Filipino Inspirational Quotes

...cause it was hard... so much harder... when I couldn't live with me.

Ang magagandang panaginip, walang karugtong, walang katapusan. Kaya dapat, hindi dinudugtungan, para habambuhay na lang na maging isang napakagandang panaginip.

I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it ... and forget not those who have fallen during the night!

Ang relationship, parang flappy bird... Hindi mo ito pwedeng basta-basta nalang bitawan.

Kawalan lang ito sa mga naghahanap ng makikita at mahahawakan. Ngunit para sa mga pamilyang nasa puso ang pagdiriwang---katulad ng pamilya ng Batang dahilan ng pagdiriwang---sapat nang kasiyahan ang pasasalamat at dasal.

People are like stars in the Milky Way. There are millions of them. There are big, small, dead, and dying stars out there. Hindi ikaw ang nag-iisang bituin d'yan sa langit, kaya hindi sa'yo umiikot ang mundo. Puweding makinang ka ngayon, pero asahan mong parating may darating na mas makinang pa sa'yo. Malaki ang posibilidad na mawala sa'yo ang atensiyon ng iba, pero tandaan mo ang isang bagay. "Whatever happens, you're still a star. There will still be people looking at you, admiring your beauty, and wishing for great things to happen to them with your help. You can't let them down, so you have to continue shining for them. You have to show them directions. That's what stars are for.

Masayang ingay ang buhay.

Elie Wiesel warned us that there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Maria’s legacy will be felt for generations—because she never failed to protest, to try to bend the arc of history toward justice. And when young Filipino students study history, they will find that the first Filipino person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was a courageous journalist determined to tell the truth. I hope that, for the sake of future generations, they will be inspired by her example.

MARK TWAIN Some months after invading Iraq, President George W. Bush said he had taken the war to liberate the Philippines as his model. Both wars were inspired from heaven. Bush disclosed that God had ordered him to act as he did. And a century beforehand, President William McKinley also heard the voice from the Great Beyond: “God told me that we could not leave the Filipinos to themselves. They were unfit for self-government. There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate them, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them.” Thus the Philippines were liberated from the Filipino threat, and along the way the United States also saved Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Colombia, Panama, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa . . . At the time, writer Ambrose Bierce revealed: “War is God’s way of teaching us geography.” And his colleague Mark Twain, leader of the Anti-Imperialist League, designed a new flag for the nation, featuring little skulls in place of stars. General Frederick Funston suggested Twain ought to be hanged for treason. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn defended their father.

Nagulat si Bumbilita. Tuwang-tuwa siya sa narinig niya. Sa wakas ay may bumili na rin sa kaniya. Napatunayan niyang 'di nga talaga siya pundido at may kakaiba lang sa liwanag na kaniyang nagagawa.

Read a book, then write your story.

Ang dalagang nagpopormal sa kangyang kalagayan, Hindi pagpapahamakan, ninum angwalang pitagan. A woman who is dignified in her ways is respected ever by the irreverent. Filipino proverb

I embrace and celebrate the color of my skin. Why should I reject the skin color that reflects the work my ancestors did tending to their harvests, creating homes for their families and protecting their lands?

My lola had made a few jars of her specialty, matamis na bao, or coconut jam, to spread on our pandesal and kakanin. The fragrant smell of coconut cream, caramelized sugar, and pandan leaves wafted through the room, the intoxicating aroma of the dark, sticky jam making my mouth water. I scanned the contents of the fridge, waiting for inspiration to strike. Whatever I made had to be small and snack-y, so as to complement but not draw attention from my grandmother's sweet, sticky rice cakes. Maybe some kind of cookie to go with our after-dinner tea and coffee? Coco jam sandwiched between shortbread would be great, but sandwich cookies were a little heavier and more fiddly than what I was looking for. Maybe if they were open-faced? As I thought of a way to make that work, my eyes fell on the pandan extract in the cabinet and everything clicked into place. Pandan thumbprint cookies with a dollop of coconut jam! Pandan and coconut were commonly used together, plus the buttery and lightly floral flavor of the cookies would balance well against the rich, intense sweetness of the jam.

I am the perfect shade of brown. I wish not to lighten my skin, but lighten the burden of those who came before me that conformed to another hue.

Mas mahusay na maghintay, kaysa pilitin ang mga bagay na gusto mo agad mangyari.

Tandaan palagi na kung wala sayo ang bagay na gusto mo, mas mabuting gustuhin mo ang bagay na mayroon ka, Sa ganito natin mahahanap ang tunay na saya.