110+ Inspirational Vegan Quotes To Make You Think

To be vegan is simply to be human; a better one, a more compassionate one, and a kind one.

A vegan lifestyle is one that excludes all animal-based products, be it food, clothing, or cosmetics, and yes it is 100% possible to go completely vegan if you put your heart into the cause.

In the Bible, it is said that God advised human beings to be kind to animals even if we do eat them, so he doesn't tell us to be vegan, but that shouldn't stop you from wanting to go vegan either.

There are many popular vegans and vegetarians who think a lot about the well being of animals.

Celebrated physicist, Einstein was a vegetarian who was an advocate of animal rights as well. There are many elements that might make you think twice about going vegan, like how tough it would be on your wallet, for example, but if your heart's in the right place, you will find a way because of your will.

Veganism isn't guaranteed to be cheaper than the average diet, but it doesn't have to be more expensive either.

Here is a list of some of the best vegan quotes to inspire you in your veganism journey. For more, check out other articles like these apple quotes and animal lover quotes.

The Best Vegan Quotes

Here are some of the most inspirational veganism quotes as well as some funny vegan quotes to keep you inspired.

1. "Vegan is just pure love. Love for animals, love for the planet, and love for yourself."

-Mischa Temaul.

2. "I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another's suffering."

-Zoe Weil.

3. "I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan."

-Alicia Silverstone.

4. "I don't see why someone should lose their life just so you can have a snack."

-Russell Brand.

5. "I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

6. "If intelligence and capability are not criteria for the possession of rights, why would animals - who have the capacity to feel fear and pain - be excluded from our moral consideration?"

-Jack Norris.

7. "Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own."

― Robert Louis Stevenson.

8. "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.

9. "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.

10. "If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?"

-Peter Singer, 'Animal Liberation'.

11. "If you think that being vegan is difficult, imagine being a factory-farmed animal."

-Davegan Raza.

12. "It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked."

-Haile Selassie.

13. "In a country such as this, where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, how can one think that he must eat the flesh of dead animals?"

- Ellen G. White, 'Counsels On Diet And Foods'.

14. "It's not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are."

- Roy E. Disney.

15. "It's pretty amazing to wake up every morning, knowing that every decision I make is to cause as little harm as possible. It's a pretty fantastic way to live."

-Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

16. "I'm a really big lover of animals, and, at the risk of sounding like a total hippie, I do feel more connected to the world at large and to animals."

-Mickey Madden.

17. "I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital… It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways."

-Travis Barker.

18. "Life is too short to make others shorter."

-Chris Hannah.

19. "May all that have life be delivered from suffering."

-Buddha.

20. "No animal needs to die in order for me to live. And that makes me feel good."

-Howard Lynan.

21. "No other animal on Earth has portrayed such a disregard for life than mankind."

-Anthony Douglas Williams.

22. "Nobody really needs a mink coat… Except the mink."

-Glenda Jackson.

23. "Life is full of choices and many years ago, I chose to become a vegetarian. It is one of the best choices I've ever made."

-Forest Whitaker.

24. "Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it."

-Ali Ibn Abi Talib.

25. "If a wave of veganism washed over the land, in six months there would be Broccoli Kings, Taco Bell Peppers, and McTofu Drive-Thrus."

-Brian Wansink, 'Slim By Design: Mindless Eating Solutions For Everyday Life'.

26. "Only when we have become non-violent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves."

-Cesar Chavez.

27. "Part of my becoming a vegetarian was that I would look at my burger, then look at my dogs, and I wasn't able to see a difference."

-Kristen Bell.

28. "People are the only animals that drink the milk of the mother of another species."

-Michael Klaper.

29. "People eat meat and think they will become as strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass."

-Pino Caruso.

30. "Yogis should at all times avoid fish, meat, garlic, onion and so forth, should eat with moderation, and avoid foods that are not conducive to health."

-Dalai Lama, 'Stages Of Meditation: The Buddhist Classic On Training The Mind'.

31. "Please don't refuse with your eyes what the animals endure with their bodies."

-Shaun Monson.

32. "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.

33. "Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!"

-Steve Simmons.

34. "The Gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies; they are the trees and the plants and the seeds."

-Plato.

35. "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.

36. "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 Geller.

37. "The future is not something we enter, the future is something we create."

-Leonard I. Sweet.

38. "The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong in the world."

-Dr. Paul Farmer.

39. "Plants are not cognizant. When we cut a leaf, we assume that the plant is suffering. But that's our own anthropomorphism about what's going on."

-Daniel Chamovitz, 'What A Plant Knows: A Field Guide To The Senses'.

Inspirational Vegan Quotes

Here is a list of some of the most inspirational veganism quotes as well as short vegan quotes to help boost your willpower if you are planning to start a cruelty-free life journey.

40. "Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics."

-Peter Singer.

41. "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian."

-Linda McCartney.

42. "Animals don't have a voice, but I do. A loud one."

-Ricky Gervais.

43. "As I improved my diet, I started to learn to love myself, probably for the first time ever."

-Frank Ferrante.

44. "Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species."

-Chris Hedges.

45. "Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?"

-Moby.

46. "Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."

-Rue McClanahan.

47. "Earth was created for all of us, not some of us."

-Anthony Douglas Williams.

48. "Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother."

-Morrissey.

49. "Every living creature has the right to live ethically."

-Dirk Verbeuren.

50. "The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims."

-Gary Yourofsky.

51. "The question is not, Can they reason? Nor, Can they talk? But, Can they suffer?"

-Jeremy Bentham.

52. "To face animal suffering is to face our responsibility in their suffering."

-JoAnne McArthur.

53. "To get mud off your hands, use soap and water. To get blood off your hands, go vegan."

-John Sakars.

54. "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."

-Anatole France.

55. "Vegan food is soul food in its truest form."

-Erykah Badu.

56. "Especially when it comes to animals used for food, humanity's reasoning power and concern about fairness plummets."

- Karen Davis.

57. "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.

58. "We all love animals. Why do we call some 'pets' and others' dinner'?"

-K.D. Lang.

59. "We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet - for the sake of hamburgers."

-Peter Singer.

60. "We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature."

-Rachel Carson.

61. "We choose to eat meat and have therefore built slaughterhouses for the animals and hospitals for us."

-Akbarali Jetha.

62. "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.

63. "I'm a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright."

-Lea Michelle.

64. "Most consumers are unaware of the ongoing, intense suffering and billions of premature deaths that lurk behind mayonnaise and cream, cold cuts and egg sandwiches."

-Lisa Kemmerer, 'Speaking Up For Animals: An Anthology Of Women's Voices.'

65. "Veganism is not a sacrifice. It is a joy."

-Gary L. Francione.

66. "Go to the meat market of a Saturday night and see the crowds of live bipeds staring up at the long rows of dead quadrupeds. Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal's jaw?"

-Herman Melville, 'Moby Dick'.

67. "An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."

-Martin Buber.

68. "The more important point here, though, is that the whole animal-cruelty-and-eating issue is not just complex, it's also uncomfortable."

-David Foster Wallace, 'Consider The Lobster.'

69. "Some people think that the plant-based whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million a year will have their chests opened up, a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme."

-Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, 'Forks Over Knives.'

70. "Being vegan just gives you such great karma."

-Alicia Silverstone.

71. "When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need."

-Ayurvedic Proverb.

72. "When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as 'animals', yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity."

-Anthony Douglas Williams.

73. "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.'"

-Casey Affleck.

74. "When you feel the suffering of every living thing in your own heart, that is consciousness."

-Bhagavad Gita.

75. "Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar."

-Bradley Miller.

76. "You can't do anything violent humanely."

-James Wildman.

77. "You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry."

-Morrissey.

78. "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.

Famous Vegan Quotes

There are countless celebrities who have willingly chosen veganism as well. Here is a list of quotes that may have inspired them.

79. "Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable."

-Jodie Foster.

80. "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."

-Mark Twain.

81. "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?"

-Elliot Page.

82. "The concept that you are not ingesting rotting flesh sort of sums it up for me."

- Bryan Adams.

83. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

84. "The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."

-Charles Darwin.

85. "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 really difficult time eating meat at all."

-Tobey Maguire.

86. "It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore."

-Albert Einstein.

87. "I'm a vegan. I respect the environment and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue."

-Jared Leto.

88. "Animals are not ingredients."

-Barbara Thompson.

89. "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.

90. "I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken, or a cow..."

-Peter Dinklage.

91. "I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals."

-Ellen DeGeneres.

92. "How would we fare psychologically if the walls of slaughterhouses were made of glass?"

- Tom Regan, 'The Struggle For Animal Rights.'

93. "Animals are my friends. And I don't eat my friends."

-George Bernard Shaw.

94. "Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules."

-Natalie Portman.

95. "If a kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again."

-James Cromwell.

96. "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

-Maya Angelou.

97. "It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal."

-Joaquin Phoenix.

98. "The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different."

-Hippocrates.

99. "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.

100. "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."

-Albert Einstein

101. "There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery."

-Charles Darwin.

102. "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.

103. "Behind every beautiful fur coat, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story."

-Mary Tyler Moore.

104. "You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

105. "For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."

-Pythagoras.

106. "About three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings."

-Natalie Portman.

107. "Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual."

― Gary L. Francione.

108. "A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses."

-George Bernard Shaw.

109. "How much longer will man continue to pimp for the gluttony of death, his most insidious, implacable, and eternal foe."

- Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'To Queen Mab.'

110. "A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness."

-Plutarch.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for plant based, vegan quotes then why not take a look at these animal rights quotes or [activist quotes] for more quotes about both human and animal rights?