William Kamkwamba Quotes

I will always be looking back at the things I’ve gone through, thinking of the struggling people I’ve seen.

I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I’m trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it. People in rural places could use the water for irrigation or for drinking.

I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.

I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do, if you can focus, and work, then in the end, you will end up doing it. No matter what happens, if you don’t give up, you will still succeed.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I’m trying to do now is think of ways to build a well-drilling machine that is low-cost so people in rural areas can afford it.

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things.

My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me.

I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn’t accept.