Jose Rizal Quotes

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

  Jose Rizal

  Heart, Men, Weapons

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

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  Book, Past, Destiny

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

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  Doe, Looks, Destination

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

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  Children, Struggle, Sacrifice

  "'Como se gobiernan las Filipinas' ('How one governs in the Philippines')". La Solidaridad, December 15, 1890.

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• The youth is the hope of our future.

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  Youth, Our Future

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• I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.

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  Book, Writing, Hands

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• I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice ourselves for our duties and convictions, death does not matter if one dies for those one loves – for his country and for others dear to him.

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  Country, Sacrifice, People

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• I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.

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  Country, Light, Shining

  Jose Rizal (2006). “Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)”, p.381, Penguin

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• Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later.

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  Children, Parent, Treats

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• I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.

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  Believe, Men, Noli Me Tangere

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• Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself to be guided by the thought of another is like the beast led by a halter.

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  Ignorance, Men, Thinking

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• No good water comes from a muddy spring. No sweet fruit comes from a bitter seed.

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  Sweet, Spring, Water

  Letter to the Young Women of Malolos, February 22, 1889.

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• Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

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  Country, Light, Air

  Toast to the artists Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo in Madrid, June 25, 1884.

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• It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.

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  Loyalty, Evil People, Good People

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• Law has no skin, reason has no nostrils.

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  Law, Skins, Reason

  "The Philippines: a Century Hence". Book by José Rizal, archive.org. 1912.

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• He who would love much has also much to suffer.

  Jose Rizal

  Suffering

  Jose Rizal, “To My”

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

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  Opportunity, Doe, Lost

  Jose Rizal (2006). “Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)”, p.17, Penguin

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• Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows – it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

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  Powerful, World, Divinity

  "The Philippines: a Century Hence". Book by José Rizal, archive.org. 1912.

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• Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.

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  House Of Cards, Idols, People

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• To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!

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  Mean, Indulge In, Doe

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

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  Country, Saving, Ruins

  Jose Rizal, Charles Derbyshire (1912). “The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish”

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• The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

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  Example, Noli Me Tangere

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

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  Country, Wish, Conviction

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• There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

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  Tyrants, Slave

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• Each one writes history according to his convenience.

  Jose Rizal

  Writing, Convenience

  Letter to Blumentritt from Leipzig, August 22, 1886.

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