"One is never to think of ways to help others. One is never too strong to do things on his own. One is never too young to give back to society. One is never too ordinary to be a hero. And that one is you."

"We may be poor but we are not incompetent. We lack resources but we are not useless."

"Serve others, serve well, serve the joy of serving."

"Education is a powerful tool to guide them, to guide our future to a better path, to make one person productive, beneficial to one society, and have a purpose in life."

"One is never too strong to do things on his own."

"You are examples of people who have brilliant mind, hearts and souls who can reach the unreach, love the unlove, rebuild the ruins and save the day."

"One is never too young to give back to society."

"Everyone can make a difference, young and old through their own and simple ways."

"One is never too ordinary to be a hero."

"People are in search for Heroes. People who will bring hope to the hopeless and inspiration to the oppressed."

"We can be heroes to the next person in need, a lifesaver."

"To children with all races, do embrace learning and love it for it will embrace and love you back and shall able you to change your world."

"I shall try to perform my duties in a way that shall please everyone."

"Women, by their extraordinary talent, their subjugating beauty, their decided courage, and their virile spirit, have often caused changes in the social scene."

"Long before 1905, I had started preaching the gospel of the feminists: ‘What a man can do a woman can do just as well."

"I had no brother. My father was anxious to have a son… Thus my training convinced me that woman suffrage was a great need."

"The Philippine Army engineering battalions say nahihirapan ‘yung backhoe at ‘yung mga gamit nila para sa mga bombang kasinglaki ng tao. Pero you know, we remind [them] na kasingbilis ‘nyo binomba ‘yung location ng Marawi, the Islamic capital of the country of the Philippines, ang tagal ba naman alisin. So it was easy to decide bombing but you cannot de-bomb the area?” asked Gutoc. (The Philippine Army engineering battalions say they find it difficult to use their backhoes and other equipment to remove bombs as big as humans. But you know, we remind them that the speed by which they decided to bomb the location of Marawi, the Islamic capital of the Philippines, is contrary to their slow pace in removing these bombs. So it was easy to decide bombing but you cannot de-bomb the area?)"

"We must raise children who will love and work for peace, not ones who are desensitized to violence and will continue to perpetuate this vicious cycle. Our children’s future is at stake."

"Hindi po ito pagtatraydor sa prinsipyo na ni-lay out naman ng iniina ko sa pulitika na--aminado po ako... na maraming nagtatampo sa akin ngayon, talagang hindi po ako magkakaroon ngayon ng, how do you call it, future po sa political awareness ng tao kung wala po si (Vice President) Leni (Robredo).” (This is not a betrayal of the principles laid out by the one whom I consider as my mother in politics—I admit... that many seem to be bearing grudges against me now. I acknowledge that I wouldn’t have a political awareness in the minds of people if not for VP Leni Robredo.)"

"“The difference between the women’s conference in 1975 and this conference in 1995 is that in 1975 women just tried to make their voices heard. Now, in 1995 we are putting our issues on the public agenda. And the women’s issues are not isolated, single problem issues. Women’s issues are the whole global agenda.""

"I always look at power and powerlessness and inequality. It structures the nature of inequality and how people behave, as a result of that. So, in a sense, I am influenced by the structure but the structure also influences me."

"“One woman you take seriously is better than 1,000 that you don’t. But 1,000 women that you do take seriously is far better, of course. Women have life experiences that are different from men.”"