8 Quotes & Sayings By Ann Cotton

Ann Cotton was born in West Germany in 1946, and grew up in the Berlin area. She studied psychology at the University of Berlin, and later returned to England to complete her PhD at the University of Sussex (1982). She has worked in the field of mental health services for over twenty years. She is still internationally known for her popular books on self-help Read more

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Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up. Ann Cotton
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Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa. Ann Cotton
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For more than 20 years, Camfed has supported a generation of African girls and women with access to secondary and higher education, employment opportunities, and, ultimately, into positions of leadership. Ann Cotton
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Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling. Ann Cotton
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I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities. Ann Cotton
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Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us. Ann Cotton
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You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration. Ann Cotton