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

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.

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.

Rwanda is a democracy not a monarchy.

You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there.

There will be days you wish you’d never done it. And thosewill be the good times, when it’s only days of regret and notmonths.

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

The backbone of the preaching of Christ is a conviction of the truth of Christ.

I don't think being a lawyer is more or less valuable than being a writer.

I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success.

What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast!

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.