Greg Mortenson Quotes About School

• Mi visión es que todos dediquemos la próxima década a lograr la alfabetización y la educación universales para todos los niños, especialmente para las niñas. Más de 145 millones de niños del mundo están privados de educación debido a la pobreza, la explotación, la esclavitud, la discriminación de género, el extremismo religioso y los gobiernos corruptos. Que Tres Tazas de Té sea un catalizador para llevar el regalo de la alfabetización a cada uno de esos niños que merecen la oportunidad de ir a la escuela.

  Greg Mortenson

  Girl, Education, Religious

• I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched 114 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Afghanistan so far. Now take the cost of one of those missiles, tipped with a Raytheon guidance system, which I think is about $840,000. For that much money, you could build dozens of schools that could provide tens of thousands of students with a balanced, non extremist education over the course of a generation. Which do you think will make us more secure?

  Greg Mortenson

  Military, School, Thinking

  Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.178, Penguin

• Un sabio de mi tierra me dijo una vez que estas montañas han visto demasiado sufrimiento y muerte, y que cada roca y cada peñasco que ves representa a un muyahidín que murió luchando contra los rusos o los talibanes. El hombre continuó diciendo que ahora que la lucha ha terminado, es hora de construir una nueva era de paz, y que el primer paso en ese proceso es coger las piedras y empezar a convertirlas en escuelas.

  Greg Mortenson

  Wise, School, Home

  Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.231, Penguin

• 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

  School, Kids, Firsts

  "Greg Mortenson: 'Ordinary Oprah'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. March 12, 2009.

• ...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may take, how many obstacles must be surmounted, or how much money it will cost. It is by such promises that the balance sheet of one's life is measured.

  Greg Mortenson

  School, Commitment, Long

  Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.60, Penguin

• By the way, although the subtitle of the book "Three Cups of Tea" is "fighting terror, one school at a time", that was not my choice, as fighting terror is not why I do this, I do it to promote peace, and give hope and opportunity to children deprived of education.

  Greg Mortenson

  Niños, Libro, Escuela

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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

  Greg Mortenson

  Cristiano, Madre, Padre

  "The Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. January 15, 2010.

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