It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that.

The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.

Its never right to fight terror with terror.

We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.

I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.

I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other.

I'm not worried. I'm in control.

Action expresses priorities.

Don't suffocate your spirit for the lessons that were only passing through spring.

Trust can be broken in just a few seconds, but it takes years to heal

It takes a village to raise a child.

You're measured by championships no matter what.

One is and remains a slave as long as one is not cured of hoping.

Yes, life can be rich down here. But never forget, the richest life is still to come.

I never worked out for any kind of image.

Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.