721 Quotes by Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

Life is full of ironies on the loose,like you’ve tried hard not to lose, you still lose,or didn’t aim at all to win, yet you win.All fine if loses are fewer than wins.

Yesterday, man’s car broke down, how he cursed!Today it did not, but no thanks how terse.Last month, he tripped and fell, how he cursed!Rest of month he didn’t, but no thanks how terse.Last year, there’s that day it stormed, how he cursed!Rest of year it didn’t, but no thanks how terse.Oh, how well we damn each day of sorrow,but no thanks for the many days aglow!

A poet is also but a painter:“The brush—his pen, the canvass—his paper,the ink—his words, the easel—his table,the theme—the joy and the ache of his soul.

If you want a “life that is long and bright,”do eat right, sleep right, and exercise right.If you want a “life filled with happiness,”do learn to see beauty even in mess.If you want a “life that is meaningful,”do live the life of your dreams to the full.If you want a “life that’s everlasting,”do live also for those who are wanting.

When your mind firmly says, “I can do it,”its search engine, without your knowing it,starts churning out all the different waysto solving your problem the easy way.When your mind firmly says “I can’t do it,”its search engine, without your knowing it,starts churning out all various excusesto prove your problem is really hopeless.

If you hate my color, please hold your sword!Not my fault, I just got it from our Lord!I bet if it’s you who has my color,you’ll take it, too, with proudest of ardor!

Knowing the right numbers can open safe.Knowing the trap door can pave for escape.Knowing the route can reach destination.Knowing God’s way can lead to salvation.“Knowledge is Power,” none could be greater;so easy to acquire, they’re everywhere.From hearing, reading, seeing, you’ll get them,but they’re nothing if you don’t apply them.

In due time, you really must go full-timeand give your all out care to your goldmine.A part-time business brings part-time income,a full-time business brings full-time income.

Man is amazingly intelligent;all those inventions are just wonderment.It seems there’s nothing that man cannot do;what his mind can conceive, his hands can do.Alas, how it befuddles me no endthat with all his genius, man cannot mendthis perennial problem called povertyever getting so wide and so deathly.