Leymah Gbowee Quotes

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• Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

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  Kings, Hero, Believe In Yourself

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• We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

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  Sisterhood, Men, Our World

  "Acceptance Speech: Liberian Noble Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee Talks About the Struggles of African Women". face2faceafrica.com. December 12, 2011.

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• The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

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  Hands, Sides, World

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• When women gather, great things will happen.

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  Great Things, Happens

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• The world is waiting to hear from you.

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  Waiting, World

  "7 Pieces Of Wisdom From Malala Yousafzai, Lady Gaga And The Rest Of Glamour’s 2013 Women Of The Year" by Emma Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2013.

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• There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.

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  Unique, World, Individual

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• Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

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  Women, Fake, Towels

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• Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

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  Fighting, People, Leader

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• I don't feel like I've done anything extraordinary but take my little light and shine it in darkness.

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  Light, Shining, Darkness

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• It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

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  Being Polite, Angry

  "Women in the World Summit 2012" by Marcia G. Yerman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• It's insulting when outsiders come in and tell a traumatized people what it will take for them to heal... People who have lived through a terrible conflict may be hungry and desperate, but they are not stupid. They often have very good ideas about how peace can evolve, and they need to be asked. That includes women. Most especially women.

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  Stupid, Ideas, People

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• Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But here’s the thing…the reason why I rant is because I am a voice for many women that cannot speak out to heads of state, UN officials, and those that influence systems of oppression. And so I rant. And I will not stop ranting until my mission of equality of all girls is achieved.

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  Girl, Speaks Out, Voice

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• You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

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  Positive, Struggle, Fire

  Leymah Gbowee (2013). “Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War”, p.151, Beast Books

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• If you read the life of great men and women who made important changes in history, there are two common features: One, they were angry at the state of affairs and, two, they were people of faith.

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  Men, Two, People

  Source: progressive.org

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• You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

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  Opportunity, Equal, Equal Opportunity

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• Men are the ones who often juggle back and forth for power. It is the women who bring humanity to the table - an understanding that beyond the jobs that men are fighting for, there are people out there really waiting for you to do something for life to go on. The only way all of this can happen effectively is if women are at the table as active participants, not as silent observers.

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  Jobs, Fighting, Men

  Source: progressive.org

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• 'I wish for a better life. I wish for food for my children. I wish that sexual abuse and exploitation in schools would stop.' This is the dream of the African girl.

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  Girl, Dream, Children

  "Unlock the Intelligence, Passion, Greatness of Girls". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2012.

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• If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers.

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  Mother, Made, Ifs

  Speech at The Gruber Foundation, recieving "Women's Rights Prize", 2009.

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• We have lived through fear all our lives, and when you have gone through a whole lot of fear, sometimes all you can do is resist the fear, and resistance comes in the form of courage.

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  Past, Gone, Resistance

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• Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.

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  Bears, Burden, Nurture

  "21 Leaders for the 21st Century". Interview for Women's E News, 2008.

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• Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.

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  Mother, War, Community

  Gruber Foundation, Women's Rights Prize, 2009.

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• The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I'm never afraid to speak truth to power.

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  Opportunity, Speaking My Mind, People

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• My courage comes from my faith. I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.

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  Intelligent, Grace, Conclusion

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• I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

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  Country, Hopeful, Littles

  "Peace activist Leymah Gbowee". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 5, 2011.

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• I always tell people, anger is like liquid. It's fluid, it's like water. You put it in a container and it takes the shape of that container. So many people you see in prison, unleashing war on their people, they are angry, and they take their anger and put it into a violent container.

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  War, People, Water

  "Peace activist Leymah Gbowee". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 5, 2011.

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