What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.

On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.

It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they're falling likethey're falling in love with the ground.

No! Leadership is not the business of people who need to be motivated!

I may not believe that 'all things happen for a reason.' But I do believe that reason may come from all things that happen.

We have never understood how birds manage to fly, Nor who the genius is who makes up dreams, Now how heaven and earth can appear in a poem.

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.

Life is a death-defying experience.

What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

I want to marry a [guy], so i can rest my soul with [him] till we both get old. This can't go on all the time-- all this franticness and jumping around. We've got to go someplace, find something.

If you're a black kid, you're going to have hell in your life.

If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.