Top 100 Arroyo's Quotes

#1. A family of three had become, in Michael Arroyo's young mind, an army of two.

Mike Lupica

Arroyo's Quotes #1739156
#2. I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.

Miguel Syjuco

Arroyo's Quotes #290617
#3. You have 60 countries in the world with a terrorist problem. That's two-thirds of the world. We have this group in Basilan, which is a small island in the far south of the Philippines, and the island itself has a population of - what? - 300,000.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1271916
#4. A president can be as strong as she wants to be.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #773132
#5. If you're interested in expanding your network, you can't go wrong with Twitter. You don't need to be a celebrity to have fun and grow your network with Twitter.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1264574
#6. I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1259147
#7. My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1253939
#8. In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1233058
#9. I'm not worried. I'm in control.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1180335
#10. A lot of times I wind up playing songs like (Alice in Chains') "Down in a Hole" that make me scream at the top of my lungs if I want to get frustration out from a bad day.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1173479
#11. I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1150125
#12. I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1131089
#13. For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1107513
#14. As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1104400
#15. 'No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1103265
#16. College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1077303
#17. I shall work with Congress, civil society groups and local government executives who are convinced that charter changes are needed to enable the country to surmount the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1065016
#18. We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1040089
#19. TV viewing is normally a passive, mindless occupation.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1036212
#20. The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and, more importantly, our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1021663
#21. With music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #979556
#22. I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the only thing I've ever thought of really my whole life, and music came into my life actually in '99, playing and singing. It's definitely been the only hobby I've had that I can't put down.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #960267
#23. The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #954252
#24. People don't own teams to lose money. If you ask any owner whether they would rather make $20 million and come in last place or lose $20 million and win a World Series, there's only one guy who honestly would take that championship: George Steinbrenner. Nobody else.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #947052
#25. There is no such thing as making the miracle happen spontaneously and on the spot. You've got to work.

Martina Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #842056
#26. I am very grateful to our Muslim population. One of the things we've been doing is stepping up our inter-faith dialogue with the Muslim population. And I think that helped very much in their support for me.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #831564
#27. The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1790415
#28. 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

Arroyo's Quotes #1455451
#29. Seeks to grow and improve oneself through creative activity, freely expressing one's exuberant vitality, and through warm, supportive encouragement of others.

Stephen Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1705180
#30. To our men and women in the armed services, the huge and deep core of your loyalty has earned the nation's accolade.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1701663
#31. The energies represented by the four # elements are ulitimately the fundamental realities of life that are being analysed with # astrology

Stephen Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1602733
#32. We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1599928
#33. Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1596020
#34. The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1577798
#35. Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1577374
#36. Boston fans - and New York fans are the same - it doesn't matter what you do outside of baseball, they don't forgive or forget that you play in pinstripes and they don't care about your interests off the field.

Bronson Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1572823
#37. In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1568622
#38. Our investments in social justice and basic needs are as vital to our future as fiscal and macroeconomic reforms. A nation deeply divided will not stand. And it certainly will not move forward.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1503370
#39. There is no better source of real-time news than Twitter. With the constant sharing of news and information, if you're an active Twitter user, there's nothing happening, big or small, that you won't know right away.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1461371
#40. Where does it hurt?'
'Inside out, doll. And all the way through.

E.R. Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1286756
#41. I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1448212
#42. The higher purpose of # astrology is not to try to change one's destiny, but to fulfill it through growing in awareness

Stephen Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1436394
#43. Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1430038
#44. By and large, our political system has betrayed its promise to each new generation of Filipinos, not a few of whom are voting with their feet, going abroad and leaving that system behind.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1417394
#45. When you're concentrating on anything that's disruptive in your life, you really don't love anybody.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1407970
#46. Many believe effective networking is done face-to-face, building a rapport with someone by looking at them in the eye, leading to a solid connection and foundational trust.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1378331
#47. Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1369605
#48. The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1330248
#49. The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1327652
#50. Central Philippines has the competitive edge in tourism in its natural wonders and the extraordinary hospitality of its people.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1322422
#51. It's never right to fight terror with terror.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #1296109
#52. However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #85791
#53. Individually, we've taken the world on and won; together, we must take on the challenge of creating a new, peaceful, humane and competitive nation and prevail.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #387399
#54. Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #319820
#55. Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #304526
#56. We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #271609
#57. I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #261111
#58. I know the pain of having to deal with terrorism. And that's why, after 9-11, I was one of the first to join the international coalition to fight terrorism.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #259809
#59. Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #252137
#60. I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #222945
#61. Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #169341
#62. The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #151904
#63. There isn't a day I do not work at my job, or a waking moment when I do not think through a work-related problem. Even my critics cannot begrudge the long hours I put in. Our people deserve a government that works just as hard as they do.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #121247
#64. We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #90779
#65. We look at the world and analyze the world, and see what we can do that is in line of our mutual interest and also in line with, you know, what the whole world needs, because this is a world where we really have to all work together.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #403634
#66. Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #81820
#67. We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #78830
#68. We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #78674
#69. We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #72847
#70. In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #47735
#71. As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #42826
#72. The Iraqi regime was supporting terrorist cells all over the world. We had to expel three Iraqi diplomats from the Philippines because of evidence that they were either in touch with Abu Sayyaf or doing their own espionage.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #40443
#73. We've supported the U.S. every step of the way. The Philippines was the first government in Asia after September 11, in fact, the night of September 11; it was nighttime for us then. It was daytime here. We were the first government in Asia to come out and say that we're supporting the U.S.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #37987
#74. I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #29832
#75. Once social media was introduced, it enabled a new way for people, particularly the younger generation, to connect with one another, based on common interests, goals and even values.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #26032
#76. The people want government that works for them at every level.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #24145
#77. In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #510992
#78. I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way of the people's well being and the nation's progress.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #744182
#79. I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #737972
#80. We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #685301
#81. In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #679690
#82. 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

Arroyo's Quotes #658588
#83. Mother Angelica is proof that we are not limited by other's perceptions, and that God sometimes calls the most unlikely people to great things.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #630021
#84. Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #623896
#85. Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #589210
#86. It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #579168
#87. The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #551755
#88. In the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo is the daughter of Diosdado Macapagal - but his term ended in 1965, and she was elected in 2001. Hardly a hand-off.

Elliott Abrams

Arroyo's Quotes #527794
#89. As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate natural calamities when that is possible, to extend immediate and effective relief when it is not.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #768638
#90. A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #505883
#91. Even before 9/11, the Philippines was already fighting terrorism in southwestern Philippines. That's why when 9/11 happened, we could understand the pain.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #499926
#92. While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #482655
#93. I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #476953
#94. I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #470202
#95. Jennifer Fulwiler's story of finding God when you aren't looking for Him is a universal tale which will touch many hearts. With warmth and unflinching candor she leads us through a personal journey of faith and maturity that is as funny as it is affecting.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #447040
#96. I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #446105
#97. When you're asking someone for assistance, make it as easy as possible for them to say 'no' to you. You don't want someone helping you who doesn't really want to.

Raymond Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #442129
#98. I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #436659
#99. Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #410103
#100. I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Arroyo's Quotes #408621

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Scroll to Top