Quotes by : Wangari Maathai

Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others....

In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as....

No matter how dark the cloud, there is always a thin, silver lining, and that is what we must look for.....

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk....

The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.....

I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a....

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in....

A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be....

When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya,....

Throughout my life, I have never stopped to strategize about my next steps. I often just keep walking....