Wangari Maathai Quotes
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
Quotes to Explore
-
I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
-
Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
-
My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
-
It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
-
The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
-
My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
-
In life go straight and turn right.
-
Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
-
Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
-
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
-
I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
-
I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
-
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
-
I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
-
Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
-
When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.
-
Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
-
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
-
I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment.
-
We all knew the apparatus of justice had dissolved.
-
I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us.
-
Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God.
-
When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness.
-
All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.
