"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."

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Source : Wangari Maathai's speech at Goldman Awards in San Francisco, April 24, 2006.

Wangari Maathai

#Nature Quotes #Talking Quotes #Water Quotes

“Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.”
“Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch.”

Source : "‘Kids in the Hall’ Comic to Bullied Youth: ‘Grow a Pair’". Interview with Chris Azzopardi, pridesource.com. October 27, 2011.
“Everything has being through the love of God.”
“I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.”
“Faith-healing is peculiar enough at the best of times, but applying it to football merits a special league of barking. Why would God bother to perform a miracle that enabled Sol Campbell to yell Oh holy Jesus, now I can win the ball in the air. It's been five years since I could defend from corners, brothers and sisters, it's a miracle.”

Source : “Spot the balls” by Mark Steel, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 1999.
“Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and the shedder of imperishable glory upon every high-aiming race and nation.”
“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”

Source : Chuck Norris (2014). “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories”, p.102, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“There's only one thing for Chicago to do, and that's to move to a better neighborhood.”

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