Vegan Motivation Quotes

Once a vegan, we are always so, because our motivation is not personal and self-oriented, but is based on concern for others and on our undeniable interconnectedness with other living beings. ~ Will Tuttle

From a vegan perspective, rescuing a cat or dog and then feeding them flesh from countless other innocent butchered animals is a clearly speciesist choice, not a compassionate one! ~ Mango Wodzak

What I've been developing is a vegan fast food chain and vegan food markets. ~ Heather Mills

In my experience of vegan food it tends to be a symphony of beige. ~ Jay Rayner

Spain is more vegan-friendly than you've been led to believe. The truth is, most places are. ~ Wendy Werneth

Vegan diet is not necessarily healthy, but it does have the moral high ground. ~ Abhijit Naskar

What you have to say matters! Post anything about why you chose veganism using the hastag #2Bvegan4 (to be vegan for). ~ Martin Blais

There is a stereotype that vegans talk about being vegan all the time. The irony is, once people find out I'm vegan, I quickly become their confessor, counselor, and sounding board. ~ Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then. ~ Lee Daniels

I don't eat meat. I've been a vegetarian since 1971. I've gradually become increasingly vegan. I am largely vegan, but I'm a flexible vegan. I don't go to the supermarket and buy non-vegan stuff for myself. But when I'm traveling or going to other people's places, I will be quite happy to eat vegetarian rather than vegan. ~ Peter Singer

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet. ~ Carl Lewis

I'm a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan. ~ Mike Tyson

I believe everything is about balance. I'm not 100% vegan, and obviously my fiance and my friends are not vegan, so I have to come up with a menu that will satisfy everybody. ~ Valentina Zelyaeva

The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable. ~ Jim Goad

A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children. ~ David Brenner

Vegan is just pure love. Love for animals, love for the planet, and love for yourself. ~ Mischa Temaul

I'm a vegan, but I like to look good, too. ~ Andre Benjamin

There was a young lady called Peaches,
who simply loved animals to pieces.
She ate pigs and sheep,
and for cows she would weep,
when baked in a sauce of rich greases. ~ Mango Wodzak

He's as nutty as a vegan T-bone. ~ David Sedaris

A high percentage of vegan men look like lesbians. ~ Dov Davidoff

There's no question that the number one contributor to climate change is livestock production. The quickest way to make an effect is to immediately start on a vegan diet. ~ Lisa Bloom

I'm John Salley, and I'm a vegan. I'm a vegan because I'm only four pounds heaver than I was in 1989. ~ John Salley

I do recommend the vegan diet because you wake up and feel great! ~ Jennifer Lopez

I'm a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright. ~ Lea Michele

I'm a proud vegan, whistle-blower, and animal rights activist. ~ Steve-O

As the rates of obesity rise, it is increasingly important to find diets that produce effective weight loss and that can continue to produce weight loss or weight loss maintenance over the long-term. In this study, a vegan diet was associated with a greater weight loss at both 1 and 2 years post-intervention, compared with a more conventional, low-fat diet (NCEP). ~ Gabrielle M. Turner-McGrievy

Many people know that animals around the world are treated badly, yet they turn their minds away. To be vegan means to care deeply about how our choices help or harm animals, how we create peace or suffering in the world. Our choices are powerful. Vegan is love. ~ Ruby Roth

The vegan diet is healthy and leads to a compassionate lifestyle. I've gotten so many benefits. My weight is easily maintained, my skin glows, I sleep better and I feel more energized. ~ Meagan Duhamel

I'm not a true vegan. ~ Anthony Kiedis

If you care about animals, there is one and only one choice: go vegan. Can you choose not to be vegan? Sure. You can choose not to care. ~ Gary L. Francione

Being vegan helped me realize I can say and do what I believe is right. That's powerful. ~ Alicia Silverstone

Almost as soon as I went vegan, people started telling me that my skin looked great, and that I appeared younger, slimmer, and healthier. I'm convinced that of all the changes I've made to my lifestyle, it's the adoption of a vegan diet that has been best for me - physically, mentally, and certainly spiritually. ~ Steve-O

Somewhere down the line, I realised that dairy products were giving me acidity, so now I am a vegan. ~ Kangana Ranaut

Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world. ~ Victoria Moran

What this means is that most non-vegans can only imagine what it would be like for them to be vegan, whereas the vegan can actually remember what it was like for her to be non-vegan. And yet, against all societal odds, he lives, thrives, and continues to enjoy food. ~ Sherry F. Colb

I'm technically a vegan, but I do eat egg if it's in things. ~ Mayim Bialik

I have to say that being a vegan in 1986 or whenever was a lot different than being a vegan in 2012. You'd go to health foods stores and basically your choice was between Mung beans and nutritional yeast, and that's about it. ~ Moby

The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement. ~ Emily Deschanel

I call myself a vegetarian with vegan tendencies. ~ Leona Lewis

I am a vegan because I don't want to support the cruel industry that goes on on farms everyday. ~ Zoe Rosenberg

I'm a vegan. I respect the environment, and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue. ~ Jared Leto

I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to eat is hard sometimes. ~ Daniel Johns

I thought being vegan was going to be some really horrible way of life that had no flavor. ~ Robin Quivers

I've seen a big gain in cardio since I went vegetarian and even gained a little more going vegan. ~ Andy Lally

Our deeply-rooted beliefs about the wholesomeness of milk and dairy products should be re-considered under careful, scientific evaluation. ~ Bodo Melnik

Being vegan is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better. ~ Olivia Wilde

A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not. ~ Tao Lin

I'm not telling people to go vegan overnight. ~ Heather Mills

There's a stigma about being vegan. Some people say it doesn't taste great. Don't knock it until you try it! ~ Tia Mowry

The gaunt, unhealthy vegan is the muffin vegan. Bread and fries and processed veggie dogs. It's like, 'Hello? Did you eat your vegetables?' ~ Kris Carr

It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on. ~ Victoria Moran

I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined. ~ Emily Deschanel

I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from. ~ Zoe Kravitz

With a vegan diet you always have energy, so much that sometimes I have trouble sleeping at night. You feel light. You don't feel bulky or heavy. This would benefit any athlete in any sport. ~ Timothy Bradley

I was a vegan for about a year, and it was a great experience. And I became vegan not because of animal rights. I became vegan for a year for health purposes ... It was just kind of a detox that I was going through. ~ Tia Mowry

The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it. ~ Stella McCartney

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself. ~ Davey Havok

I went into raw vegan for a while, but I prefer cooked food, the way it smells, the way it feels going through your system. ~ John Salley

If youre a vegan who ran a marathon & got your dogs from a shelter, how do you decide which thing to wedge into the conversation first? ~ Ken Jennings

Dragos asked, "What on earth is that?"
"It's a vegan harvest roast."
He shook his head. "I'm sorry, lover, someone should have taught you this by now. The word 'vegan' and 'roast' do not go together in the same sentence. ~ Thea Harrison

The more [animal products] you remove from your diet, the better you feel. The difference between vegetarian and vegan is huge. I feel so much better as a vegan. ~ Pamela Anderson

I've heard there are vegan corn dogs - I don't know if that's true but, jeez, I'd love to eat one of them. ~ Davey Havok

A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses. ~ George Bernard Shaw

You don't have to become a vegan. You can become a plant-passionate, plant-inspired bean lover! ~ Kris Carr

It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. ~ Steve Pavlina

Your perception of meat being nice is blurred by the likely fact that you are excluded from participating in, or even witnessing the untimely mortal demise of the animals you gluttonously devour. ~ Mango Wodzak

Vegetarian is like raising a kid Mennonite. It's difficult but not that different. Raising your kid vegan is like being Amish. A totally different world. ~ Victoria Moran

Motivation can come from many means; none of them compares to the self-motivation acquired while reading good books at a young age. ~ Alan Maiccon

In fact, drinking milk and eating dairy products can rob your body of calcium and contribute to osteoporosis. If you eat dark green leafy vegetables like kale, collards, and mustard greens, you can get enough calcium from a vegan diet. ~ Sharon Gannon

I actually went on a vegan diet. So I was nagging myself there. I don't nag other people about it. It was sort of an interesting experiment, and I found it wasn't that hard at all. ~ Paul Fleischman

A vegan who beats his wife is far further down the ethical ladder than a meat eater who's kind to his children. ~ Moby

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan. ~ Gary L. Francione

There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself. ~ Tony Hsieh

I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage. ~ Lake Bell

Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment. ~ Moby

I could be a vegan in sackcloth and flip-flops, but I find fabulous boots with periwinkle cuffs a far preferable option. ~ Victoria Moran

I'm really interested in vegan nail polishes, because a lot of nail polishes have a lot of toxins in them. ~ G. Hannelius

I don't go around lecturing people and telling them they shouldn't eat meat. I just don't think that's terribly effective. I just try to tell people how I have personally benefitted from the vegan lifestyle. ~ Steve-O

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way. ~ Seth Godin

In the final analysis, despite our diversity, there is only one type of vegan
a person who is committed to and practices a reverence and respect for all life. ~ Joanne Stepaniak

You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual. ~ Russell Simmons

When I tell people that I'm vegan, the first question asked is, 'How do you get enough protein?' This immediately tells me that they are uneducated and know little or nothing about nutrition. ~ Robert Cheeke

Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal. ~ Chuck Palahniuk

Motivation fuels strength of will. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the main reasons I'm vegan is because I'm ethically lazy. My friends who eat meat or who eat eggs have to sometimes wrestle with the ethical consequences of their actions. By being vegan, I take the easy way out. ~ Moby

I'm doing the 2015 5x50 challenge because ... t's the most awesome incentive for your daily motivation! ~ David

Vegan With A Vengeance is on my kitchen shelf. This fun and creative book is delicious for people like me, who don't eat pets. ~ Joan Jett

There is nothing more 'elitist' than thinking our palate
pleasure can ever justify a second of suffering or
a single death. Please go vegan. ~ Gary L. Francione

I have a dog as well, and I'm not a vegan or anything. But I needlepoint and I have a cat, so it's not boding well. ~ Emmy Rossum

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation. ~ Brian Tracy

I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

Clearly the current system has failed. Why not give peace and compassion a chance? There is a terribly tragic folly behind desires for world peace, while still demanding the mass murder of animals for food. ~ Mango Wodzak

Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly. ~ Daniel Johns

Vitamin D from mushrooms is not only vegan and vegetarian friendly, but you can prepare your own by exposing mushrooms to the summer sun. ~ Paul Stamets

Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure. ~ Erykah Badu

'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan. ~ Grace Slick

Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision ~ Myles Munroe

A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius. ~ Michael Pollan

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole. ~ Kathy Freston