Author: Greg Mortenson

Quotes

Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.

Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear.

- Greg Mortenson

My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.

My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.

- Greg Mortenson

But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.

But what I really believe is education is a key to pretty much everything - prosperity, economics, peace, stability.

- Greg Mortenson

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.

- Greg Mortenson

I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.

I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.

- Greg Mortenson

I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.

I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.

- Greg Mortenson

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