Greg Mortenson

“When women take charge, things start to get out of control really fast.”

— Greg Mortenson

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

— Greg Mortenson

When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done.

— Greg Mortenson

“We shall pursue our dreams “until [we] reach[…] it. Or fail[…] trying. ”

— Greg Mortenson

If you really want to change a culture... empower women.

— Greg Mortenson

He was a man who understood the virtue of small things.

— Greg Mortenson

If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.

— Greg Mortenson

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.' Sign in Skardu

— Greg Mortenson

Some of the most memorable moments I've had is to have my family along - who are our greatest ambassadors for peace.…

— Greg Mortenson

The people of Pakistan are some of the most hospitable, kinds and generous people I have met anywhere, in the over 70…

— Greg Mortenson

“hey be ur own heck of a person, and dont copy what other people do or say. cause then it just makes…

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“I don't want to teach Pakistani's children to think like Americans...I just want them to have a balanced, non-extremist education”

— Greg Mortenson

My work to promote education and literacy in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan has become my life's mission. This takes a…

— Greg Mortenson

And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains

— Greg Mortenson

My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.

— Greg Mortenson

“Abdul brushed the dirt from the American's forehead, where it had been pressed to the cool ground. "Not Pakistan man," he said.…

— Greg Mortenson

the people who live in the last places - the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world…

— Greg Mortenson

In America we now live more in fear than in hope, and eventually that will lead to ignorance and hatred. We need…

— Greg Mortenson

According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism,…

— Greg Mortenson

Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly.…

— Greg Mortenson

Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls…

— Greg Mortenson

Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.…

— Greg Mortenson

In tribal society, the most important thing to do when civilians are killed in a skirmish is to acknowledge the deaths, and…

— Greg Mortenson

In Muslim societies, a person who has been manipulated unto believing in extremist violence or terrorism often seeks the permission of his…

— Greg Mortenson

“Osama, baah!" Bashir roared. "Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America,…

— Greg Mortenson

“Eventually, I came to understand that a group of people who wield enormous power happen, oddly enough, to espouse some of the…

— Greg Mortenson

“That day Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life. We Americans think you have to…

— Greg Mortenson

I've actually spent about half of my life overseas in the third world. I grew up in Tanzania, East Africa, and later…

— Greg Mortenson

I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched…

— Greg Mortenson

“I don't do what I'm doing to fight terror. ... I do it because I care about kids. Fighting terror is maybe…

— Greg Mortenson

A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that…

— Greg Mortenson

Everywhere I go in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I am touched by the fierce desire for education, and the outpouring of hospitality and…

— Greg Mortenson

“Jahan took a breath and composed herself. “When I was a little sort of girl and I would see a gentleman or…

— Greg Mortenson

“Haji Ali spoke. ‘If you want to thrive in Baltistan, you must respect our ways. The first time you share tea with…

— Greg Mortenson

“But what you're trying to do is much more difficult than climbing K2”

— Greg Mortenson

“Do one good deed everyday and the world will be a better place”

— Greg Mortenson

The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.

— Greg Mortenson

I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.

— Greg Mortenson

“The Balti had as many names for rock as the Inuit have for snow.”

— Greg Mortenson

The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire.

— Greg Mortenson