“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.”
"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
Balance
"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
Motivation
"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing."
- Wangari Maathai
Determination
"I will be a hummingbird. I will do the best I can."
- Wangari Maathai
Determination
"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
Education
"The Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous."
- Elder Richard G. Scott
Empowerment
"As leaders of the Church, there isn’t anything in this world we wouldn’t do that’s right for you. We have great confidence in you. You are not just ordinary young men and young women. You are choice spirits, many of you having been held back in reserve for almost 6,000 years to come forth in this day, at this time, when the temptations, responsibilities, and opportunities are the very greatest."
- President Ezra Taft Benson
Empowerment
"Women challenge the status quo because we are never it."
- Cindy Gallop
Empowerment
"We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do."
- Arlan Hamilton
Empowerment
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."
- Oprah Winfrey
Empowerment