Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes - Page 2

Every time someone starts a project he is considered nuts, until he beats all the odds and laughs the last.
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Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
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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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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
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If everyone took his pen and wrote just anything that came on his mind, we would greatly help researchers to understand how our minds work
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The gatekeepers are not there to prohibit you anything, they just want to frighten you away, if you are courageous enough to go through them, they will let you , thinking you are the owner or his so
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A perfect work of art is not the one that has no mistakes. It is the one people will like. Creation is not perfect but god is praised for having created it
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Opportunity is always coming but never knocks on the door. You have to get up and meet him
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Success sits on a mountain of mistakes
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Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her
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If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains
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A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything
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In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life.
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Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield
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One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants
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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
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Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions
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Power hungry=life loving
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Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.
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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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If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor
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Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part and parcel of nature and we cannot do without them. Sometimes evil is even necessary to run this evil nature.
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I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry
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The greatest thieves are not caught. Not because it’s not known that they are thieves but because you cannot accuse them of robbery and live. These thieves are praised as national heroes and liberators or as successful entrepreneurs.
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Don't ignore your dreams, in them your soul is awake and you are your true self.
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If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them.
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What is life but an ongoing war?
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When something or someone you dearly love is snatched away from you, something of you go with it. You become emotionally amputated
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Break your shackles and reach out to your freedom. Break to pieces whatever indoctrination and programming that holds you hostage. The world is yours. Get possession of it.
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When you look down on yourself, you set an example on how others should treat you.
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An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on.
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Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach
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Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move.
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From the club of what atheist call false hope and false god (which offer solace to weak minds), atheist are calling you to their club of no god and no hope (which offers nothing in return. Join the club only if you are a strong minded individual capable of handling your life alone without the help of gods. )
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Religion is pure hypnosis
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It's utter arrogance to think that we can know what god ought to be or do. If we don't understand we must continue our search or recognize our ignorance
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All religions are "revealed" and "inspired". After all nothing happens without the "will" of god.
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When you have doubts about God, the right position to take is agnosticism, atheism is outright arrogance
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There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity
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On close analysis, it would seem that there is a possibility that we are god's robots
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I believe only in one God, creator of everything that exists, visible and invisible, good and evil. I believe that he will ultimately save every soul and give it eternal life.
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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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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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Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me. . . “is a pious lie
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Science cannot disprove god. Science studies the things that are. The eternal question is who or what made them to be
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This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have
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Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein
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People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth
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