Paul Rusesabagina quotes

“"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.29, Bloomsbury Publishing

#Fear Quotes #Insecure Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play -- if we want to change the world -- we must first show up on the field to score.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : "Oprah Talks to Paul Rusesabagina". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March 2006.

#Play Quotes #Want Quotes #Fields Quotes

“Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came together in such a way that I was able to take what fragile defense I had and hold in place for seventy-six days. If I was able to give much it was only because I had some useful things from my life to give. I am a hotel manager...my job never changed, even in a sea of fire.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.131, Bloomsbury Publishing

#Jobs Quotes #Block Quotes #Sea Quotes

“A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is not you or somebody close to you. Unless the world community can stop finding ways to dither in the face of this monstrous threat to humanity those words Never Again will persist in being one of the most abused phrases in the English language and one of the greatest lies of our time.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner (2006). “An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography”, p.206, Penguin

#Lying Quotes #People Quotes #Community Quotes

“Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up in our defense.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.83, Bloomsbury Publishing

#People Quotes #Decision Quotes #Defense Quotes

“We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner (2006). “An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography”, p.219, Penguin

#Powerful Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March 2006.

#Breathing Quotes #Long Quotes #Complicated Quotes

“Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing

#Kindness Quotes #Men Quotes #Sick Quotes

“This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing

#Stubborn Quotes #Weapons Quotes #Triumph Quotes

“Pastors started killing their church members and church members killed pastors. Husbands killed wives. It's a situation no one can describe.”
-- Paul Rusesabagina

#Husband Quotes #Wife Quotes #Church Quotes