12 Beaver Quotes to Unleash Your Industrious Self

With their two large front teeth, beavers are clearly rodents. In fact, they are the second largest rodent next to the capybaras. However, compared to the typical rodents we know, beavers are semi-aquatic. They have webbed feet and scaled tails that allow them to swim, and they can actually hold their breath underwater for up to 15 minutes. 

Don't build your dams and open your minds as you read our curated educational and inspirational beaver quotes.

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Beaver Quotes To Remind You About Why We Should Save The Home Of Animals

Countries have long used majestic creatures like lions or eagles to represent them. But have you ever thought about why Canada chose these charming rodents? Trading of beaver pelts became the backbone of the developing country.

Unfortunately, these events throughout centuries accounted for the near extinction of beavers. Fortunately, a reduction in the fur trade alongside conservation efforts by the government and the public means beaver populations have recovered. 

After reading these quotes, connect with animal conservation groups near you as we all create a future where we and the animals can coexist peacefully.

"Canada was built on dead beavers."
- Margaret Atwood

"The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror."
- Jane Velez-Mitchell

"I used to swim with these beavers in a beaver pond when I was 10. I went back when I was 11 and found there were no more beavers. I found that trappers had taken them all, so I became quite angry, and that winter I began to walk the trap lines and free animals from the traps and destroy the traps."
- Paul Watson

Eager Beaver Inspirational Quotes To Change Your Rough Day

Do you ever think about how the phrase “eager beaver” came to be? Beavers are nature's master architects. In fact, they create watertight dams that can be seen in space and can be as old as 125,000 years. No wonder the American commanding officers described hardworking and passionate soldiers as eager beavers during the 1940s.

Save these inspirational quotes and be an eager beaver yourself.

"The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach."
- Lee Iacocca

"I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience."
- Elisabeth Rohm

"I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that it was me, and then he went in and stole all of our luggage. There's always that eager beaver that wants to be a part of the team and comes off as a sticky fly."
- Les Claypool

Noteworthy Quotes About Beavers You Can Find In Books

Beaver's orange teeth are constantly growing, which is why they trim them daily by gnawing trees. They then transport these trees to the river bank, where they will build their dams. Some people hate beavers because they destroy property, but we need to celebrate their existence. 

They save and maintain wetlands, increase biodiversity, minimize floods, and have many more positive impacts with their excellent dam-building skills, all of which would cost significantly more if we have to do so without the beavers' help.

May we take into account their environmental benefits as we read the following beaver quote from books.

"As beavers build dams and bees build hives, human beings have spears. Or take the high intelligence of human beings, the ability to make plans, to transmit information - that was also there before, but that, together with the tools, was not enough to make man special."
- Yuval Noah Harari

"‘The reason there's no use looking,' said Mr. Beaver, ‘is that we know already where he's gone!' Everyone stared in amazement. ‘Don't you understand?' said Mr. Beaver. ‘He's gone to her, to the White Witch. He has betrayed us all.‘"
- C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

"I cannot bear that chirpy Bobby Kennedy, always building his beaver's nest with a few more facts. He needs to look into the abyss."
- Norman Mailer, Harlot's Ghost

Other Beaver Quotes You Can Use And Share Every Day

Dorothy Richards, also called the beaver woman, devoted 50 years of her life to studying and protecting the industrious rodents. Her colleagues created a nonprofit, Friends of Beaversprite, to honor her death. In coming up with solutions, the organization started International Beaver Day to be celebrated on April 7th, which is also Mrs. Richards' birthday.

After gnawing the remaining sayings, remember to celebrate beaver day by posting #beaverday on social media like Twitter and Facebook every April 7th.

"Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple."
- John W. Dawson

"Of course, Mississippi participates in federal matching programs for everything from preserving the post-Civil War home of Jefferson Davis to beaver control."
- Ronnie Musgrove

"Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and dam it up."
- John Naisbitt