If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
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.
Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.
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.
I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.
Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.
Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.
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.
There is no easy fix or youth unemployment. Partnership between the public and private sectors can make a big difference.
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.
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.
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.
I beg you I no magician. I can’t just wave a magic wand.
I’ve been a victor of circumstance.
I think the majority of the Liberian people want peace.