Top 500 Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Don’t believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

252. “The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

253. “Nature has endowed us with some measure of insanity to cope with the realities of daily life.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

254. “Compare yourself to others for inspiration not competition.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

255. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

256. “Look at the sky and count the stars, look down and realize we are all from the same universe and stop discrimination.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

257. “Home is where you feel more welcome, more secure, have more rights, where you are loved. This place can be any place even away from what you would normally call home.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

258. “Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

259. “Nobody does anything for the good of others; but as he pursues his own interests, he is brought to work unwittingly for the benefit of the many.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

260. “A beautiful lady with an evil heart is like a hundred dollar note cut in two with one piece missing.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

261. “We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

262. “Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy their masters and wish their downfall.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

263. “Husband: a former boyfriend.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

264. “Thou shalt not have your life on a golden plate, Thou shalt fight for it.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

265. “Don’t be afraid to bite on a giant, learn from the mosquito.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

266. “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

267. “Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

268. “An entrepreneur is not deterred by his lack of perfection, he knows no one else is.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

269. “Fear of death is irrational. We all know we will die one day. But again we are irrational beings.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

270. “Be patient. Everything has it’s time. You can’t make an orange mature right away because you are hungry.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

271. “Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

272. “There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

273. “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

274. “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

275. “She has the care of a mother, the love of a sister, a prostitute in bed. Who is she?”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

276. “When you reach illumination, you lose paradise. Illumination is the place where you gain knowledge that there is none but you to take care of yourself, you discover that you are the god you had all along sought and that you have no redeemer but you.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

277. “Never declare fate your enemy; she comes with great fury against those who give up all hope.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

278. “God can use impure vessels to serve his holiness.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

279. “You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things you like to talk about, that’s your area of expertise.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

280. “When you start doing the impossible, you make it possible.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

281. “Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

282. “I am not holier than you, you are not holier than me. Any one who thinks he is holier than the rest deludes himself.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

283. “If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

284. “Life is existence with meaning.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

286. “Don’t ignore your dreams, in them your soul is awake and you are your true self.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

287. “Water in, water out until there is no water to run and the riverbed runs dry. That’s life.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

288. “You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

289. “Though we are terrorized by death, it’s not different from birth, it just happens.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

290. “Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

291. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

292. “Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

293. “Beware of somebody who suddenly begins to call you “friend”.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

294. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

295. “Some cats are angry at being called cats. To achieve peace with them, never call them by their real name.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

296. “Live as if you have already lived and died, now do what you ever wanted to in an earlier life.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

297. “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

298. “You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

299. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

300. “One night I was flying over my village and people looked up and said “Look Bangambiki is flying while he is a man, where did he get the wings? Get down, you are dreaming!” I answered them, “I am not a man. I am a superman, and supermen fly!” I am sure I might have fallen if I believed what they told me. Continue flying, continue dreaming, you are a superman.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana