Stephen Robert Irwin, nicknamed “The Crocodile Hunter”, was an Australian zookeeper, television personality, wildlife expert, environmentalist and conservationist. Profoundly inspirational Steve Irwin quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.
Famous Steve Irwin Quotes
Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first. Steve Irwin
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Steve Irwin
The message is simple love and conserve our wildlife. Steve Irwin
I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment. Steve Irwin
We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife. Steve Irwin
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love. Steve Irwin
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate. Steve Irwin
I have no fear of losing my life if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Steve Irwin
My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin with me. Yeah, let’s get em! Steve Irwin
If you can’t excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?Steve Irwin
Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent. Steve Irwin
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart. Steve Irwin
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction. Steve Irwin
If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves. Steve Irwin
To hear people say that it was a publicity stunt, that I’m just like Michael Jackson, well, it just tears me up. It makes me sick to my stomach to be compared in that way. Steve Irwin
There are still countries that kill dolphins for use as crab bait!Steve Irwin
Fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes. Steve Irwin
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction. Steve Irwin
I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I’m just fine with that. Steve Irwin
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Steve Irwin
I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I’ve found that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner. Steve Irwin
My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. Steve Irwin
Yeah, I’m a thrill seeker, but crikey, education’s the most important thing. Steve Irwin
Do you think people would be so merciless and torturous if fish and sharks cried like babies when they felt pain?Steve Irwin
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message. Steve Irwin
We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife. Steve Irwin
All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life. Steve Irwin
It causes me great pain and anxiety to inflict fear on this poor old croc, but without me, he and his wilderness would suffer. Steve Irwin
We’ve evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn’t work for us. Steve Irwin
Now more than ever we are all becoming more aware about the need to conserve our precious living heritage. Steve Irwin
So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I’ve been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it’s gone beyond that. Steve Irwin
Statistically there’s only one crocodile related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia. Steve Irwin
Crikey means gee whiz, wow! Steve Irwin
Every single day of our lives involves wildlife education. Steve Irwin
I probably don`t show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else. Steve Irwin
We must teach, spread the word, the wildlife gospel. Steve Irwin
Crikey, mate. You’re far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building. Steve Irwin
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Steve Irwin
I’m a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian. Steve Irwin
If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate. Steve Irwin
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people’s sacred status, regardless of the pest. Steve Irwin
I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out. Steve Irwin
No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you’re confronted with violence. Steve Irwin
I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I’m just fine with that. Steve Irwin
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart. Steve Irwin
If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like we knew a croc would get him!Steve Irwin
We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife. Steve Irwin
All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life. Steve Irwin
So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live. Steve Irwin
I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner. Steve Irwin
Crocodiles. I’ve been catching them since I was nine. Steve Irwin
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction. Steve Irwin
So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I’ve been doing since I was a boy. Steve Irwin
I have no fear of losing my life if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Steve Irwin
Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. Steve Irwin
Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior. Steve Irwin
You know, I’m Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. Steve Irwin
The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it. Steve Irwin
Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That’s their job. Steve Irwin
The message is simple love and conserve our wildlife. Steve Irwin
No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you’re confronted with violence. Steve Irwin
If you can’t excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in? Steve Irwin
Yeah, I think it’s an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. Steve Irwin
A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don’t really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red backed spider, that black widow, look good. That’s my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff’s ego. Steve Irwin
I sincerely believe that there’s room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we all get to eat. Steve Irwin
My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it’s shaky or slightly out of focus, I don’t give a rip. Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, Crikey! just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me. Steve Irwin
There’s a lot of research behind the scenes that you don’t get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. Steve Irwin
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart. I’ve had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I’m their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow. Steve Irwin
My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife. Steve Irwin
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Steve Irwin
And I have stopped eating tuna until the tuna nets cease killing tens of thousands of dolphins every single year. Steve Irwin
I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it’s something that I can’t help. Steve Irwin
Medieval attitudes such as the only good croc is a dead one, the only good shark is a dead shark, there’s a snake quick, kill it!Steve Irwin
Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent. Steve Irwin
Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they’re within range, you’re dead, you’re dead in your tracks. Steve Irwin
Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That’s their job. I don’t know why that is. They’ve nearly torn my nose off. I’ve had some really bad parrot bites. Steve Irwin
Scientific whaling, and other lies will be exposed and become atrocities of the past. Steve Irwin
We’ve evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn’t work for us. Steve Irwin
