Wangari Maathai Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.”

“Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.”

“And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.”

“I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.”

“When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with.”

“I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.”

“It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.”

“You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.”

“You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.”