Ants and social insects

study ants philosophy never give up look ahead positive contribu

"I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can."

—Jim Rohn (1930-2009)

good work ants little by little

"All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little."

— Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)

busy ants about purpose

"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

— Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

ant knowing wise vacation

"The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation."

— Clarence Day (1874-1935)

seen on ant bird tree not all

"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all."

— E. O. Wilson

life priceless ant

"Life is priceless even to an ant."

— Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)

ants citizen group interest

"Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first."

— Clarence Day (1874-1935)

beautiful world red ants underneath

"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath."

— David Lynch

ant move dozing ox

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox."

— Lao Tzu (604-531 BC)

whale endangered ant fine

"The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine."

— Bill Vaughan (1915-1977)

ant savages stranger death

"Ants and savages put strangers to death."

— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

ants human farm livestock army war alarm slave television

"Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into wars, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves... They do everything but watch television."

— Lewis Thomas (1913-1933)

god ants victory servant honorary colonel

"Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel."

— Karel Capek (1890-1938)

environment remove ants collapse ecosystem

"In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems."

— E. O. Wilson

ant butterfly endure leisure

"We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure."

— Gerald Brenan (1894-1987)

human disappear today improve tomorrow ant earth dying

"If all humans disappeared today ,the earth would start improving tomorrow.If all the ants disappeared today, the earth would start dying tomorrow."

— David Suzuki

bee domisticated tamed

“The bee is domesticated but not tamed.”

― William Longgood

bee battery orchard garden guard

“bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”

― Carol Ann Duffy

busy bee honey day flower

“How doth the little busy bee

Improve each shining hour,

And gather honey all the day

From every opening flower!”

― Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

ant sluggard observe wise commander ruler stigmergy proverb

"Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

It has no commander,

no overseer or ruler,

yet it stores its provisions in summer

and gathers its food at harvest".

—Proverbs 6:6-8

ant lazy observe grow wise proverb

"Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise."

-Proverb 6:6