www.Holganix.com To help start your morning off on the right foot, we’ve compiled advice from 10 different authorities, philosophers and public figures on soil health and the importance of soil. Flip through the SlideShare for 10 inspiring quotes from people like: Mahatma Gandhi, Charles E. Kellogg, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And if you’re feeling especially inspired by these quotes, you can dig in deeper and download our FREE eBook called Soil Science 101 to learn more about the importance of soil: www.Holganix.com/Soil 1. “Essentially, all life depends upon the soil… There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” - Dr. Charles E Kellogg, Soil Scientist and Chief of the USDA’s Bureau for Chemistry and Soils 2. “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist 3. “How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it?” - William Bryant Logan, Award-winning writer, faculty member at the New York Botanical Garden, and practicing arborist 4. “We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” - Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist and inventor 5. “Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.” - Aldo Leopold, Author, philosopher, scientist and conservationist 6. “To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.” - Xenophon, Ancient greek philosopher and historian, student of Socrates, Circa 430 - 354 BC 7. “The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of The United States of America 8. “... I cannot conceive of the time when knowledge of soils will be complete. Our expectation is that our successors will build on what has been done, as we are building on the work of our predecessors.” - R.S. Smith, Director of the Illinois Soil Survey, 1928 9. “The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity.” - Henry Ford, Entrepreneur and founder of The Ford Motor Company 10. “Keep your eyes on the stars, keep your feet on the ground.” - Theodore Roosevelt Jr, 26th President of the United States of America

1. Quotes on
Soil
10 Inspirational

2. "All life depends upon the soil... There can
be no life without soil and no soil without
life; they have evolved together."
Dr. Charles E Kellogg, Soil Scientist & Chief of
the USDA's Bureau for Chemistry and Soils

3. "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend
the soil is to forget ourselves."
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist

4. "How can I stand on the ground every day
and not feel its power? How can I live my
life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at
it?"
William Bryant Logan, Award-winning writer, faculty member at the New
York Botanical Garden and practicing arborist

5. "We know more about the movement of
celestrial bodies than about the soil
underfoot."
Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist and inventor

6. "Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of
energy flowing through a circuit of soils,
plants and animals."
Aldo Leopold, Author, philosopher, scientist and conservationist

7. "To be a successful farmer one must first
know the nature of soil."
Xenophon, Ancient greek philosopher and historian, student of Socrates,
Circa 430 - 354 B.C.

8. "The nation that destroys its soil,
destroys itself."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the
United States of America

9. "...I cannot conceive of the time when
knowledge of soils will be complete. Our
expectation is that our successors will
build on what has been done, as we are
building on the work of our predecessors."
R.S. Smith, Director of the Illinois Survey, 1928

10. "The farther we get from the land,
the greater our insecurity."
Henry Ford, Entrepreneur

11. "Keep your eyes on the stars, keep your
feet on the ground."
Theodore Roosevelt Jr, 26th President of the United States of America

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