roderickordonez’s Submitted Quotes

If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else’s story.

When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.

Guard your heart above all else for it determines the course of your life.

It's not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't.

I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those who matter don't mind.

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

Failure should never go to heart and success should never go to head, both makes a person to fall in life.

Never let success go to your head. Never let failure go to your heart.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, and imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.

Imperfection is beauty; Madness is genius. And it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

The Roots of our Problems are: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Humanity is my Religion. Religion, Ethnicity, Sex, Beliefs or Race should not decide about how worth you are. We all are connected to each other - through Love, Respect and Fairness.

Under certain circumstances, you may need to take steps to counteract someone else's wrongdoing, but it's better to do so without anger. That will be more effective, because when your mind is overwhelmed by a disturbing emotion like anger, the action you take may not be appropriate.

Any deed done for someone else is a kind one when you don’t expect something in return.