All Greg Mortenson Quotes
- Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country… Accomplish
- In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on… Christian
- If we try to resolve terrorism with military might and nothing else, then we will be no safer than we were before 9/11. If we… Bombs
- And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains Basicly
- We all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can… Accomplish
- You have to attack the source of your enemy’s strength. In America’s case, that’s not Osama or Saddam or anyone else. The enemy is ignorance.… America
- If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community. Boy
- When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the… Actually Listen
- Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the… Ali
- . . . hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past. Almost Always
- the people who live in the last places - the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world - often represent… Best
- In Muslim societies, a person who has been manipulated unto believing in extremist violence or terrorism often seeks the permission of his mother before he… Been
- I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched 114 Tomahawk cruise… Afghanistan
- A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and… Boulder
- He was a man who understood the virtue of small things. Man
- When ordinary human beings perform extraordinary acts of generosity, endurance or compassion, we are all made richer by their example. Like the rivers that flow… Acts
- If you really want to change a culture to empower women improve basic hygiene and health care and fight high rates of infant mortality the… Answer
- The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood. It was paradise. Appreciate
- Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows, orphans, and refugees… All