103 Quotes by Filipino authors

Filipino quotes hum with the lilt of everyday streets and the hush of dusk by the sea. They carry kapwa, self bound with others, alongside quiet grit, playful wit, and tender lambing. Themes of bayanihan, utang na loob, faith, and yearning surface in images of monsoon rain, mother’s hands, and distant islands. Humor softens hardship; reverence meets rebellion; love is both harana and homecoming. Each line balances ligaya and lungkot, asking the heart to listen and the spirit to keep moving.

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"The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed"

Jose Rizal, Writer

Small: Jose Rizal

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

Jose Rizal, Writer

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"Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils"

Jose Rizal, Writer

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

Jose Rizal, Writer

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

Jose Rizal, Writer

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"I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep"

Corazon Aquino, President

Small: Corazon Aquino

"I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"I'm not worried. I'm in control"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ"

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President

"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"One must be frank to be relevant"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"The nation was awakened by that deafening shot"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it"

Corazon Aquino, President

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"I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

"Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes"

Imelda Marcos, Celebrity

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