80+ best vegan quotes and sayings to inspire veganism

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Whether you are vegan, vegetarian, or not, or thinking about being a vegan, these quotes are thought-provoking and influential.

These famous quotes by celebrities, writers, and philosophers can impact your life to solidify your decision for a healthy life supporting veganism and a positive plant-based diet.

List of the best vegan quotes and sayings to inspire veganism

“Adopt, Don’t Shop”
“Love animals, eat plants, be kind.”
“Being an animal lover means not eating meat.”
“Being vegan is not a trend. It’s an awakening.”
“World Peace begins in the kitchen.”
“Animals are here with us, not for us.”
“My food is grown, not born.”
“Don’t ask me why I’m vegan. Ask yourself why you’re not.”
“Compassion is the best side effect of being vegan.”
“Vegan – Because the strong always protect the weak.”
“It’s not a diet. It’s not a phase. It’s a permanent lifestyle.”
“My only regret about going vegan is not doing it sooner.”
“Animals are not products. Life doesn’t have a price.”
“All life deserves respect, dignity, and compassion. All life.”
“Every living creature has the right to live ethically.” – Dirk Verbeuren
“I’m a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright.” – Lea Michelle
“If you think eating meat is just a personal choice, you are forgetting someone.”
“May all that have life be delivered from suffering.” – Buddha
“If you can’t stand watching it being produced, you shouldn’t be eating it.”
“Vegan: A person with the crazy idea that animals shouldn’t suffer.”
“My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
“Life is too short to make others shorter.” – Chris Hannah (Propagandhi)
Veganism is not a sacrifice. It is a joy.” – Gary L. Francione
“Saving one animal won’t change the world. But it’ll change the world for that one animal.”
“The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.” – Hippocrates
“I can’t think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan.” – Alicia Silverstone
“It’s not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are.”- Roy E. Disney
“Animals are my friends. And I don’t eat my friends.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Vegan- Because it’s a powerful step we can take in making this world a more peaceful place.”
“I don’t see why someone should lose their life so that you can have a snack.” – Russell Brand
“Vegan is not about being perfect. It is about doing the least harm and the most good.”
“We all love animals. Why do we call some ‘pets’ and others ‘dinner?’” – K.D. Lang
“The love for all living creatures is the noblest attribute of man.” – Charles Darwin
“Earth was created for all of us, not some of us.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.” – Joaquin Phoenix
“If you can live happily and healthily without harming animals then why wouldn’t you?”
“I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another’s suffering.” – Zoe Weil
“No animal needs to die for me to live. And that makes me feel good.” – Howard Lynan
“The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” – Jeremy Bentham
“If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine being a factory farmed animal.” – Davegan Raza
“Behind every beautiful fur coat, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.” – Mary Tyler Moore
“To get the mud off your hands, use soap and water. To get the blood off your hands, go vegan.” – John Sakars
“Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.” – Natalie Portman
“When humans act with cruelty, we characterize them as “animals”, yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
“If you don’t like pictures of animal cruelty being posted on social media, you need to help stop the cruelty, not the pictures. You should be bothered that it’s happening, not that you saw it.” – Marie Sarantakis
“Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.” – Peter Singer
“It’s never really been that hard for me. I’ve never had any desire to eat meat. In fact, when I was a kid, I would have a tough time eating meat at all.” – Tobey Maguire
“If you don’t want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed or tortured, then you shouldn’t condone such behavior towards anyone, be they human or not.” – Moby
“Of all the animals, a human is the cruelest. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it” – Mark Twain
“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than blacks were made for whites, or women for men.” – Alice Walker
“Poor animals, how jealously they guard their bodies, for to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself.” – T. Casey Brennan
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Gandhi
“We choose to eat meat and have therefore built slaughterhouses for the animals and hospitals for us.”-Akbarali Jetha
“We strive for a world where every earthling has the right to live and grow. That’s why we don’t eat animals.” –Ruby Roth
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages” – Thomas Edison
“Veganism is not about how hard it is for you. It’s about every animal’s right not to be used as a slave.” – Randy Sandberg
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” – Albert Einstein
“We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.” – Rachel Carson
“I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.” – Chris Hedges
“No other animal on Earth has portrayed such a disregard for life than mankind.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
“Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.” – Steve-O
“Animal protection isn’t a radical idea. It follows the simple principle that animals should be protected from suffering if they feel pain, joy, and fear.”
“I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I couldn’t disconnect myself from it any longer.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again.” – James Cromwell
“I love animals. All animals. I wouldn’t hurt a cat, a dog, a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn’t ask someone else to hurt them for me. That’s why I’m a vegetarian.” – Peter Dinklage
“When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.” – Paul McCartney
“Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit?” – Ellen Page
“I’m a vegan. I respect the environment, and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue.” – Jared Leto
“You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I’ll buy you a new car.” – Harvey Diamond
“Only when we have become non-violent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves,” – Cesar Chavez
“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
“When you feel the suffering of every living thing in your own heart, that is consciousness.” – Bhagavad Gita
“When people ask me why I don’t eat meat or any other animal products, I say, ‘Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.’”- Cassey Afleck
“Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, ‘My appetite is more important than your suffering’?” –Moby
“Vegan- because going to bed each night knowing that I did not contribute to any being suffering makes my soul shine.”
“Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!” – Steve Simmons
“Every time we sit at a dining table, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for the animals. Do it for the environment and the sake of your own health.” – Alec Baldwin
“Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don’t align with my values.” – Cory Booker
“If you don’t like seeing pictures of violence towards animals being posted, you need to help stop the violence, not the pictures.” – Johnny Depp
“The Gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies; they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.” – Plato
“The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.” – Uri Gellar
“Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure.” – Erykah Badu