Wangari Maathai

"The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves."

- Wangari Maathai

"We’re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. But we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I don’t want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. I’ll be a hummingbird, I’ll do the best I can."

- Wangari Maathai

"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."

- Wangari Maathai

"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing."

- Wangari Maathai

"I will be a hummingbird. I will do the best I can."

- Wangari Maathai

"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."

- Wangari Maathai

"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."

- Wangari Maathai