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Tree Quotes by Wangari Maathai
- You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make…
- Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you…
- Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu carried a staff…
- When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
- That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.
- There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is…
- Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.
- It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
- That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi…
- For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes…
- When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet…
- Education, if it means anything, should not take people away from the land, but instill in them even more respect for it, because educated people…
- What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do for themselves.
- Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we…
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- The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they… — George R. R. Martin
- On the afternoon of October 19, 1899, I climbed a tall cherry tree and, armed with a saw which I still have,… — Dr Robert H Goddard
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