Wangari Maathai/early Life and Education 1940-1971

Famous quotes containing the words early, life and/or education:

    In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.
    Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
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    An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften the manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination, and a kind of polish to the mind in severer studies.
    Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)