Top 62 Philippine Quotes
#1. The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.
Imelda Marcos
#2. I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
R. Lee Ermey
#3. Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.
Manny Pacquiao
#4. Allow me to articulate this arrogance: What this poem has lost in poeticity, the whole of Philippine poetry has gained in complexity.
Angelo V. Suarez
#6. Apart from boosting our long-term economic strength like other Asian economic powers, Philippine companies expanding overseas and going beyond our comfort zones, or going to some uncharted territories, will help sharpen our management skills.
Andrew Tan
#7. Throughout Philippine history, it's the immigrants who built fortunes and, in the process, helped build Philippine economy.
John Gokongwei
#8. All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have a deep connection and abiding love for this crazy-making, intoxicating city. There's nothing like it in the world, and they know it,
Jessica Hagedorn
#9. Philippine culture was clearly different. It wasn't the fan's duty to remain aloof in the presence of stars; it was the player's responsibility to show gratitude to the average Filipino.
Rafe Bartholomew
#10. I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
Douglas MacArthur
#11. The Philippine races, like all the Malays, do not succumb before the foreigner, like the Australians, the Polynesians and the Indians of the New World.
Jose Rizal
#12. Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction. It's very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, ... If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be cleared.
Joseph Estrada
#13. I want to work with the Philippine people and make life better there; there are systems I can work with.
Suze Orman
#14. Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#15. Let us never lose courage or despair of God's mercy. We have only to humble ourselves before God in order to obtain grace to become all that we ought to be.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#17. Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#18. I live now in solitude and am able to use my time reflecting on the past and preparing for death. I cannot put away the thought of the Indians and in my ambition I fly to the Rockies.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#20. Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#21. O Jesus, my Divine Saviour, I offer You my mind and heart. Direct their movements while I pray, so that I may offer my prayer in union with Your Immaculate Mother.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#22. Learn to let others do their share of the work. Things may be done less well, but you will have more peace of soul and health of body. And what temporal interest should we not sacrifice in order to gain these blessings?
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#24. As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.
Ambeth R. Ocampo
#27. Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen.
Ambeth R. Ocampo
#28. How can we thankful? We can only love the Heart of Jesus more generously and by our union with Him, become the most humble.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#29. Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#30. We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#32. The dear Lord has favored us with a share of His cross. The greatest and undoubtedly the hardest to bear is the lack of success in our work here. If a saint had been in charge, all would have gone well.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#33. Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#34. I am where God wills me to be, and so I have found rest and security. His wisdom governs me, His power defends me, His grace sanctifies me, His mercy encompasses me, His joy sustains me and all will go well with me.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#35. If you have no earthly consolation, why do you not seek consolation in the Heart of Jesus? To love him is truest joy.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#36. Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#37. Rizal is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works as literature instead of as a lodemine of 'patriotic' allusions I am sure they would not mind reading and rereading the 'Noli me Tangere'.
Ambeth R. Ocampo
#39. Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#40. Let's try not to be exacting with other people, but rather to pass over in silence those thousand little annoyances that tend to irritate us. For we know that no one is perfect in this life, and we must put up with the defects of others as they put up with ours.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#42. If only I could be hidden in a corner, so as not to be tempted to worry about things that are not really my business.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#43. The worst defect in the world would be to consider yourself free from faults. Being too greatly saddened by one's faults can come from having one's pride humiliated.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#46. Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?
Ambeth R. Ocampo
#47. How truly blessed we shall be if at the price of even very great sacrifices we shall have made God known and loved by one more soul!
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#48. How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#49. The English language is now ours. We have colonized it,too.
Gemino H. Abad
#50. Love aright and you will never be sad. Embrace God's will and you will be filled with joy and peace.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#51. I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by countless myths and preconceived ideas ... Without his overcoat, Rizal was human, like you and me.
Ambeth R. Ocampo
#53. He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#57. Really, it is the Lord who carries the cross, for He knows how to make the soul content with little or no consolation and always to find strength in the words ... "Thy will be done."
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#58. The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#59. My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desirable in all that is ahead.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#60. We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#61. It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
#62. We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.
Rose Philippine Duchesne
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