Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Education)

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
-- RABINDRANATH TAGORE :

Education gives us a peripheral edge to adapt in a hostile environment and co-exist or make proper modification and balance with illiterate and uncivilized.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Opinion)

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
 -- ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS :

Opinions don't necessarily translate into problems as long as we don't suppress them and let them flow freely in a democratic platform. Negative or positive, opinions are healthy and will make us strong especially if we are open-minded and aren't onion-skinned.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Thoughts)

Men harm others by their deeds, themselves by their thoughts.
 -- HARE BROTHERS :

When we squarely tackle down known enemies, there's a chance we can shield ourselves from mortal blows and even defeat them. But if we mess up with our thoughts and become paranoid, we don't need a warm body to deliver the knock out blow that would bring us to kingdom come. Our lunacy itself will expedite our destruction.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Character Assissination)

Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'
-- JOHANN K. LAVATER :

It's a moral obligation to warn others about the obnoxious character of certain individuals. It's a moral courage to reveal their shenanigans in order to protect others. But it's downright immoral to expose them to shame and embarrassment while trying to rebuild their shattered lives and bury their sordid past.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Forgive, Friend, Enemy)

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
-- WILLIAM BLAKE :

It is more honorable to lose and lick a wound inflicted by a known enemy after a fierce battle. It is twice an agony and humiliation to be defeated after being stabbed in the back by a friend.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Mistake)

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.
-- RICHARD NEEDHAM :

It isn't how many mistakes we commit that defines our worth and competence. It's how we pick ourselves up after a bad fall, how we rebound from an almost catastrophic slump, and how we turn despair into hope that counts.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Favor)

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
 -- PUBLILIUS SYRUS :

We shouldn't feel guilty after saying "no" for no one can give what one doesn't have. Our mental and emotional health would be at risk if we forced ourselves to say "yes" when, in truth and in fact, it's beyond our capacity to help. By being gracious, frank and honest, we protect our well-being and preserve our self respect.  
--ALEX P. VIDAL

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.-- JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER:

Any laborer can be looked up to as producer and builder, but only an artist can be hailed as genius and visionary.-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Lie)

By a lie, a man annihilates his dignity as a man.
--IMMANUEL KANT :

Lying degrades our personality. Habitual lying destroys our character. Perpetual lying demolishes our soul. 
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Right Decision)

There's no wrong time to make the right decision.
-- DALTON MCGUINTY :

Timing is a circumstance. Decision-making is a choice. We can never make a choice without being aware of what is right and wrong. Ergo, “wrong timing” can't be a valid excuse, alibi or justification for a wrong decision. 
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Love what we do)

In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.
-- MAHATMA GANDHI :

Success of our tasks hinges on the degree of enthusiasm and passion we hammered out while doing them. Satisfaction is the byproduct of amount of love we injected while performing them.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Listen)

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
-- DEMOCRITUS :

In any conversation, no one holds the franchise to exclusively talk non-stop before a captive audience. Conversation is a two-way street. If our intention is to unload heartaches, worries and soap opera-type predicaments, we must also be willing to lend our ears when someone is trying to make a point. Like crossing a railway, we must learn to stop, look and listen.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Kindness)

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine-very healing.
-- MAX IRONS :

It's not enough that we are kind. Kindness is good but we need to also laugh from time to tome. We must possess a sense of humor so that our partners will not have to talk to the lizards and spiders if we say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing because we are "kind."
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (God)

Do not be afraid of tomorrow for God is already there.
--AUTHOR UNKNOWN :

God won't be there to babysit us if we act like spoiled brats just because we have been assured of His presence tomorrow. While waiting for tomorrow we must behave, do what is right, and show to God that we are worth His attention and won't abuse His kindness.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Education)

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
--CHANAKYA :

He who is educated only in mind is a best friend of those who love learning and expansion of knowledge. He who is educated both in heart and mind is a best friend of  those who love wisdom and preservation of life from all living things to natural environment.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Tears)

Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away.
-- TERRI GUILLEMETS :

Even if tears are visible, wiping them away does not immediately end the heart's agony unless the root cause of the heartache has been totally wiped out from memory.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Feeling Special)

Feeling special is the worst kind of cage a person can build for himself.
-- PAOLO GIORDANO :

Those who have the temerity to feel special will be detained and locked in their psychological cage if they expect or require others to always give them special treatment, special attention, and special accommodation. The feeling VIP's ego will suffer a mortal blow once nobody will validate his narcissism and self-conceit especially when his importance is bypassed and his presence is deliberately ignored.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Laugh, Cry)

When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.
-- FREDDIE HIGHMORE :

Whether happy or sad, it’s not what people see outside us that's important and relevant; it’s what we feel inside and how we appreciate and handle it that matters most.
-- ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (True Friends)

When you're up, your friends know who you are. When you're down, you know who your friends are.
-- ANONYMOUS :

When we become famous and successful, everyone wants to share the limelight and brag that "I know him personally", "He is my relative", "He is my neighbor", "He is my classmate", "He was my officemate", "He was my student", "He is my friend", "We were together in the church", etc. When we are hit by crisis, scandal, or misfortune only the bed bugs, lice, newt, and mosquitoes will have the kindness to "keep in touch" with us.
--ALEX P. VIDAL

Alex P. Vidal Quotes (Friend, Fool)

A friend’s frown is better than a fool’s smile.
– ECCLESIASTES :

A friend's face carrying wild animal features or any heinous in-born design and decoration doesn't matter as long as he is a true friend. It's the heart and character that count most not the face. A fool or traitor will remain a fool and traitor even if he will beat Mona Lisa in a smiling competition.
--ALEX P. VIDAL