Sometimes we become bound by other people's thoughts because we are not sure about ourselves. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The issue of carbon is one area where we really need to work together and if people don't have the technology they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Do not be naive. AIDS is not a curse from God to Africans or the black people. It is a tool to… — 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
What I am trying to say is that they need to learn to rely on themselves and to learn from other people,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I know there is pain when sawmills close and people lose jobs, but we have to make a choice. We need water… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We do the right thing not to please people but because it's the only logically reasonable thing to do, as long as… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Now when Nile perch was introduced [into Lake Victoria], I don't think enough research was done; maybe it was done, maybe it… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
After Hurricane Katrina, many people said that the levees were not as effective as the natural vegetation that had been removed at… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
There are certain areas where foreign investors can help the local people to generate wealth, and improve their quality of life. Some… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I knew that I was not doing anything wrong, and I knew in my mind I was doing the right thing. I… — 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
Education is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of life much… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I've written The Challenge for Africa is to save it. Surely there are so many problems we… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition and uplifted by the honour of being the 2004 Nobel Peace… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When people can't use you, they ridicule what you represent. I was lucky that I understood that, because when one does not… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
All through the ages the African people have made efforts to deliver themselves from oppressive forces. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Education of course is a very empowering experience, so many people who went to school also managed to improve their quality of… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Nile perch is a fish that was introduced into Lake Victoria. The reason that fish was introduced into Lake Victoria was because… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
You have to know yourself, and that once you know yourself, then you cannot be bound by - because sometimes we are… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I'm sure the government of Qatar is not coming in to grow food for the people of Kenya; it's coming to grow… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
What is really important is to educate people how to protect themselves and how to ensure that, despite their poverty, they can… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
For example, they have land. The government of Qatar wants to lease the Tana River delta, which is in Kenya, from the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Why do we have to have people come from afar to come and grow food for us, or to grow food to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit… — 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… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I would like to call on young people to commit themselves to activities that contribute toward achieving their long-term dreams. They have… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I think that for anybody who has worked in the civil society, government bureaucracy moves very very slowly. — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Now when Nile perch was introduced [into Lake Victoria], I don't think enough research was done; maybe it was done, maybe it was not. But Nile perch is a huge fish. So it ate all the little fish, and it grew into a monster which the local people could not fish with their little boats and their…” quote by Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce8/wangari-maathai-2479_boat_now-when-nile-perch-was-introduced-into_2397172.jpg)
