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Wangari Maathai has 79 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We all share one planet and are one hummanity, there is no escaping this reality.
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It gradually became clear that the Green Belt Movement's work with communities to repair the degraded environment could not be done effectively…
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The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,…
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We have a responsibility to protect the rights of generations, of all species, that cannot speak for themselves today. The global challenge…
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People need open space. People need to bring their children into an area where they can play without restriction." And I was…
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You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it…
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As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will…
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Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to…
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It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what…
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Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the…
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Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu…
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Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept…
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Those who plant trees plant hope.
— Lucy Larcom
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Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.
— A. Whitney Brown
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Plant trees, Lots of trees
— Al Gore
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Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.
— Alfred North Whitehead
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When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
— Wangari Maathai
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If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich Eternity,…
— S. Truett Cathy
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To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.
— Russell Page
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Let soldiers on manoeuvres plant trees. Give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings.
— John Wright
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Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to his country with ties which…
— Walter Lippmann
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms…
— Confucius
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Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity.
— Thomas Jefferson
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If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is…
— Confucius
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