Paul Kagame

"Lead from behind. Let others believe they are in front."

"A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do."

"The problem is not the people of Rwanda, the problem is the international community."

"We should not forget who we are. I am who I am because of the people around me."

"African solutions for African problems."

"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."

"You cannot erase the past, but you can shape the future."

"Healing from our past is not about forgetting what happened. It is about accepting what happened."

"People want to believe their leaders have all the answers."

"I think Rwandans have shown extraordinary courage and resilience."

"What we have managed to do is to create a system where everyone feels they have a stake in the system."

"The mind of man is capable of anything."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Don't let other people tell you what you want."

"The future is what we make of it."

"I believe in the power of dialogue."

"Africa's future is being written by Africans."

"You cannot manage people if you don't love them."

"We cannot have peace if we are not willing to forgive."

"The world is not divided between countries that do good and countries that do bad. The world is divided between countries that are open and countries that are closed."

"Change is inevitable. Progress is not."

"Your identity is tied to what you have accomplished and who you are."

"We all have a past. What matters is what we do with our future."

"Strength comes from unity, not division."

"Education is the foundation of development."

"To love your country, you must believe in it first."

"We cannot build a future on the graves of the past."

"A good leader surrounds themselves with people smarter than them."

"The role of government is to serve the people."

"We are one people, one nation, one Rwanda."