1. “Why do we
love heroes? Because life is a fight.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Life is a fight.
Nothing is given to us on a golden plate. We must fight to get what we want.
Winners are fighters, and they never give up. They are our heroes. Like the
ancient heroes, they fight the dragons of life and win. Even if our heroes
lose, we still cherish them, because they dared to fight. We cherish them
because they dared to die alive rather than live dead. Joseph Campbell puts
this beautifully “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something
bigger than oneself.” We love people who commit wholeheartedly to their goals.
We want to see how they finish their journey. It does not matter how they
finish, all we love in them is their full commitment to the cause. They inspire
us to live a meaningful life.
2. “There is
gravity in human affairs as in the heavenly bodies. It seems anyone who wants
to go up is always pulled down.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Of course, that’s
called envy. People want you down. To be miserable like them or to be lower
than they are. But you must free yourself of this evil gravity that always
wants to keep you on the ground. Anytime you want to fly, you are pulled down
by the naysayers, the gatekeepers, who are afraid you are going to fly off and
win. They want a miserable friend they can boss over. They hold you down
because they saw your growing wings, they know you’re a bird and can fly and go
where they cannot. Because “birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where
they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy,” as
said Roger Tory Peterson. Fight gravity and fly away. Reach new horizons and
expand yourself.
3. One man can
save the world. That man is you.
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
We all depend on
you to save our world, but you keep evading your responsibilities. Wake up, oh
Savior and calm the storm that threatens to engulf humanity.
4. The greatest
eureka moment is discovering yourself
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
5. “A daily dose
of inspiration will keep you moving.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Inspiration is
the fuel that propels our minds forward to other galaxies and universes.
Inspiration makes us dream, see new possibilities in barren lands; it makes the
impossible possible. It is inspiration that creates the creator in you.
Inspiration will make you hold your head high and claim the future for yourself
as confirms Dietrich Bonhoeffer “The essence of optimism is that it takes no
account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope
where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim
the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.” Never forget to get
your dose of daily inspiration.
6. “Wake up and
live your life on your own terms, you are a king in your own kingdom, a god in
your own universe”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
You don’t need
permission to live your life. Consider yourself a king in your own kingdom and
a god in your own universe. Consider yourself as having all the powers
necessary to create and to have what you want.
7. “Everybody say
it's impossible, but I'll try to make it possible”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
I met a young
man from a poor African country who was trying to cross the Sahara and reach
Europe via Libya through the Mediterranean using death boats. I asked him why
he was considering the perilous journey knowing that many immigrants had already
lost their lives trying to cross the treacherous desert and waters. He told me
“I am already dead, I have nothing to lose. It looks impossible, but if
necessary I will die trying to make it possible.” This courageous young man
inspired me to think that 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. It looked as if this young man had read these words by Pearl
S. Buck “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt
the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation." But no, he
hadn’t read this, he lived it.
8. “You marvel
and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero
in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Everyone is a
hero in his own life, in his own world. You are the hero of your family, of
your wife, husbands, children, parents. You are the hero to your village, your
workplace, your church, your mosque. You are expected to be a hero where you
live. Can you live up to it? I think you can. Consider yourself as a hero and
act as one. Be the pride of your small world where you live. If you can achieve
that, you can achieve bigger dreams.
9. “You are not
required to perform like them; you are required to perform like you.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
You are first of
all you. You are not everybody. You are not them. You are unique and it’s this
uniqueness that makes all the difference. You can learn from them but you
always act like you. You will perform like you. In seeking perfection, seek it
as you. Excel at what you do and you will be pleased when you know you have
given your best.
10 “Never give up. There is always something you
can do”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
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