Ellen Johnson Sirleaf famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Judging #Generations #Future Generation
If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Life #Music #Dream
Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Life #Unique #Ethnicity
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Dream #Women #Empowering
There is no easy fix or youth unemployment. Partnership between the public and private sectors can make a big difference.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Differences #Unemployment #Youth
We are here because we share a fundamental belief: that poverty, illiteracy, disease and inequality do not belong in the twenty-first century. We share a common purpose: to eradicate these ills for the benefit of all. And we share a common tool to achieve this: the Millennium Development Goals.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Goal #Poverty #Firsts
I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Inspirational #Mother #Children
To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Girl #Daughter #Simple
Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Life #Silver #Given
I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Character #Thinking #Males
As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Men #Dignity #Life Is
One has to look at my life story to see what I've done. I've paid a heavy price that many people don't realize.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#People #Looks #Stories
I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Magic #Wave #Wands
I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Hard Work #Sleep #Bed
I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Thinking #People #Majority
Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Hard Work #Honest #Reason
I've been a victor of circumstance.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Circumstances
We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola,
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Ebola #Battle #Stakes
The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Children #Mean #People
If your dreams don't scare you, you aren't dreaming big enough.
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Dream #Scare #Enough
Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe,
-- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

#Ebola #People #Risk

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