Daleng Mcallin > Daleng's Quotes

“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

“Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's 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

“I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra.

"Almost seven years."
"Then you have probably forgotten all about it."

"Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Walang mang-aalipin kung walang paaalipin.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“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.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“I don't 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.”
― José Rizal

“I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Walang maitutugon ang wika sa tanong ng pag-ibig buhat sa isang sulyap na kumikislap o palihim. Sa halip, sumasagot ang ngiti, ang halik, o ang bugtonghininga.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tangere

“There are no tyrants if there are no slaves”
― José Rizal

“To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“The example could encourage others who only fear to start.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Nalilimot ng bawat isa sa inyo na habang napag-iingatan ang isang bayan ang kaniyang wika, napag-iingatan din nito ang katibayan ng kaniyang paglaya, katulad ng pagpapanatili ng isang tao sa kaniyang kasarinlan, upang mapanatili niya ang kaniyang sariling paraan ng pag-iisip. Ang wika ang pag-iisip ng bayan.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience.”
― Jose Rizal

“Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Napakatamis ng tubig at naiinom, bagaman lumulunod sa alak at serbesa at pumapatay sa apoy. Nagiging singaw ito kapag pinainitan; kapag naligalig, nagiging karagatan na minsan nang pumuksa sa sangkatauhan at yumanig sa dibdib ng mundo.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“Ano sa makatwid ang isang Unibersidad? Isang institusyon para hindi matuto? Nagtitipon-tipon ba ang ilang tao sa ngalan ng kaalaman at pagtuturo para hadlangang matuto ang iba?”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“Ilang dantaon po mula ngayon, kapag naliwanagan at natubos na ang sangkatauhan, kapag wala nang mga lahi, kapag malaya na ang lahat ng mga bayan, kapag wala nang nang-aalipin at napaaalipin, mga kolonya at mga metropolis, kapag naghahari na ang iisang katarungan at ang bawat isa'y mamamayan na ng daigdig, tanging ang pagsampalataya po sa siyensiya ang malalabi. Magiging singkahulugan ng bulag na pagsamba ang patriyotismo at sinumang magmagaling na nagtataglay ng katangiang ito ay walang alinlangang ibibilanggo na tulad ng isang may nakahahawang sakit, isang manliligalig sa kaayusang lipunan.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“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.”
― José Rizal

“On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.”
― Jose Rizal

“When a people is denied light, home, freedom, justice, all the good things without which life is not possible, and which constitute man's patrimony, a person has the right to deal with the people who despoil him, like a thief who assaults us in the roadway. No qualifications, no exceptions.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

“In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere