72 Quotes by Amanda Lindhout

Somalia is very dangerous, and no one knows that better than I.

The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination - what do you dream of wanting to do?

When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, there's part of you as a human being that feels some degree, you can say, compassion for the fact that these boys have known war, famine, violence and death from the day they were born.

I have a general sense of excitement about the future, and I don't know what that looks like yet. But it will be whatever I make it.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where I'd lost my freedom.

Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

I am so proud to be a Canadian.