Jose Rizal

The youth is the hope of our future.

Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

He who would love much has also much to suffer.

No one has a monopoly of the true God, nor is there a nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that it has been given the exclusive right to the Creator or sole knowledge of His Being.

Hold high the brow serene,_x000D_ O youth, where now you stand;_x000D_ Let the bright sheen_x000D_ Of your grace be seen,_x000D_ Fair hope of my fatherland!

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

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

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.

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.

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed.