24 Quotes by Liberian authors

Liberian sayings carry the sea’s salt and the forest’s hush, moving with humor, grit, and neighborly duty. Proverbs prize patience, doing things small-small, yet insist on bravery when storms come. Market banter and elders’ tales shape a moral compass: share rice, mend quarrels under the palava hut, keep dignity even when pockets are light. The language bends English into music, playful but pointed, turning hardship into wit and memory into counsel, always leaning toward reconciliation, enterprise, and a future that must be built together.

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"I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country"

George Weah, Politician

"My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt, you will have to hang your boots"

George Weah, Politician

"I am always successful in my work"

George Weah, Politician

"My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it"

George Weah, Politician

"I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot!"

George Weah, Politician

"They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people"

George Weah, Politician

"You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"It is our duty to stand up for humanity. Step in and correct things that are wrong"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"My answer to her: I never will"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"You are not at liberty to give up"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"The work is hard. The immensity of what needs to be done is discouraging. But you look at communities that are struggling on a daily basis. They keep on---and in the eyes of the people there, you are a symbol of hope. And so you, too, must keep on"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"I believe, I know, that if you have unshakable faith in yourself, in your sisters and in the possibility of change, you can do almost anything"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"Although I may not see it in my lifetime, peace will overcome"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"Because of women like us, I believe that in the end, tyranny will never succeed, and goodness will always vanquish evil"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"Gather the women and pray for peace!"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"We had nothing to lose, we had to step out"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"It is time for the world to put away the image of African women as victims and see them as the everyday heroes they are"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"As a woman and a mother, I pray for the safe return of all the abducted girls. I also applaud the strength of the women who continue to fight for them"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"The defenders of peace and justice that we seek are those who live out the South African versions of Ubuntu. Easily translated, "I am because of what we all are""

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"But most importantly, the defenders of peace and justice are those who understand what it means to be a part of the collective humanity, that, regardless of your skin color or the way you pray, we all breathe the same air"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"The defenders that we're looking for are individuals who understand that peace and justice are borderless, so I can interfere in anything that impacts women in the U.S. just as I will interfere in things that impact women in Liberia"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"Because they came with an empty bowl to our house to say, "We're hungry. Can you give us food?" But all of our growing-up years, that was the first time we had seen that"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"Then I found my voice, and I told myself, I'm never letting it go. Because this is me"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee

"I think there is a moment in everyone's life, we all have it, when you're pushed so far back against the wall, you have two options: allow that wall to swallow you or fight back"

Leymah Gbowee, Activist

Leymah Gbowee