11. “The road to
victory goes through the belly of the beast”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Some people
sound as if success and victory were easy. It’s not. Victory requires sacrifice
as Niccolo Machiavelli observed when he said “Never was
anything great achieved without danger.”
12. “Fate smiles
to the bold”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Fight against
your fate if you can. Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those
who dare to fight against it. “It is what a man thinks of himself that really
determines his fate.”
Henry David Thoreau
13. I am not
aiming to become anyone or anything else but my full self
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
14. “I believe
in fatalism, the positive one.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
If you have to
believe in fatalism like most people do, believe in positive fatalism. Believe
that all things have been preordained in your best interests. Believe your life
has been prearranged so that you will be successful in it and consider current
troubles as mere huddles you have to jump to reach your dreams and not as
permanent obstacles to confine you to your fate.
15. “If you are
waiting for approval to live your life, I am sorry none is forthcoming”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
If you are shy
to go out and live your life, waiting for someone to give you a go ahead, no
one will. Everyone is busy making sense of his life. And if you cannot dream
and realize your own dreams, someone is waiting to get you help them realize
theirs. No one is sole owner of life. It’s a commonwealth. Get up and live it.
You are the boss. “Do not look for approval except for the
consciousness of doing your best.”
Andrew Carnegie
16. “Great
nations leave great ruins, great men leave great memories”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Great nations
became famous for the great civilizations they left behind. Great men leave
great memories and live on in the minds of the people they continue to
influence. “Great people are those who make others feel that they,
too, can become great” Mark Twain
17. Opportunity
and risk come in pairs
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
18. “Try earlier
and make errors sooner rather than later and see where you got it wrong while
you still have time to improve”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
19. “If you keep
comparing yourself to others you will never do anything”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
20. I intend to
achieve my goals during my lifetime, but if I fail, I will have no rest even in
the afterlife
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
21. “If an ant
looked at the towers men build, it could not dig its own hole”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
Comparing
yourself to others dwarfs your imagination. It’s really hard to stop comparing
yourself to men and women who have succeeded in your trade. When you look at
how they seemingly easily exceled in their fields, you look like a child still
making toys. You quickly forget that it took your role models years of trial
and errors to get to where they are today. They acquired experience that makes
them do complicated things in a seemingly easy manner. It seems you can’t do
anything comparable to what they do and you conclude you must give up because
your work will not compare to theirs.
Learn from an
ant instead. It looks at the towers men build, it even climbs them, but it
still builds its own holes and is comfortable with them.
22. “Genius believing
in yourself”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
23. “Gatekeepers
will always try to stop you getting in. But as a true hero, you have to snatch
victory from death's jaws.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
24. “Power or
die”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
In this world we
need power to live. We need fuel to move. As a car without fuel cannot move, a
man without fuel cannot move either. What fuel do we need? We need physical, emotional
and spiritual fuel. All of our life is spent hunting for fuel. Those who suffer
in life lack one or more of this type of fuel. Many people die of hunger,
others commit suicide for lack of emotional or spiritual satisfaction. Life is
a game of power. Power is not a luxury, it’s a must. You have power or you’re
dead. You need to use all your energies to get power, for your existence
depends on it
25. “A faint
hearted man will always be poor”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
26. A loser says
"Everything has been said and done, I have nothing to add." A winner
says “I am thrilled it’s my turn.”
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
27. Encouraging
words are hands that pool others from the despair of life.
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
28. Be happy
when people envy you, you are on the right path
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
29. Perform
without being distracted by what other people think about you.
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
30. Compare
yourself to others for inspiration not competition
― Bangambiki
Habyarimana
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