Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes - Page 4

It's the duty of every man to free himself. Never accept to live an underdog's life in god’s world.

It used to be said "Build it and they will come," now it is "Build it and bribe them in".

Never create doubt in a person. Doubts have the habit of hanging around even if the original cause is over. Doubt never wants to be caught unawares again

Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

Those who would give us equal opportunity for everybody are threatened by it. They are afraid to lose their privileged positions. They pay lip service to it, they act by half measures and do everything to violate the laws they have themselves instituted to make sure the high class is always high. It never changes, it always goes in a circle, when the oppressed fight and get to the top, and they become the new elite and forget the promises.

You can truly live if you can see yourself centuries after you have died. Just imagine it. What will people remember about you, how will your grave look like? How will your children live, etc.

In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wonder they chose to do so, many who dared paid with their heads

A knife may scar a body, but a careless word will wound a soul.

Many people take a very low view of politicians, but that is exactly how they conduct their social interactions daily

I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking

Words can make or break, use your words carefully

As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors

Dreams, just dreams, it's all illusion

The most successful are not the most perfect, but the imperfect who dare to believe that they can despite the damning verdict.

Knock on the heart’s emotions and its gates will be widely opened, but nock on reason and doubt will come charging at you

Nothing in nature happens voluntarily. Everything is forced to happen. There is a hidden hand that forces things to move.

To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.

Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those who dare to fight against it.

You cannot end a theology class without hearing these recurrent words "maybe", "it seems to me", "perhaps", "the unique reason may be that", "my belief on this subject is that", "there are many interpretations to how", etc. All of which indicate a lack of certainty. It's not surprising in a class with the task to study the invisible god

If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet

Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex

Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage

There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.

It’s not how much material things you have hoarded that will make you happy but how satisfied you are with what you have so far. A rich person can be the poorest wreck if he is not satisfied with what he already has and a materially poor can be happy if he is satisfied with the little he has.

Everyone prays to his own god, that's why miracles happen to some and not to others

Isn’t time the only one true god? It makes and breaks

Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path

We die a day at a time

Apologetics is reason flying to the rescue of faith

People tell all kinds of lies to save their skins.

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Atheism is not against god, it is against the religious establishment who use god they have never seen or heard from to establish their influence over the minds of men.

The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor

Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him

They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality

God is powerful. Even those who claim not to believe in him fear him. Though their mouths may confess to disbelieve in him, their hearts yearn for him.

Endeavor to create heaven on earth and turn your heart into the new Jerusalem

One man encompasses all of humanity. Harming one man is harming humanity

Life is an invisible stampede

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

Don't be alarmed, the god I am trying to kill is the one I hate, not the one I love

I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide

If free will means to do what you want, then it does not exist. Many of its staunchest proponents have met the wheel of fate without opposing it

Love is always based on self-interest

All religions are guesswork

You say you need to love others, but do you love yourself

Write it as you see in your own perspective, you may be right or wrong but then what, that's how you see it

It all begins with faith. If we believed animal went to heaven, we wouldn't send them there prematurely

There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive

Prepare for a radio, for nothing is silent like the grave

Read whatever book you lay your hands on if you can, for every writer has a story to tell

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

At the beginning love is a fact, at the end it's a theory

An evil woman sends her husband away and wails her evil fate

Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence

All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority

If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle

Don't think you are irreplaceable, or the world will end when you are gone

Destiny is not what you become but what you do with it