Top 25 Quotes by Leymah Gbowee of 33 - Page 2

We go into rural communities and all we do, like has been done in this room, is create the space. When these girls sit, you unlock intelligence, you unlock passion, you unlock commitment, you unlock focus, you unlock

We go into rural communities and all we do, like has been done in this room, is create the space. When these girls sit, you unlock intelligence, you unlock passion, you unlock commitment, you unlock focus, you unlock great leaders.

Leymah Gbowee

Girl, Motivation, Inspiration

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

If you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice.

Leymah Gbowee

Justice, Form, Should

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

Today, this young woman is me, a Nobel laureate. I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls - the wish of being educated. We set up a foundation. We're giving full four-year scholarships to girls from villages that we see with potential.

Leymah Gbowee

Girl, Journey, Wish

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

It is so difficult to do any work nonviolently if you don't have the constant awareness of someone who is greater than you are - someone greater who will not just fight for you but who is there to console you.

Leymah Gbowee

Fighting, Awareness, Difficult

Source: progressive.org

Don't stop, echoes the older Liberian lady's voice. Don't ever stop. My answer to her: I never will.

Leymah Gbowee

Echoes, Voice, Answers

Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers (2011). “Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War a Memoir”, p.188, Beast Books

Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.

Leymah Gbowee

Religious, Teaching, Commitment

Source: progressive.org

When the guilty verdict was handed down, I walked outside and saw a rainbow encircling the sun. Everyone in Monrovia could see it. It was a hot day, 80 or 90 degrees. I don't remember seeing any raindrops fall. I thought, this is a sign.

Leymah Gbowee

Fall, Rainbow, Saws