To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary
to open a book that tells of her past.
-Jose Rizal
Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of
struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and
redemption is a product of sacrifice. Jose Rizal
-Jose Rizal
A tree that grows in the mud is unsubsantial
and good only for firewood.
-Jose Rizal
I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages On
the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will
be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: Not all
were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents. -Jose Rizal
Without education and liberty, which are the soil
and the sun of man, no reform is possible no
measure can give the result desired. -Jose Rizal
There are no tyrants where there are no slaves
-Jose Rizal
No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm
begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is
wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again. Jose Rizal
Youth is a flower-bed that is to bear rich fruit and must
accumulate wealth for its descendants.
Jose Rizal
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While a people preserves its language: it preserves the marks of liberty.
-Jose Rizal
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of
others.
-Jose Rizal
I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country,
that when we know how to sacrifice ourselves for our duties and
convictions, death does not matter if one dies for those one loves for
his country and for others dear to him. Jose Rizal
-Jose Rizal
Treat your old parents as you would like to
be treated by your children later.
-Jose Rizal
It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for
the good people to do nothing.
-Jose Rizal
I dont see why I should bow my head when I
could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my
enemies when I can defeat them. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal
I have to believe much in God because I have lost my
faith in man.
-Jose Rizal
Our liberty will not be secured at the swords point We must
secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people
reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be
shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will
shine out like the first dawn. -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
He who does not know how to look back at where
he came from will never get to his destination. -
Jose Rizal
Pure intuitive faith differs as much from fanaticism as
fire from smoke, or music from mere noise; those who
confuse the two are like the deaf. Jose Rizal
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patriotism that we
know how to die for our country and convictions
- Jose Rizal
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It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a
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great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field
without becoming a part of any edifice. Jose
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Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a
necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.
-Jose Rizal