Top 500 Bangambiki Habyarimana Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

253. “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

254. “Husband: a former boyfriend.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

257. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

260. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

264. “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

265. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

267. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

271. “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

272. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

274. “Life is existence with meaning.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

279. “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

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

282. “Unless you have completely destroyed your enemy, your survival is precarious.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

283. “Doubt is the archenemy of love. He is the scoundrel who accused her to reason.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

284. “If my mother will not go to heaven, I renounce the privilege.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

285. “In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

286. “Seeking wisdom will make you unhappy.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

287. “Loneliness is a shadow of death.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

288. “Everything in the world is potentially yours. Don’t limit yourself to your own means.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

289. “Before being upset with someone, do first some background checks on them, sometimes people wounded in other battles may find you a handy scapegoat.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

290. “I used to give too much importance to reason until I discovered the world was shaped not by reason but by emotion.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

291. “If you look at it closely, every individual is a separate entity, state and culture. The macro state is a federation of citizens who accept to live under the same law.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

292. “An optimist is actually a pessimist well prepared for all eventualities, not a blind adventurer.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

293. “They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

294. “Think of your life not as a disappearing horizon, but as an approaching hope.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

295. “A smile a day keeps trouble at bay.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

296. “Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

297. “Your true beliefs are known in agony.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

298. “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.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

299. “We are moved by self-interest, even when we seek to do good to others.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

300. “Even our friendship with ourselves will end. A day is coming when you and yourself will be split apart and will never be able to meet again.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana