When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For me planting a tree is a very doable thing. It's not complicated, it doesn't require technology, it doesn't require much knowledge,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I want to do the right things - I want to plant trees, I want to make sure that the indigenous forests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk! — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
As a scientist I cannot say we don't want to hear anything about GMOs, because these are advances in science. But I think its… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
Monsanto will not come empty-handed. Monsanto will come with a big bag of money. And because these governments are poor, when they are shown… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share
