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

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

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.

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

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.

I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls.

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

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

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.

It's time for women to stop being politely angry.

When women gather, great things will happen.

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

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.

At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.

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

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

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