I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.

Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it.

Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.

We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

Aid leads to more aid and more aid and more aid and less independence of the people that are receiving aid.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.

Rwanda is a democracy not a monarchy.

Any time you think limitation it is not spiritual or god based,

We hear wonderful stories about some masters who can walk on water and do all kinds of great things. But the real power of the teacher is to transmit power and knowledge directly to an individual.

Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

Who owns your body? You or the state?

I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere.

The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.

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