Presentation of the life our national hero had lived with.

1. Buhay
Rizal
Nagawa ni Rizal noon . . .
Magagawa mo ba ngayon?

2. Jose Rizal

3. ORDINARY THINGS
he did
EXTRAORDINARILY WELL -
the traits that made him great,
the traits of the modern
Filipino

4. A Life of Honor and Integrity
“The best legacy that parents can leave their
children is an upright judgment, generosity in
the exercise of our rights, and perseverance in
adversity. And a son pays the greatest honor
to his parents with his honesty and good
name; let the son never make his father
tremble with indignation or shame, and God
will provide the rest . . .”
Excerpt from Rizal’s letter to his mother,
early 1885, Madrid Spain.
courtesy of the Schiller Institute

5. Passion to Excel
“Some suppose that he won the affection and
admiration of his countrymen by his kindness,
others by his talent or by his courtesy, valor,
etc. No, he did not win it by any other single
quality nor by several united; he won it
because he cultivated all his good qualities in
order to perfect them and he practiced them in
order to bring about the material and moral
betterment of men of his race . . .”
Excerpt from Rizal:Man and Martyr by Frank by Frank Laubach

6. Achievement of Dreams
“Rizal performed the second operation on the
cataracts which had grown in his mother’s
eyes, and she could now see with both eyes. ”
Excerpt from Rizal:Man and Martyr by Frank by Frank Laubach

7. Respect and Love for Parents
Respect and Love for Parents
“I enjoin you to consider the gray hair of our
parents; they are already very old and we
should sow with glory their old days. There is
a certain egoism in the love of parents. It is
true, but it is an egoism which is the offspring
of their excessive love. Parents would not
wish to see their children unhappy. ”
Rizal’s letter to his sister Soledad;
An excerpt from Rizal:
Man &Martyr by Frank Laubach

8. Love and Pride for the Filipino Race
Love and Pride for the Filipino Race
“… men of his race, which had heretofore been
considered of producing individuals of the
mental caliber of the white man. Rizal,
therefore demonstrated that the Filipino race
was ale to give birth to individuals endowed
with the highest attributes, which could be
considered an honor to the human race.”
Excerpt from Rizal:Man & Martyr by Frank Laubach