The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.

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 it survive. That's what makes the difference

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

Goals are the road maps that guide you to your destination. Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

We have one hundred percent chance of achieving what God has called us to, even if we are starting from scratch

The world is a contradiction

...ordinary experience has to be made extraordinary in order to become accessible to reflection.

Yes, well, I'm not asking you to hide anything. Hiding won't help you. You can't very well hide from a pit, can you? You just need to avoid falling into it." - Brohan Madhrarigal

It's far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood Is there not rain enough in the sweet heaves To wash it white as snow?