Only victory in general election will bring meaning, says Najib

Hence, in a general election there was no such term as runner-up like in other contests which also offered prizes for the runner-up.

"In a general election, only becoming champion (winner) will have meaning for us...and we know that emerging as the runner-up means that we've lost in the elections.

"(And) we know the fate of the losing party," the Prime Minister told delegates when opening the Selayang Umno division delegates meeting Saturday.

He said in today's situation and political landscape, what was important was to effect change and revitalisation because "if we stick to the old ways, we can win the old war, but winning the new war is not a certainty for us".

He said that in a parliamentary democracy system, no political party other than Umno and Barisan had performed brilliantly in terms of the success achieved.

Nevertheless, he said, Umno and Barisan were aware that past performance, no matter how awesome, would not guarantee that the party and coalition would continue to remain in power.

He said this was because the country's political landscape, its surrounding environment and society's thinking had changed much over the years.

"We cannot just be proud of our glorious history...when faced with threats we cannot be doing nothing, not wanting to bring change and to revitalise.

"If we are afraid of change, others will overcome us because they have effected change while we haven't and we cannot just be proud of symbols and images when the substance is lacking."

In this context, Najib urged party members to create a winning alliance by forging relations and links with various levels and groups in society in their respective areas to ensure public support for the party.

Celtic Wedding Bands: Knowing the Meaning Behind the Symbols

In selecting matrimony rings, it is additionally many appropriate which couples assimilate the meanings of the black which could be upon their rings. While the matrimony ring itself, which is the round which has no commencement as well as no end, symbolizes secure joining as well as love, there have been additionally others which have been crafted with black similar to the Celtic matrimony bands which reason opposite meanings.

Understanding the Celtic Symbols in Celtic Wedding Bands

Celtic matrimony bands have turn utterly renouned nowadays. This is since many jewelers have been desirous to have their own functions of art from the normal Celtic designs used in the past. The many usual Celtic designs have been china or bullion Celtic matrimony bands such as the Claddagh as well as the Celtic Knot.

The Claddagh Wedding Bands

The Claddagh matrimony bands have been the kinds of Celtic matrimony bands which underline the settlement of dual assimilated hands land the heart which has the climax upon top. Originally crafted by the fisherman by the name of Richard Joyce in the seventeenth century, the assimilated hands in the Claddagh matrimony rope stands for friendship, whilst the climax is the pitch for loyalty. The heart is, of course, the pitch for love.

The Celtic Knots in Celtic Wedding Bands

The knotwork is really many the evil of Celtic matrimony bands, as well as it is the single of the obvious styles of the Celts’ inventive expression. The interwoven knots in many Celtic designs have the concept definition which signifies dual distinct paths brought as well as woven together. In weddings, this equates to which the lives of the father as well as mother have been companion with any other. As these interwoven knots additionally appear to have no commencement as well as no end, they have been additionally meant to paint eternity.

There have been opposite sorts of Celtic Knots ordinarily seen in bullion or china Celtic matrimony bands, as well as the single of these is the Trinity Knot or what is additionally well known as the Love Knot. The interconnecting 3 points of the tangle in this sort of Celtic matrimony bands have been pronounced to paint both the Christian as well as Celtic symbolism. For the really old Celts, these points paint the Three Gods as well as Goddesses whilst for the Christians, the tangle symbolizes the Holy Trinity. The tangle settlement of the Trinity Knot, however, is seen to designate secure love, almighty life, as well as devout growth.

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