Liberian Proverbs and Sayings
10 Liberian sayings collected from Liberia — 1 proverb, 9 quotes.
About Liberian sayings here
This page collects every saying in the archive recorded as coming from Liberia: 1 proverb, 9 quotes. 1 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.
The named voices here are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (9). The proverbs are left unattributed, because a proverb belongs to the people who repeat it rather than to whoever first said it.
The subjects they return to most often are Hard Work, Politics, Education, Women and Peace.
A few from this collection:
- All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.
- I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.
- 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.
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