“Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.” - Henri L. Bergson “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” – Hellen Keller “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.” - Josh Billings “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there” - Will Rogers “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” - Mahatma Gandhi “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Christopher Columbus “To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.” - St Catherine of Siena “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we took so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened up for us” - Helen Keller “We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.” - Talmund “Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” - Norman Vincent Peale “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” - Dr Wayne Dyer “The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” - Theodore Rubin
“Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter of ZERO, instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.” - Anonymous “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas A Edison “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting” - Elizabeth Bibesco “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” - B. Olatunji “When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” - Franklin D Roosevelt “Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.” - Zig Ziglar “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill “The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” - Dennis Green “Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” - Muhammad Ali “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” - Dale Carnegie “So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” - Christopher Reeve “Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves. Some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” - Sam Ewing “There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category
because there’s virtually no competition.” - Steven J Ross “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Confucious “Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas A Edison “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” - Stephen Covey “Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” - Peter Drucker “Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!” - Donald Gardner “Success is what you attract by the person you become.” - Jim Rohn “You have to ‘Be’ before you can ‘Do’ and ‘Do’ before you can ‘Have’. - Zig Ziglar “You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people to get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar “The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others wish to join us.” - Hubert Humphrey “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus when the limo breaks down.” - Oprah Winfrey “Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.” - Jim Rohn “It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.” - Jim Rohn “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible. For the fainthearted, it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal.” - Victor Hugo “There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.” - Po Bronson “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Waldo Emerson “Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” - Henry van Dyke “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” - Bertrand Russell “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” - Winston Churchill “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw “Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vintage point.” - Harold B Melchart “The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” - Benjamin Mays “More often in life, we end up regretting the chances in life that we had, but didn’t take them, than those chances that we took and wished we hadn’t.” - Anonymous “An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.” - Pope John Paul I “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” - Earl Shoaf
“Kung hindi mo mahal and isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya..” “Lahat naman ng tao sumeseryoso pag tinamaan ng pagmamahal. Yun nga lang, hindi lahat matibay para sa temptasyon.” “Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo.” “Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba.” “Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang.” “Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na.” “Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin.” “Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo..Dapat lumandi ka din.” “Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang.” “Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa.” “Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya quits lang.” “Bakit ba ayaw matulog ng mga bata sa tanghali? alam ba nilang pag natuto silang umibig e hindi na sila makakatulog kahit gusto nila?” “Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na sa bilyonbilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama ka.” “Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!” Bob Ong Quotes tungkol sa PAG-AARAL
“Mag-aral maigi. Kung titigil ka sa pag-aaral, manghihinayang ka pagtanda mo dahil hindi mo naranasan ang kakaibang ligayang dulot ng mga araw na walang pasok o suspendido ang klase o absent ang teacher. (Haaay, sarap!).” “Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka. Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba’t-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan…” “Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa.” “dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. kung ‘di mo pagtityagaan, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. sobrang lugi. kung alam lang ‘yan ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko ehh walang gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela.” Bob Ong Quotes tungkol sa BUHAY (IN GENERAL) “nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay. hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false, enumeration or fill-in-the-blanks na sinasagutan kundi essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures.” “Kumain ka na ng siopao na may palamang pusa o maglakad sa bubog nang nakayapak, pero wag na wag kang susubok mag-drugs. Kung hindi mo kayang umiwas, humingi ka ng tulong sa mga magulang mo dahil alam nila kung saan ang mga murang supplier at hindi ka nila iisahan.” “Mangarap ka at abutin mo. Wag mong sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis. Kung may pagkukulang sa’yo mga magulang mo, pwde kang manisi at maging rebelde. Tumigil ka sa pag-aaral, mag-asawa ka, mag-drugs ka, magpakulay ka ng buhok sa kili-kili. Sa banding huli, ikaw din ang biktima. Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili.” “Tuparin ang mga pangarap. Obligasyon mo yan sa sarili mo. Kung gusto mo mang kumain ng balde-baldeng lupa para malagay ka sa Guinness Book of World Records at maipagmalaki ng bansa natin, sige lang. Nosi balasi. wag mong pansinin ang sasabihin ng mga taong susubok humarang sa’yo. Kung hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon, hindi pa rin tayo dapat nakatira sa jupiter ngayon. Pero hindi pa rin naman talaga tayo nakatira sa jupiter dahil nga hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon. Kita mo yung moral lesson?”
“Nalaman kong habang lumalaki ka, maraming beses kang madadapa. Bumangon ka man ulit o hindi, magpapatuloy ang buhay, iikot ang mundo, at mauubos ang oras.” Other Bob Ong Quotes “Wag magmadali sa pag-aasawa. Tatlo, lima , sampung taon sa hinaharap, mag-iiba pa ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong di pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang sa kaboses niya si Debbie Gibson o magaling mag-breakdance. Totoong mas importante ang kalooban ng tao higit anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan sa eskwelahan e nagmumukha ring pandesal. Maniwala ka.” “ayokong nasasanay sa mga bagay na pwede namang wala sa buhay ko.” “hinahanap mo nga ba ako o ang kawalan ko?” “hindi dahil sa hindi mo naiintindihan ang isang bagay ay kasinungalingan na ito. at hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohanan. ” “Sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sa’yo – ang sarili mo. Tama sila. Isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. Kaya siguro namigay ng konsyensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao.” “Obligasyon kong maglayag, karapatan kong pumunta sa kung saan ko gusto, responsibilidad ko ang buhay ko.” “Masama akong tao, tulad mo, sa parehong paraan na mabuti kang tao, tulad ko.” “Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala.” “iba ang walang ginagawa sa gumagawa ng wala.” “iba ang informal gramar sa mali !!!” ” Para san ba ang cellphone na may camera? Kung kailangan sa buhay yun, dapat matagal na kong patay.” wala man akong pera para bilin ang kahapon, pero handa akong utangin ang bukas makasama ka lang maghapon.