Ocean Quote by Greg Mortenson

Our greatest ally in the Pakistan region of turmoil is the moderate Muslim majority, who we must reach out to and embrace if we…

— Greg Mortenson

“People who live in the last places-the people who are most neglected and least valued by the larger world- often represent the best of…

— Greg Mortenson

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

— Greg Mortenson

You can hand out condoms, drop bombs, build roads, or put in electricity, but until the girls are educated a society won’t change.

— Greg Mortenson

“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

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…

— 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. "But if…

— Greg Mortenson

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

— Greg Mortenson

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…

— Greg Mortenson

One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in…

— Greg Mortenson

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

— Greg Mortenson

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

— Greg Mortenson