My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them… — Clemantine Wamariya Home Copy Share Image
You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you. — Clemantine Wamariya Back Copy Share Image
The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of… — Clemantine Wamariya Community Copy Share Image
My copy of 'Night' is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored 'flags' that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary… — Clemantine Wamariya Green Copy Share Image
After my final semester at Yale in December of 2013, I made a scary choice. Instead of looking for work - feeling… — Clemantine Wamariya Choice Copy Share Image
Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender,… — Clemantine Wamariya Born Copy Share Image
Labels and classifications of any type are not law, nor are they written in stone. It's up to us to be aware… — Clemantine Wamariya Achieve Copy Share Image
I want people to know that they are the masters, the queens, kings, and gods of their own story. — Clemantine Wamariya Gods Copy Share Image
I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. — Clemantine Wamariya Coping Copy Share Image
It has taken me so many years to finally be in my bed and fall asleep for six hours. — Clemantine Wamariya Bed Copy Share Image
I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today. — Clemantine Wamariya Hate Copy Share Image
“Taking care of loved ones in my world was not based on affection. It was based on the fear of losing them.” — Clemantine Wamariya Caring Copy Share Image
In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them… — Clemantine Wamariya American Copy Share Image
Elie Wiesel and his book 'Night' have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people and inspiring me to… — Clemantine Wamariya Book Copy Share Image
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also… — Clemantine Wamariya Belief Copy Share Image
I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and… — Clemantine Wamariya Childhood Copy Share Image
I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you… — Clemantine Wamariya Experience Copy Share Image
