Friday, February 22, 2008

Favorite Quotes
-Some of My Personal Top Favorites-
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true,there would be little hope of advance. -Orville Wright-

When I want to read a novel, I write one. -Benjamin Disraeli-
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.-Galileo Galilei-
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
-Winston Churchill-

Play for more than you can afford tolose and you will learn the game.
-Winston Churchill-

Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. -Chinese Proverb-

Never say more than is necessary. -Richard Brinsley Sheridan-
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Ghandi-

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right....
-Martin Luther-

That which does not kill you makes you stronger. -Neitzsche-

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. -Chinese Proverb-

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
-Albert Einstein-

We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us. -Ovid-

The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: "Do not do what you are doing now."
-Joseph Ray-

If you don't know where you are going,you'll end up some place else. -Yogi Berra-

When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us. -Helen Keller-

There is time for everything. -Thomas A. Edison-

Every generation laughs at the old fashions,but religiously follows the new.
-Henry David Thoreau-

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward.
-Firdtjof Nansen-

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson -
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
-Johnette Napolitano-

You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
-Heraclitus -
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
-Leo Tolstoy-

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
-Bernard M. Baruch-

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
-Richard Cech-

Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Albert Einstein-

We don't live in a world of reality,we live in a world of perceptions.
-Gerald J. Simmons-

The first and greatest commandment is,Don't let them scare you. -Elmer Davis-
-Perfect love is rare indeed -
for to be a lover will require that you continually have
the subtlety of the very wise,
the flexibility of the child,
the sensitivity of the artist,
the understanding of the philosopher,
the acceptance of the saint,
the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain.
I F YOU GO I'LL FORGET YOU,
WHEN UR GONE I WON'T MISS YOU.
I'M SORRY.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY I'VE LEARNED
TO DEAL WITH A BROKEN HEART
AND BROKEN PROMISES......
lately i've been thinking so strangely
about the clouds,and how they seem to slowly fade away, yeah.
maybe someday we will find a way to disappear.
just me and you on silver lining dreams.
oh, how could i survive without your love,and the hope you bring?
oh, even when the sky is falling down,
i know i have you,
and it's all i need.
lately i've been hoping you can stay with me,
and i could hold you close 'til the end of time, yeah.
maybe someday we will grab some change and run away.....
Here are a few of my favorite inspirational quotes:
1. "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
2. "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such method is love." - Martin Luther King Jr.
3. "I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free." - Muhammed Ali
4. "Our nation is a rainbow-red, yellow, brown, black, and white-and we're all precious in God's sight." - Jesse Jackson
5. "The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself-the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us-that's where it's at." - Jesse Owens
6. "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington
7. "I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment." - Malcolm X
8. "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history." - Morgan Freeman
9. "We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice." - Carter Woodson
10. "Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face." - Carol Moseley-Braun

Sunday, July 15, 2007

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Last june 24,2007 was the biggest event because we, the SJNHS students had joined the sinolog contest which we call the "sinabligay fiestival".Many people had witnessed the event and they extremely enjoyed the show.The SJNHS won the second prize and even though were not the winner still in our hearts we are the nO.1.....and I'm PROUD TO BE ONE OF THEM!!!....