Habimana Ferdinand Quotes & Sayings

You had many more years," he said.
"I didn't want them."
"But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to
your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future."
"What's that?"
"Hope. — Mitch Albom

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. — Jeffrey Eugenides

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment. — Napoleon Hill

Stay where you are, Amil" "We're supposed to be normal people."
"Good luck with that," Amil muttered as Jeff got out and turned to help Nigel. — Z.A. Maxfield

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy. — Scott McNealy

I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people. — Kathleen Quinlan

The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there. And, if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice. — Jake Gyllenhaal

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams. — Les Brown

Rewards should go to teams as a whole. — Tom Peters

They passed the rest of the journey in silence, not because of any awkwardness, but because neither wished conversation to break the spell that the unfolding Highland landscape was weaving about them. And what remarks were needed here? If one listens to the talk of people looking at scenes of great natural beauty, their words are often revealing. "Isn't it beautiful?" is what is most frequently said; to which the reply, 'Yes, beautiful," adds little. What is happening, of course, is a sharing. We wish to share beauty as if it were a discovery; but one can share in silence, and perhaps the sharing is all the more powerful for it. — Alexander McCall Smith

The first English settlements in North America were established in the early seventeenth century by joint-stock companies such as the London Company, the Plymouth Company, the Dorchester Company and the Massachusetts Company. The Indian subcontinent too was conquered not by the British state, but by the mercenary army of the British East India Company. This company outperformed even the VOC. From its headquarters in Leadenhall Street, London, it ruled a mighty Indian empire for about a century, maintaining a huge military force of up to 350,000 soldiers, considerably outnumbering the armed forces of the British monarchy. Only in 1858 did the British crown nationalise India along with the company's private army. Napoleon made fun of the British, calling them a nation of shopkeepers. Yet these shopkeepers defeated Napoleon himself, and their empire was the largest the world has ever seen. — Yuval Noah Harari

All my career I've gone to teams on the decline. I went to Quebec when they were losing the Stastny brothers. I went to Edmonton after they lost Gretzky and Messier. I went to Anaheim when it was an expansion team. I came to Montreal after they'd won the Cup and were headed down. I was beginning to think it was me. — Ron Tugnutt

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness ... all the good things. — Maya Angelou

Maine is a joy in the summer. But the soul of Maine is more apparent in the winter. — Paul Theroux

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. — John Philpot Curran