Ilibagiza Quotes

#1. God's message extends beyond borders. Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however great or small that injury may be.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#2. Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more of them.

Victoria Moran

#3. Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#4. For the enemy to be recognized and feared, he has to be in your home or on your doorstep.

Umberto Eco

#5. There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Charles Kingsley

#6. There are people that will settle for nothing, people that will fight for something, and those that are fooled striving to have everything.

Anthony Liccione

#7. I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#8. The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#9. Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask.

Peter Riegert

#10. I never was an amateur wrestler.

Chris Jericho

#11. Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#12. Dream the impossible. Know that you are born in this world to do something wonderful and unique; don't let this opportunity pass by. Give yourself the freedom to dream and think big.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#13. Wherever you are hiding, I'll find you. However you are hurting, I'll comfort you. Wherever you are, nearby or far, I'll follow the stars just to be with you.

Chloe Jacobs

#14. Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#15. I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.

Damon Albarn

#16. I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference

David Nicholls

#17. Handbags and shoes were my passion.

Kristen Ashley

#18. I've seen hatred and I have seen love. And love is more powerful.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#19. The more I prayed, the more aware I became that, in order to receive God's true blessing, my heart had to be ready to receive His love. But how could He enter my heart when it was holding so much anger and hatred?

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#20. I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#21. Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#22. I'm here for you. Always. Do you feel me?Hear me? I talk to you every night, does it reach you?

Charlotte Eriksson

#23. They can only kill us once.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#24. When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#25. This is the same power that I feel propelling me forward into the next phase of my life. God saved my soul and spared my life for a reason: He left me to tell my story to others and show as many people as possible the healing power of His love and forgiveness.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#26. I just feel very often like a child in an absolutely weird world. I think that life is quite weird sometimes.

Cecelia Ahern

#27. To me, I think justice is part of forgiving, if it is well done with love.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#28. The love of a single heart can make a world of difference.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#29. Faith moves mountains, if faith were easy there would be no mountains.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#30. Build with advocacy, follow with influence. Your employees are your biggest brand advocates.

Jay Baer

#31. I realized that my battle to survive this war would have to be fought inside of me.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#32. I believe the chance of any event causing Berkshire to experience financial problems is essentially zero. We will always be prepared for the thousand-year flood; in fact, if it occurswe will be selling life jackets to the unprepared.

Warren Buffett

#33. The author recognizes the power of the persecuting tribe referring to members of hers consistently as "snakes" or "roaches". This dehumanizing language, she realizes, seeps into the subconscious and makes it easier to forget that fellow humans were created in God's image.

Immaculee Ilibagiza