Words from famous people that I’d like to adopt as my motto. Inspiring quotes that convey the power of words.

Take the sky as a road, and see the road as the sky.Miyamoto Musashi

An unexpectedly popular character from the manga Fist of the North Star is Juuza of the Clouds.

His free-spirited personality must have made him a beloved figure.

When you’re going to school or work every day, there are days when everything just feels unbearable.

You might even want to quit living a life that runs on rails someone else laid down.

At times like that, please remember these words from Musashi.

They’ll make your heart take wing and give you the feeling you can walk your path freely.

“It’s up to you to decide how you live.” It almost feels as if he’s gently teaching us even that.

In the Way, one thinks without shunning death.Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi can be called a master who perfected the way of the sword, and among his famous sayings is this: one must not fear death in the pursuit of one’s own path.

I imagine that many of you reading this have, even if not on such a grand scale, tried to stick to some path or conviction of your own.

Musashi tells us that in such times, it is vital to throw yourself into it with everything you have, to see it through and master it.

Doing so helps a person grow and elevates that path into something more noble.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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A genius is someone who studies three, four, even five times harder than anyone else.Hideyo Noguchi

These words express Hideyo Noguchi’s belief that it is effort—not talent or innate intelligence—that produces results.

Even those called geniuses are, behind the scenes, often working harder than anyone else.

Confronting poverty and the aftereffects of a severe burn, he studied more diligently than anyone to achieve his dreams.

If you wish to accomplish something, this teaches that rather than dwelling on whether you have talent, you must first be prepared to put in many times more effort than others.

It conveys the idea that making an effort is the only way to surpass your own limits.

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Train for a thousand days to forge yourself; train for ten thousand days to refine yourself.Miyamoto Musashi

Regard a thousand days of practice as forging, and ten thousand days of practice as tempering. (Miyamoto Musashi: swordsman)

Have you ever been on a diet? You start out thinking, “I’m going to lose weight!” but the reality is, it’s hard to keep it up, isn’t it? Not just dieting—studying, strength training, journaling—why is it so hard to continue? It’s almost baffling.

When I came across this quote by Miyamoto Musashi, I felt the weight of the word ‘discipline,’ and I’m sure I’m not the only one.

For Musashi, continuing something—discipline—is not mere practice; it’s already in the realm of rigorous training.

You set an ideal you can never fully attain, and you discipline yourself to get closer to it.

These are words that will resonate especially with those who are single-mindedly doing their best.

If you work hard, will you be rewarded? That’s not it. You keep working hard until you’re rewarded.Lionel Messi

Messi’s famous quote: If you work hard, will you be rewarded? That’s not it—you keep working hard until you’re rewarded. #QuoteSeries #Quotes #WordsOfGreatPeople

Lionel Messi is a soccer player who also excelled as a member of the Argentine national team, and he is often called the greatest footballer of all time because of his many achievements.

This is a famous quote from that history-making, legendary player, expressing his attitude toward steadily building up effort.

It conveys the importance of continuing to work hard—not that effort is always rewarded, but that those who keep striving until it pays off are the ones who achieve results.

These words can inspire people who feel like giving up because they haven’t seen results yet to keep putting in the effort.

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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.Walt Disney

If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney #Quote

Walt Disney was an animation creator whose works are loved around the world, and who wore many hats: animator, producer, film director, screenwriter, manga artist, voice actor, entrepreneur, and entertainer.

His famous quote, “If you can dream it, you can do it,” evokes his passion and achievements.

No matter how big a dream or goal may be, nothing begins unless you first have it.

This quote teaches us that simply stepping up to the starting line creates the possibility of making it a reality.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Life is like a broken bone: the place that broke becomes stronger.Chihara Junior

As we go through life, we’re bound to face hardships, and there may be times when we end up giving something up.

These are words from Junior Chihara that express a way of thinking about how such setbacks in life can affect our future.

He says that setbacks in life are like broken bones: when what’s broken heals, that part becomes stronger than before.

It’s a reminder that breaking is also an important experience, and a call to learn from it and keep moving forward.

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