Rizal Quotes

Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country? — Ambeth R. Ocampo

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others. — Jose Rizal

Each one writes history according to his convenience. — Jose Rizal

The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his bull. — Jose Rizal

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame. — Jose Rizal

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks. — Jose Rizal

The appetite is sharpened by the first bites. — Jose Rizal

Hold high the brow serene,
O youth, where now you stand;
Let the bright sheen
Of your grace be seen,
Fair hope of my fatherland! — Jose Rizal

To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for? — Jose Rizal

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves. — Jose Rizal

These Filipinos will be your worst enemies if you commit the imprudence of attacking the Spaniards without the necessary preparation. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

We must win when we deserve it, by elevating reason and the dignity of the individual, loving justice and the good and the great, even dying for it. — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

A revolution, woven in the dim light of mystery, has kept me from you. Another revolution will return me to your arms, bring me back to life. — Jose Rizal

To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness! — Jose Rizal

I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God. — Jose Rizal

I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man. — Jose Rizal

I fear for my books. — Jose Rizal

It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. — Jose P. Rizal

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty. — Jose Rizal

The righteous man pays the sinner's bill. — Jose Rizal

Virtue lies in the middle ground. — Jose Rizal

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap. — Jose Rizal

Vice pays for its own freedom. — Jose Rizal

Truth does not need to borrow garments from falsehood. — Jose Rizal

Men are like turtles; they are classified and valued according to their shells. In — Jose Rizal

Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific. — Jose Rizal

Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be saved she must redeem herself? — Jose Rizal

The youth is the hope of our future. — Jose Rizal

Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

what is the meaning of that.. can anyone help me. — Jose Rizal

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves — Jose Rizal

The glory of saving a country doesn't mean having to use the measures that contributed to its ruin! — Jose Rizal

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin. — Jose Rizal

Genius knows no country, genius sprouts anywhere, genius is like light, air. the patrimony of everybody, cosmopolitan like space, like life, like God. — Jose Rizal

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. — Jose Rizal

The gods are leaving. — Jose Rizal

Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

Pure intuitive faith differs as much from fanaticism as fire from smoke, or music from mere noise; those who confuse the two are like the deaf. — Jose Rizal

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past. — Jose Rizal

It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing. — Jose Rizal

Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed. — Jose Rizal

He who would love much has also much to suffer. — Jose Rizal

A lie among the stars
Is a comfortable lie. — Jose Rizal

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. — Jose Rizal

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination. — Jose Rizal

Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction. — Jose Rizal

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing! — Jose Rizal

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
-Dr. Jose Rizal — Jose Rizal

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age. — Jose Rizal

The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people. — Jose Rizal

People believe that madness is when you don't think as they do, which is why they take me for a madman. — Jose Rizal

Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow? — Jose Rizal

Maria Clara did not faint, simply because the Filipinos do not know how to faint. — Jose Rizal

When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement! — Jose Rizal

Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice. — Jose Rizal

Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight, to die to give you life, to rest under your sky; and in your enchanted land forever sleep. — Jose Rizal

The world laughs at another man's pain. — Jose Rizal

Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them. — Jose Rizal

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others. — Jose Rizal

As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct. — Ambeth R. Ocampo

Ah, is this thing that you call tinola a variety of lotus which makes people - er - forgetful? — Jose Rizal

The example could encourage others who only fear to start. — Jose Rizal

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again. — Jose Rizal

The sword must yield to the toga, Cicero had told the Roman Senate, and the friars in the Philippines thought a cassock was as good as a toga. But — Jose Rizal

Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest. — Jose Rizal

Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils. — Jose Rizal

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do. — Jose Rizal

In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail. — Jose Rizal

A faith pure and simple distinguishes itself from superstition as a flame from the smoke and music from noise. — Jose Rizal

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

Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds. — Jose Rizal

The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They're the first ones to not believe in Him! — Jose Rizal

Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous. — Jose Rizal

I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions. — Jose Rizal

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

It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest. — Jose Rizal

Night favors belief, and the imagination peoples the air with specters. — Jose Rizal

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish. — Jose Rizal

The people no longer has confidence in its former protectors, now its exploiters and executioners. The masks have fallen. — Jose Rizal

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later. — Jose Rizal

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night. — Jose Rizal