes about animal welfare and society, we believe that this one proves that he would have joined our vegan Challenge to give veganism a chance, and never looked back!
Halle Bailey’s response when she was asked whether she would eat Flounder or Sebastian from ‘The Little Mermaid’, one of her projects as an actor, was short and sweet: “I would not eat either of them! They’re my friends!”
Charles Darwin, famous for his contributions to evolutionary biology, appeared to see the inherent moral worth of all animals, human and non-human alike.
Did you know that many Olympic athletes are vegan? From the remarkable achievements of Alexander Megos, 10-time Gold medallist in the climbing World Championships, to long-time vegan Vivian Kong’s Olympic Gold in fencing, vegan athletes stand among the world’s most elite Olympians – proving that compassion and peak performance can go hand-in-hand.
Cillian Murphy, actor of ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Inception’ fame, is also “trying the vegan thing” and discovering all the benefits a vegan lifestyle brings to us, our planet, and animals.
Did you know that the fastest woman in the world is vegan? Fiona speaks about “how blessed I am to have the strength and health to compete in these events and to continue doing so. The privilege of running across deserts, up mountains and just about everywhere on the planet for 2 decades and sharing the beauty and sustainability of veganism is all I have ever wanted.”
The documentary ‘Running for Good’ focuses on her time at the 2017 Marathon des Sables.
And as if this wasn’t enough, Fiona also runs the Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary in Essex, England!
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