Maurice Strong
Maurice Strong
Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRS, FRAICwas a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth29 April 1929
CountryCanada
Maurice Strong quotes about
people needs purpose
My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.
criticism littles homework
Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based.
organization environmental earth
I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.
believe use environment
Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment.
god spiritual commitment
The Earth Charter is important as an expression of the commitment of people throughout the Earth to evoke their own deepest moral, spiritual and ethical principles in the task of ensuring a sustainable future for those who inhabit the Earth now and those who will follow us on the Earth.
rumor wealth exaggerated
Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.
world matter add
So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.
fishing want way
If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.
attitude responsibility law
It is the responsibility of each human being today to choose between the force of darkness and the force of light. We must therefore transform our attitudes, and adopt a renewed respect for the superior laws of Divine Nature.
acceptance differences making-a-difference
Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, you won't make a difference, and if you put a multiplier on that we will continue on an unsustainable pathway.
please-me development agendas
What pleases me most is that sustainable development is on almost everybody's agenda now.
earth generations stewardship
We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.
strong commitment people
I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged.
commitment leader world
Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.