Quote by Wangari Maathai
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that

You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai

Other quotes by Wangari Maathai

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. – Wangari Maathai

Category:
positive
Read Quote

Its a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem. – Wangari Maathai

Category:
Death
Read Quote

I dont really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. – Wangari Maathai

Category:
God
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Education
category

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies. – Sue Johanson

Category:
Education

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They werent able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. – Ian Mcewan

Category:
Education

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and Im lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see whats out there and see whats happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way. – Jennifer Garner

Category:
Education

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when theyre two different things. – David Bailey

Category:
Education

Random Quotes

I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth. – Melissa Bean

Category:
mom

Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didnt theyd be married too. – H. L. Mencken

Category:
Marriage

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television. – Harvey Fierstein

Category:
movies

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that youre never discouraged. – Salma Hayek

Category:
strength