My work to promote education and literacy in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan has become my life's mission. This takes a… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
“Despite everything that has befallen us, do we not continue to hold the destiny of this shattered and magnificent nation, together with… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
There is still a desperate need for investment and promotion of education in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Official figures put Pakistan literacy… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I am touched by the fierce desire for education, and the outpouring of hospitality and… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Certainly I am sometimes afraid, but my hope is greater than my fear, and the biggest enemy we all face is ignorance… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
“Today that legend is inscribed on the stones that were used to build the walls of the school, and as the water… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Our greatest ally in the Pakistan region of turmoil is the moderate Muslim majority, who we must reach out to and embrace if we… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“People who live in the last places-the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world- often represent the best of… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“Abdul brushed the dirt from the American's forehead, where it had been pressed to the cool ground. "Not Pakistan man," he said. "But if… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
If you look at the 9/11 highjackers, certainly they were educated, some even had university degrees, but nobody really checked their mothers, who were… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“Osama, baah!" Bashir roared. "Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America, Osama is… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“We shall pursue our dreams “until [we] reach[…] it. Or fail[…] trying. ” — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
“What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
. . . hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share
