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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"They succeed not because they are perfect but because they do not let their imperfections stand in their way to success."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"They succeed not because they are perfect but because they do not let their imperfections stand in their way to success."
"Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's."
"The teachers of hell should be sent there first to be able to describe it accurately."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The teachers of hell should be sent there first to be able to describe it accurately."
"Doubts are necessary, they keep us on the right path."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Doubts are necessary, they keep us on the right path."
"Condition A must be in place for action B to take place."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Condition A must be in place for action B to take place."
"In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines."
"Wife: a former girlfriend."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Wife: a former girlfriend."
"You should never consider finished a war you did not win."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You should never consider finished a war you did not win."
"All atheists will go to heaven. If god exists, not believing in him does not take him away and he cannot justly condemn those who seek him earnestly and cannot find him. He would even reward their earnest search for him."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"All atheists will go to heaven. If god exists, not believing in him does not take him away and he cannot justly condemn those who seek him earnestly and cannot find him. He would even reward their earnest search for him."
"Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best."
"You create your future by what you do in the present."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You create your future by what you do in the present."
"False belief is more emotional than true belief."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"False belief is more emotional than true belief."
"A writer is a thought smith, he educates men to think for themselves."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A writer is a thought smith, he educates men to think for themselves."
"Forgiveness is all about love. Where love abounds, there forgiveness will not tarry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Forgiveness is all about love. Where love abounds, there forgiveness will not tarry."
"I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married."
"The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the world."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the world."
"Hell and heaven are within us."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Hell and heaven are within us."
"You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there."
"I came into marriage with love but when I got there she refused the dictatorship and fled away, I and my wife are looking for her. Anyone who finds her please contact us. We swear not to harm her again."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I came into marriage with love but when I got there she refused the dictatorship and fled away, I and my wife are looking for her. Anyone who finds her please contact us. We swear not to harm her again."
"Men prefer sweet lies to unpleasant truths."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Men prefer sweet lies to unpleasant truths."
"It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong."
"We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others."
"I asked a man who took a death boat to Europe across the treachelous waters of the Mediterranean from Libya"Why are you taking this death boat". "I am already dead." He said. This is my coffin. If I succeed to get to the other side, I get a new life. If I fail, I loose nothing. I remain what I am now: Dead."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I asked a man who took a death boat to Europe across the treachelous waters of the Mediterranean from Libya"Why are you taking this death boat". "I am already dead." He said. This is my coffin. If I succeed to get to the other side, I get a new life. If I fail, I loose nothing. I remain what I am now: Dead."
"If success is a miracle then you must be the miracle worker."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If success is a miracle then you must be the miracle worker."
"Every book has its ancestors."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Every book has its ancestors."
"What's the use of life without health? It's like living dead."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"What's the use of life without health? It's like living dead."
"Words can make or break, use your words carefully."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Words can make or break, use your words carefully."
"Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal."
"It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed."
"Planning is worrying based on facts."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Planning is worrying based on facts."
"Those who think fate is against them have already crucified themselves. They have already decided what fate should do with them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Those who think fate is against them have already crucified themselves. They have already decided what fate should do with them."
"A smile is a friend maker."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A smile is a friend maker."
"Miracles are waiting for you. All you have to do is go and meet them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Miracles are waiting for you. All you have to do is go and meet them."
"Don't fear mistakes, they are your stepping stone to success."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't fear mistakes, they are your stepping stone to success."
"Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sour."
"Whatever we do and are, we are given the means thereof."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Whatever we do and are, we are given the means thereof."
"If my mother will not go to heaven, I renounce the privilege."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If my mother will not go to heaven, I renounce the privilege."
"There is time for a fight and a time for a flight, knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is time for a fight and a time for a flight, knowing the right time to do one or the other can mean the difference between life and death."
"Success is not a romantic word, it's an ugly world."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Success is not a romantic word, it's an ugly world."
"Respect is love in action."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Respect is love in action."
"Life is politics, you do it or it does you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is politics, you do it or it does you."
"Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam, Why doesn't the Ayatollahs convert to Buddhism, Why isn't Buddhism swept away? Religious leaders know that all religions are equal; they know that no one of them has the monopoly to the knowledge of God. They know that each religion is trying to find the hidden God and that no one religion can claim to have found him beyond doubt. That's why they remain where they are and respect each other."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam, Why doesn't the Ayatollahs convert to Buddhism, Why isn't Buddhism swept away? Religious leaders know that all religions are equal; they know that no one of them has the monopoly to the knowledge of God. They know that each religion is trying to find the hidden God and that no one religion can claim to have found him beyond doubt. That's why they remain where they are and respect each other."
"This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have."
"There are many languages in the world but the most widely spoken and understood by everyone are power, love and money."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There are many languages in the world but the most widely spoken and understood by everyone are power, love and money."
"Nature cannot be bribed, when the necessary conditions are not met, it does not happen."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Nature cannot be bribed, when the necessary conditions are not met, it does not happen."
"Some people are bringing the business tricks of scarcity mentality into God's mind. They will tell you that only a few will see God. Why? God's heart is infinitely huge, his arms infinitely large that all of us can have a place in him."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people are bringing the business tricks of scarcity mentality into God's mind. They will tell you that only a few will see God. Why? God's heart is infinitely huge, his arms infinitely large that all of us can have a place in him."
"If you want to be extremely important in people's lives, give them extremely good services they can't find anywhere else."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you want to be extremely important in people's lives, give them extremely good services they can't find anywhere else."
"The body is not a reliable friend."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The body is not a reliable friend."
"Politics preys on people's naivety."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Politics preys on people's naivety."
"Marriage is but a consolidation of resources."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Marriage is but a consolidation of resources."
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