--- title: "5 Educated Quotes By Wangari Maathai" description: "5 Educated quotes by Wangari Maathai. Plus more from Wangari Maathai and more Educated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/wangari-maathai-2479_african-women_it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-f_288899.jpg" --- > [It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-for-both-men-and-women-to/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/wangari-maathai-2479_african-women_it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-f_288899.jpg) > [Education is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of life much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/education-is-a-very-empowering-experience-so-many-people-who-went-to/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/wangari-maathai-2479_educated_education-is-a-very-empowering-experienc_1233285.jpg) > [It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/it-was-easy-to-persecute-me-without-people-feeling-ashamed-it-was/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/wangari-maathai-2479_acceptable_it-was-easy-to-persecute-me-without-peop_2548566.jpg) > [Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/education-if-it-means-anything-should-not-take-people-away-from-the/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/wangari-maathai-2479_concern_education-if-it-means-anything-should-no_2747201.jpg) > [Once people see that you improve you life if you are educated, then education becomes a valuable tool and people want it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/once-people-see-that-you-improve-you-life-if-you-are-educated-then/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/wangari-maathai-2479_educated_once-people-see-that-you-improve-you-lif_3002460.jpg) ## Other authors on Educated ## More by Wangari Maathai > [For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/for-us-who-are-now-in-power-we-need-to-be-challenged-to-serve-the/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/we-cannot-tire-or-give-up-we-owe-it-to-the-present-and-future/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/what-i-am-trying-to-say-is-that-they-need-to-learn-to-rely-on/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/as-long-as-there-is-no-trust-and-confidence-that-there-will-be/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/if-africa-is-left-behind-she-is-going-to-continue-pumping-greenhouse/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/that-s-the-way-i-do-things-when-i-want-to-celebrate-i-always-plant-a/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-think-that-for-anybody-who-has-worked-in-the-civil-society/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married or not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-have-seen-a-lot-of-men-for-example-who-will-make-a-will-and-include/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-was-particularly-talking-with-respect-to-aid-because-that-to-me-is/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/african-women-in-general-need-to-know-that-it-s-ok-for-them-to-be-the/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/as-a-scientist-i-cannot-say-we-don-t-want-to-hear-anything-about-gmos/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/when-i-first-started-it-was-really-an-innocent-response-to-the-needs/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/monsanto-will-not-come-empty-handed-monsanto-will-come-with-a-big-bag/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/why-has-there-been-so-much-secrecy-about-aids-when-you-ask-where-did/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) > [I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-stand-before-you-and-the-world-humbled-by-this-recognition-and/) [Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/educated/wangari-maathai/#itemlist", "name": "5 Educated Quotes By Wangari Maathai", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because I'm educated in the West and I have lost some of my basic decency as an African woman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wangari Maathai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-for-both-men-and-women-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/wangari-maathai-2479_african-women_it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-f_288899.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/wangari-maathai-2479_african-women_it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-f_288899.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/wangari-maathai-2479_african-women_it-was-easy-for-me-to-be-ridiculed-and-f_288899.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because…” — Wangari Maathai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of life much faster because they could get a job, they could get money. 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