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← Balita · Issue 3870 · 3 June 2021 Feature

Quotes on Life

Fourteen quotations on life, leadership, education and generosity, compiled by PP Frank Evaristo.

1.) “The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to be.” - Kobe Bryant, the late Los Angeles Lakers NBA Superstar

2.) “To have many different candidates running against the election will only insure another six years of victory of the same government that has given us. We have to accept that President Duterte is again a very popular president.” - Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo, 14th Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines

3.) “The repertory actors and actresses are my children. I am proud of them, tears fell from my eyes when I saw Miss Saigon in London with Lea Salonga. Acting has no age limit, you can still go on stage and still perform.” - Baby Barredo, late grand dame of Philippine Theater

4.) “The most important decision you have to make in your life is whom you're going to marry, that decision will dictate the rest of your life. Whether you will have a happy life or a miserable one.” - John Gokongwei, Jr., Founder of JG Summit Holdings

5.) “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championship.” - Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, NBA Legend

6.) “I don't trust words, I trust actions. People can tell you anything but actions tell you everything.”

7.) “With school reopening after long months of lockdown and distance learning due to the pandemic students should avoid and rebuild themselves in the digital world and rebuild real relationships using head, hands and the hearts.” - Pope Francis

8.) “The best vaccine is the one that’s available. Vaccine preference is a matter of trust.” - Randy David, Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer

9.) “Degrees and certificates are just pieces of paper. Your education is seen in your behavior and how you treat others.”

10.) “When life bless you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.”

11.) “One day you will be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.” - Gautama Buddha

12.) “Never doubt yourself. People hate you because you are better than them.”

13.) “It is not the age that makes you mature, it is the responsibility.”

14.) “Bad times are also a blessing, it helps us to see who are real and who are fake.”

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