Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.

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.

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

Colors are the smiles of nature.

If we build more windows and fewer walls, we will have more friends.

I eat lots of fruit for breakfast because it's cleansing and quickly digested by the body.

My brain doesn't like to be quiet.

People don’t need careers. People should just exist.

I'm kinda like herpes, I just keep coming back.

The Old Guard dies but it never surrenders.

I suppose the things that you always take for granted, that you don't even notice, are what you miss the most.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.