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We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand... and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late... - Marie Beynon Ray Matthew

5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify you Father which is in heaven."

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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it... - Margaret Thatcher Proverbs 22:13 "The lazy person is full of

excuses, saying, `If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!'"

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Man's way leads to a hopeless end! God's way leads to an endless hope!...- Raul Romulo.......Psalm 146:5,6 "Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. . . which keepeth truth for ever."

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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance: they make the latitudes and longitudes...- Henry David ThoreauProverbs 18:24 "A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

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Son, my decision is an act of conscience. It is an act of protest against the structures of injustice that have been imposed upon our countrymen. Futile and puny as it will surely appear to many, it is my last act of defiance against tyranny and dictatorship...- Ninoy Aquino in letter to his Son Noynoy Proverbs 13:9 "The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out."

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In his letter, Ninoy said that he had nothing to leave Noynoy and his family-except for his name-because he had to sell all his properties while waging his political battles... "The only valuable asset that I can bequeath to you now is the name you carry. I have tried my best during my years of public service to keep that name untarnished and respected, unmarked by sorry compromises for expediency. I now pass it on to you, as good, I pray, as when my father, your grandfather passed it on to me." Phil Star NewsProverbs 17:6 "Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children."

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`Tensile Strength' is the maximum amount of stretching a material can withstand before it tears. If the engineer miscalculates, the structure may collapse under the pressure. When we are under the weight of stress and hardship, we may wonder whether our Lord, who engineered us, has miscalculated our personal `tensile strength'...- Bill Crowder........2 Corinthians 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."

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`Makrothumia' is the Greek word for `Patience' translation: makro- long; th ia¬tempered...- Pastor Joby Soriano Philippians 2:3, 4 "Keep away from an_y

short-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger you soul."

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Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone... - Polish Proverb John 4:34-36 Then Jesus explained, "My nourishment comes

from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing His work. Do you think the work of harvesting will not begin until the summer ends four months from now? Look around you! Vast fields are ripening all around us and are ready now for the harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike?"

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I believe, if you have a hope, you have a way; someday, somehow, some way...- Rodolfo Santander- Cuban Contemporary Jazz Artist- Trumpet / Percussion-who migrated and now performs famously in Miami FloridaPsalm 84:11,12 "The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 0 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee."

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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity... - General George S. Patton Acts 16:25- Philippians 4:4 "At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. - Rejoice in the Lord always: and again, I say, Rejoice."

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power...- Abraham Lincoln 25 Samuel 22:1-4 "David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him... `The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress and my Deliverer; my God is my Rock, in Whom I take refuge, my Shield and the Horn of my Salvation. He is my Stronghold, my Refuge, my Savior- I call to the Lord, Who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies'."

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When I came to the Philippines, 69 years ago, in 1938, I was told: "In a Filipino home, do not express open admiration for anything you see! Do not say: `How beautiful that is!' Because the Filipino, at once, will give it to you." In those days, the great value was the friend... not the thing that can be bought for money.... Once upon a time, we knew that the treasure of the nation was life, and love.... The treasure of a country is its people!...-James B. Reuter 1 John 4:11 "This is the message we have heard from the beginning: We should love one another."

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There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men... - Billy Graham Luke 16:9 "I tell you, use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. In this way, your generosity stores up a reward for you in heaven."

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When you are good and have a kind heart, it shows in art form. Your good intentions, your good values come out in your song, in your music... - Fernando Josef, Artistic Director of the Cultural Center on the Phil Madrigal Singers when they came home with the top prize from the 2007 European Grand Prix Choral Olympics Psalm 95:1 "Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth."

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If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain, but what He pours through us that counts. It is not that God makes us beautifully rounded grapes, but that He squeezes the sweetness out of us. Spiritually, we cannot measure our life by success, but only by what God pours through us, and we cannot measure that at all - hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed...- Oswald Chambers John 7:38 "If you believe in me, come and drink! For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water will flow out from within."

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No one can make you inferior without your consent...- Eleanor Roosevelt

Proverbs 3:26 "For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared."

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With hindsight, it does now seem extraordinary how the royal family misread the mood. But what must also be recognized is the Monarchy's resilience and determination to make the changes, albeit slowly and thoughtfully, needed to redefine its role and its relationship with the nation... - The London Times on the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's tragic death Proverbs 3:27 "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, `Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow- when you now have it with you."

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Well timed silence hath more eloquence than speech...- Martin Tupper Proverbs

:28 "Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."

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Do not be afraid. It is the role of youth to change the world through love, and protect the environment...- Pope Benedict XVI in the Pilgrimage town of Loreto on Save Creation Day Hebrews 10:35,36 "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."

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Our country now has 88.7 million population and this has ranked the Philippines as the 12th most populous country... - UNITED NATIONS Population Fund James

2:5 "Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the kingdom God promised to those who love Him? And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren't they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?

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The perpetual sick man of Asia is making an unexpected recovery. Economy grew at 7.5% annual rate. Foreign investors are coming back attracted by the young population- average age of its past as American Colony. More than 10million workers abroad-sending home $14 billion this y-ar; 35% from USA, and large pockets in Europe, Middle East, East Asia...- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Psalm 33:12,14 "What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people He has chosen for His own... From His throne He observes all who live on the earth."

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Filipino families living in the National Capital Region comprising of 5 members should have earned a monthly income of P8,254 to be able to sustain their families' minimum basic food-60% and nonfood- 40%; of the poverty threshold... National Statistical Coordinating Board 2 Corinthians 6:8 "We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us."

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The one-day menu formulated by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute from local food consumption patterns to satisfy 100% of the RDA's for energy and protein, and 80% of the RDA's for nutrients and vitamins to meet economic minimum basic food and nutritional needs: Breakfast-tomato omelet, fried rice, coffee or milk. Lunch-fried galunggong, munggo guisado with small shrimp and malunggay leaves, boiled rice, latundan banana. Dinner-pork adobo, pechay guisado, boiled rice. It would cost a family of five P4,920 monthly to cook the menu listed above. Last year, the amount was P4,151 monthly/P137 per person daily..Manuel L. Quezon III PDI The Long View Columnist..2 Corinthians 6:10 " Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything."

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Life is a series of moments, to live each one is to succeed - Corita Kent 2

Corinthians 6:16-18 "And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: `I will live in them. I will be their God and they will be my people. Therefore come out from unbelievers and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you. And I will be your Father, and you will be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."

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The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for...- Joseph Addison Psalm 36:6b-9 "...0 Lord, you

preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light."

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Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is... - Ernest Hemingway John 6:35 "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."

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The median home price in America is US$212,000, but it's more like $1.5million in Beverly Hills!...- Life & Style Weekly Revelations 3:17-19 "You say, `I am rich.

I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. I advise you to buy gold from me-gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. And also buy white garments so you will not be ashamed by your nakedness. And buy ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I am the One who corrects and disciplines everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference."

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NEW YORK- The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. - The human race has never found a way to confront bubbles. The behavior in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects to what we saw in 1998, what we saw in the stock Market crash of 1987. I suspect what we saw in the boom collapse of 1837 and certainly the bank panic of 1907...- Former Federal Reserve Chairman ... Revelation 3:10 "Because you have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this World."

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Time flies. Life is uncertain. Money melts. Desires diminish. People forget. The best investment on earth is investment in The Kingdom of God... - Dr. Andrew Liuson Ecclesiastes 12:1,6,7 "Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator... Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it."

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Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all...- J.C. Penney Matthew

7:24,26 "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand."