721 Quotes by Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

The doctor asks: “Are you sure you don’t smoke?”You say: “I’m sure, doc!” [But truth is—you smoke.]The doctor asks: “Are you sure you don’t drink?”You say: “I’m sure, doc!” [But truth is—you drink.]Whom do you fool?—Yourself, not the doctor!Same with the goals I’ve asked you to author:“If you’ve set down some, but you believe none,you fool yourself—not me or anyone!

Indeed, what good are all the world’s progress,security, success, and happiness,if only a small number them possess;sad fate of others they could not care less.

When I hear “love yourself,” I get unnerved—it seems self is like “god” meant to be served.Oh how the business world exploited it—spoiling people’s self with all kinds of shit.“Take care of yourself” is rather superb—by it, self seems like a “tool” meant to serve.As we care for our tools to serve us well—we too with our self to serve others well.

We can control the people around us:“Be kind to them and they’ll be kind to us,be mean to them and they’ll be mean to us.”Sad, some bring out the worst, not best in us.

Thank who help you, they show how weak are you;thank who beg you, they show how strong are you.Thank who teach you, they show how short are you;thank who praise you, they show how great are you.Thank who scorn you, they show how low are you;thank who seek you, they show how high are you.Thank who hurt you, they show how flawed are you;thank who love you, they show how dear are you.

In all, it’s not how glorious our “past” was,nor how bright the “future” will be for us.In life’s roll call both of them are absent,only one in attendance—the “present”!

It’s said: “In every jungle, there’s a snake.”Today: “In every jungle, lots of snakes.”Years more: “In every jungle, all are snakes”—to live, each must think, talk, and act like snakes!

Excuses” are there a hundred and onewhy a gargantuan task cannot be done,as “reasons” too are there hundred and onewhy that gargantuan task can just be done.Either way you choose, you’re bound to be right;“excuses” or “reasons”—all in your sight.It’s just that in the former, hard to thrive;in the latter, so easy to survive.

I’d rather sleep on sidewalk wearing frownthan in rich man’s bed, foes hunting me down.Of all wealth, “peace of mind” is easiest,yet the most precious one, next to good health!