Quotes by Rwandan Authors - Page 10

If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I used to say why save money if I'll die tomorrow, I haven’t died yet and I have nothing to survive on
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Riches draw friends as corpses draw vultures
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Listening to music makes me creative in all spheres of life.
Nelson Nshekanabo
As there is no joy for the broken heart, there is not also an harmony to a guitar with broken strings!
Bruce Mbanzabugabo
Never advise a man against his wife or a wife against his husband. When they come together again you will be the archenemy. When they separate, the fault will all be yours
Bangambiki Habyarimana
When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Marriage is but a consolidation of resources
Bangambiki Habyarimana
A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Sometimes divorce is the best thing that can happen to marriage
Bangambiki Habyarimana
I thought it was love. No, it wasn't. It was marriage
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Before marriage a man prays that she accepts, after marriage a woman prays that he accepts
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
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Nothing annoys in this world as a nagging wife
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Before marriage man prays that god give him a wife, after marriage he prays that god save him from her.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
To the bachelor, the language of women is mystery. In those matters, a married man is already a scholar
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Wife: a former girlfriend
Bangambiki Habyarimana
You don't need a great cathedral for a great marriage. All you need is fate to be on your side
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Husband: a former boyfriend
Bangambiki Habyarimana
After a long time in laboratories, psychologists have discovered the holy grail of a happy marriage: I applied it and it didn't work
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Don't tell your friend you are fighting with your wife, it gives him pleasure
Bangambiki Habyarimana
When we are healthy, wealthy and powerful, we forget about our mortality. It’s only when irreparable cracks set in that we come back to reality.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Pain is the University of Life
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him
Bangambiki Habyarimana
World peace can be achieved only if there is nothing left to conquer
Bangambiki Habyarimana
As long as there will be something to conquer, world peace will be a pipe dream
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Nature cannot be bribed, when the necessary conditions are not met, it does not happen
Bangambiki Habyarimana
It’s natural for people to feel superior to those under them. It requires a conscious effort to value those less fortunate than you are.
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Trials teach us patience and patience leads us to a place of hope
Paul Gitwaza
Never laugh at the fate of others, you are the next
Bangambiki Habyarimana
The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
There is no art without artist, try to paint your future under God's control.
Bruce Mbanzabugabo
You need to have the means to impose yourself
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home
Bangambiki Habyarimana
We are weak Christians simply because we have refused to be bondservants of Christ
Paul Gitwaza
When you are not full of the Holy Spirit, you easily cower in fear and lack a stand on truth
Paul Gitwaza
It is so easy to have problems with people when you are not God's will.
Paul Gitwaza
Your solution lies not in finding favor before men but before God. Learn to seek Him for your problems and His favor will meet you.
Paul Gitwaza
When you cant decipher the seasons, you are unable to know your destiny.
Paul Gitwaza
Humility is not weakness but a quality of strength.
Paul Gitwaza
Our problems sometimes show the degree of our relationship with God.
Paul Gitwaza
Keep calm and live
Bangambiki Habyarimana
In politics what you see is not what you get
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Power hungry=life loving
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana
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
Bangambiki Habyarimana