"Unbowed" Quotes
Wangari Maathai's memoir "Unbowed" recounts her journey as an environmentalist and political activist in Kenya.
africa | 314 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.
You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself.
It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference.
I will be a hummingbird; I will do the best I can.
The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves.
It is the people who must save the environment. It is the people who must make their leaders change.
We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!
We must not tire. We must not give up. We must persist.
It's the little things that citizens do that will make the difference.
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.





