Quotes on Life
A selection of fifteen quotations on courage, responsibility and life compiled by PP Frank Evaristo.
1.) “When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this neverending shade? ...For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” - Amanda Gorman, The National Youth Poet Laureate, from “The Hill We Climb”
2.) “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America
3.) “I used to look up to America for a living lesson on democracy and now, I feel disappointed to see cracks on the example.”
4.) “I believe that ethically everyone should take the vaccine. It is not an option, it is an ethical choice because you are gambling with your health, with your life, but, you are also gambling with the lives of others.” - Pope Francis
5.) “With regard to taking the vaccine, William Shakespeare’ words ‘To live or not to live’, that is the question we should ask ourselves.”
6.) “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. - Harold S. Kushner
7.) “Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what makes you grow.” - Sen. Manny Pacquiao
8.) “That life is precious, that you are not sure what could happen. Sometimes no matter how careful you are, may mangyayari pa rin sa ‘yo. I think we should just be grateful every single day that we can still walk, we can still move.” - Lani Misalucha
9.) “If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.” - Ernest Hemingway
10.) “He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.” - Chinese Proverb
11.) “Success does not change who you. It reveals you.” - Johnny Depp
12.) “Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.”
13.) “Don't lose hope. Everything happens for a reason. You never know what tomorrow may bring.”
14.) “Learn to be alone. Because no one will stay forever.”
15.) “In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.” - Albert Einstein
