Life catches you by surprise. It always does. But there's good mixed in with the bad. It's there. You just have to recognize it.
Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story.
I grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, and I lived there for 30 years. That shapes one's character.
The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.
Technology has brought many possibilities in education and health that are key to women.
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 has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.
A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws
What art Thou then, my God? what, but the Lord God? For who is Lord but the Lord? or who is God save our God? Most highest, most good, most potent, most omnipotent; most merciful, yet most just; most hidden, yet most present; most beautiful, yet most strong; stable, yet incomprehensible; unchangeable, yet all-changing; never new, never old; all-renewing, and bringing age upon the proud, and they know it not; ever working, ever at rest; still gathering, yet nothing lacking; supporting, filling, and overspreading; creating, nourishing, and maturing; seeking, yet having all things.
There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride, and exultancy. It lays its hand upon a man's bowels; he grows drunk with ecstasy; he grows young and full of glory, he feels that he can never die.
We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.