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Quotes by Rwandan Authors
"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."
"There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming."
"In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development."
"There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas."
"Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path."
"The reason you don't succeed in life is because you are too lenient with your deadly enemies. Identify them and eradicate them completely, don't let any of their seed escape your vengeful sword. Don't negotiate with the enemy and never make deals with them. Only after you have wiped them out of the map will success smile at you."
"Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence."
"Wake up and live your life on your own terms, you are a king in your own kingdom, a god in your own universe."
"To be successful you must be willing to leave your comfort zone. Even then success is not guaranteed."
"Success is across the roaring river, the brave shall cross it."
"Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their own and usurped power from the rest of us. But they are usurpers; power belongs to every one of us. Seek it as much as possible. There is no shame in that. In fact it's a necessity. Either you have power or you are trampled to death in the stampede to get to the top."
"Great men of old and of today never considered themselves only human, they also considered themselves gods. And god! See what hat great achievement have they realized!"
"There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive."
"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."
"In love the brain is situated in the heart."
"Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer."
"Never laugh at the fate of others, you are the next."
"Market economy favors the have against the have not."
"We don't know where we come from and where we go, we fill the missing links with whatever our imaginations can provide us."
"At the end of faith there is always some calamity."
"A good man? A man who successfully conceals his evil actions."
"The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit."
"We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life."
"Sometimes I reach the highest heights of hope, at other times I reach the deepest of despair. Sometimes I am happy, at other times I am sad. At some point I am a believer, and at some other time an unbeliever. Sometimes I love, some other times I hate. That's what it means to be human."
"Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it."
"Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana."
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