“Students are the image of their teachers, workers the image of their employers. Children are the image of their parents, people the image of their governments.”
“At that moment that we laughed, time stood still; we have forgotten we’re weak and so ill; we have forgotten we’re deep in worry; we have forgotten we’re poor and hungry. Laughter brings joy to a life that’s dreary; it numbs all pain, though how temporary. So great a gift, so good in any way, you’d wonder not all use it every day.”
“Two options to change people you don’t like: “Either tell them straight their ways you dislike, or model the ways you want them live out.” I’m sure the last will click—the first, I doubt.”
“If you’re lazy, work smart; if dumb, work hard. If you’re wise, show trust; if blunt, be on guard. If you’re good, live well; if bad, expect hell. If you’re well-liked, that’s swell; if strange, link well. If you’re gutsy, face it; if weak, kiss it. If you know how, show it; if not, quit it. If you’re right, speak up; if wrong, just shut up. If you’re rich, share up; if poor, level up.”
“If you’re heading to a place you know where, you’re somewhat fast and focused to get there; but if onto a place you know not where, you’re somewhat slow and you seemed everywhere.”
“Likeable people” do what others like— what others expect, it’s the pose they’ll strike. They’re happy they’re in, but inside they’re not; at times they seem tired acting what they’re not. “Respectable people” do what is right— guided by values, not what others liked. They’re happy and at peace they’re in the right; they could not care less if they be disliked.”
“You don’t feel like going but still you go; a li’l block on the way and you quit so. You’re so eager to go and so you go; no blocks, however big, can stop you so. Determination is the Soul of Goals, it decides if you’ll get less or have all. Hence, before you make the journey at all, check first if you have it there in your soul.”
“Let’s put our light where others can see it; if they’ll come or not, to them we leave it. Don’t knock on doors, your light on them you force, for their own light might be brighter than yours.”
“Drop a chicken from a cliff or airplane, it won’t fly like an eagle I’m certain. Put a mouse before a famished chicken, no eagle-like preying will do happen. No way chickens be like eagles ever, they’ll think and act like chickens forever. Fortunately, for humans it’s easy: “Simply change our chicken mentality!”
“Life in the world is much like road traffic: “To each the destination he/she picks.” For as long as we don’t crash each other, there’s no complaining with one another.”
“If life’s meaning is just to be alive, we’re a shame to the bees in the beehive. They toil day and night to collect honey, just so to give joy to humanity.”
“I don t aim to be an original thinker, if I do say something new or original it s usually by mistake”
“Oh, your dinner yesterday was awful; looks like tomorrow’s might, too, be dreadful. But past is gone, future’s yet there yonder; it’s the dinner today you ought bother.”
“A man is his dreams, ways, and possessions: “Dash his dreams, you court his indignation; censure his ways, you court his objection; steal what he owns, you court retribution.”
“Two basic ways to a life of comfort: “By pure luck and by great deal of effort.” Oh, there’s third one: “By cheating like swindle!” Be careful, though—it’s great shortcut to hell!”
“You can’t choose SOCIAL STATUS born into, but you can choose the LIFE you wanted to. You can’t choose the FACE you will inherit, but you can choose the HEART to come with it. You can’t choose the HEIGHT you will be born with, but you can choose the STATURE be proud with. You can’t choose the RACIAL TONE on your skin, but you can choose the TRAITS to lie within.”
“Can you read the hearts of your so-called friends? Are they you’ll see in your darkest moments? Or those people you oft say disgust you, are they you’ll see with their arms around you?”