The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
William Kamkwamba
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I try, and I made it!”
“I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.”
“Thinking of them reminds me of a quote I read recently from the great Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. that says, "If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl." We must encourage those still struggling to keep moving forward.”
“If you want to make it, all you have to do is try.”
“Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds!”
“I didn't have a drill, so I had to make my own. First I heated a long nail in the fire, then drove it through a half a maize cob, creating a handle. I placed the nail back on the coals until it became red hot, then used it to bore holes into both sets of plastic blades.”
“Cool! Where did you get such an idea?” “The library.”
“BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.”
“Whatever you want to do, if you do it with all your heart, it will happen.”
“Few people realize this, but cutting down the trees is one of the things that keeps us Malawians poor.”
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Book Keywords:
poor, makers, future, poverty, resourcefulness, tools, engineering
