All Greg Mortenson Quotes
- It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More… Achieve
- Slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. Building
- The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili. American
- The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs. Bombs
- Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. He taught me… Ali
- My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school. Centre
- If you really want to change a culture... empower women. Change
- Yes, I first visited Korphe village, Braldu valley, Baltistan, Pakistan, after failing to summit K2 in 1993, and met Haji Ali, a long time dear… Ali
- Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together. Bring
- But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability. Believe
- I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. Afghanistan
- I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope. Based
- I used to climb mountains a lot; I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain. I didn't get quite to… Climb
- Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope. Doe
- The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire. Admire
- 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 nearly… All
- In 'Three Cups of Tea' I was fairly critical of the military. And I mentioned that they're laptop warriors and there's no boots on the… Boots
- Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go… Clear
- One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence.… Children
- Yes, I was detained for eight days in Waziristan in 1996. It was against my will, and my passport and money were taken from me.… Allowed
- Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become… Answer
- Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu Allah
- You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change. Bombs
- When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done. Accomplish
- 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 children… Afghanistan