Friday marks National Wildlife Day, a time to raise awareness about the conservation and protection of wildlife species. This day can be observed by discussing the need to protect endangered species and conservation efforts.

Here are some quotes to celebrate on wildlife:

1. "If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love." ― Steve Irwin

2. "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." ― Frank Lloyd Wright

3. "The hope of the future lies not in curbing the influence of human occupancy -- it is already too late for that -- but in creating a better understanding of the extent of that influence and a new ethic for its governance." ― Aldo Leopold

4. "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." ― Rachel Carson

5. "We need to understand ourselves as biological creatures at one with the diverse of all life. When we can truly see this unity and interdependence, we will find nature to be forgiving, generous and resilient." ― Kenny Ausubel

6. "The fierce beauty and proud independence of this great bird symbolizes the strength and freedom of America. But as latter-day citizens we shall fail our trust if we permit the eagle to disappear." ― John F. Kennedy

7. "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

8. "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." ― Elwyn Brooks White

9. "It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it." ― Wendell Berry

10. "If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place." ― Terri Irwin

Wildlife has flourished again
In June, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation revealed its plans to turn 62 former military bases into nature reserves. The military bases will provide more than 76,600 acres of moors, marshes, and forests and serve as the home of wolves, bears, lynxes, birds, and other wildlife. AFP / Tony Karumba
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