RAG Music - Quote Words that move you when you hear them... phrases that linger in your heart at night. Guaranteed to move you! Memorable words by great figures and famous people. 10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminder kepiko Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: spinning-top tricks.
Life is filled with both joy and sorrow, and at different moments we encounter words that resonate with our hearts.
Quotes left by great figures or a single phrase spoken by someone dear can unexpectedly become a source of support.
At times they bring us to tears, at times they give us courage, and at other times they offer profound insights.
Those heart-stirring moments become treasures of life, etched in our memories for a long time.
Here, we will introduce a collection of moving words that leave a deep imprint on the heart.
You’re sure to find a line that resonates with you.
Table of Contents Guaranteed to move you! Memorable words by great figures and famous people. It is better to walk with a friend in the dark than to walk alone in the light. Helen Keller If your child asks, “What do we live for?”, please answer, “We live to make someone happy.” Jakuchō Setouchi It’s never too late to become the person you wanted to be. George Eliot The most important thing is to find what you love. Kobe Bryant You don’t have to make yourself smaller for those around you. Let them catch up to you. Beyoncé Just because you failed once doesn’t mean everything will fail. Marilyn Monroe Each person has their own unique charm and talents. No two people are the same. Therefore, you must not compare a particular person with others. Joseph Murphy If you’re looking down, you won’t be able to find a rainbow. Charles Chaplin What matters is getting back up every time you fail. Winston Churchill If you want to be loved by others, start by loving yourself. Joseph Murphy Believe that someday, your turn for a chance will surely come. Yasushi Akimoto It’s the everyday that makes up a true life. Ordinary days swept along by miscellaneous tasks. Spending our days without enjoying that “normal” time—worse yet, holding back from enjoyment. What a waste. Each day is a wonderful gift. Christine Lewicki There are no solutions in life. What exists in life is only a force in motion. We have to create that force. The solutions will follow afterward. Saint-Exupéry What I want to tell people around the world is to make an effort. If you put your heart into it, you can achieve anything. Cindy Ngamba Don’t listen to others’ expectations. Live your own life and meet your own expectations. Tiger Woods Always be yourself, express yourself, and believe in yourself. Don’t imitate some successful person’s example. Bruce Lee Everyone has talent. But it’s effort that makes talent blossom. Michael Jordan Prioritizing the team’s victory over personal glory ultimately leads to individual success as well. Lionel Messi Believe in the 1% chance, believe in yourself, and believe in what you’ve done. Yuto Horigome Life doesn’t create dreams. Dreams create life. Shohei Ohtani Expectations aren’t something to meet, but to exceed. Shohei Ohtani Children are beings of possibility. They have many choices every day. Actually, the same is true for adults. Hayao Miyazaki Doing things without changing what I aim for Ryo Ishikawa I wonder what truly matters to me. Who are the people who are truly important to me? I feel like just sincerely pondering these two things is enough to lead a good life. Shigesato Itoi What I’m doing is by no means something big, but it is something necessary. Che Guevara Find a way. If there isn’t one, make one. Hannibal Barca I feel like the sky looked the most beautiful it ever has at the Olympics this time. Yuki Ito Fight with soul, every single throw. Sayaka Yoshimura A silver medal that says it’s better than gold Chinami Yoshida If there’s even a 1% chance, I want to slide. Ayumu Hirano I cried tears of joy for the first time. Yuto Totsuka Because Nari-chan was there, we were able to come. Ryuichi Kihara It’s so heavy, and everything up to now is crammed in. Mari Fukada Unless one has eaten bread with tears, one cannot know the taste of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe If you don’t give up on yourself, there is no such thing as losing in life. Shigeta Saitō Happiness is always decided by your own heart. Mitsuo Aida There is only one way to succeed: never give up. Jeff Bezos Let those who wish to leave, leave. Alexander the Great Love is not about how much we give, but about how much compassion we pour into it. Mother Teresa They say you can change this. The key to changing it rests in your palm, in your hand. You have the power to change it. Taro Yamamoto No dream is too big, and no challenge is too great. Truly kind people also say tough things, because they know that coddling someone won’t do them any good. Yūsai Hosokawa One friend who understands your tears is far more valuable than many friends who only know your smile. Snoopy Friends double joy and halve sorrow. Friedrich von Schiller A true friend is someone who stands by you especially when you are in the wrong. Mark Twain What matters is not who you’ve been up to now, but who you’ll be from here on. Ella Fitzgerald If you have a clear dream and a clear goal, the path will surely open up. Mahatma Gandhi Youth is the freshness of the heart. As long as one is filled with conviction and hope, brimming with courage, and continues ever-renewed activity day by day, youth will be theirs forever. Konosuke Matsushita It’s in the moments you decide that your destiny is shaped. Anthony Robbins No one ever regrets having done their best. George Halas Don’t rush. But don’t give up. Shigeta Saitō If you don’t give up, there will always be a way. Always. Sakichi Toyoda If you believe in yourself, there are no limits. Cristiano Ronaldo Obstacles before you are opportunities. By facing difficulties, you can grow. Kevin Durant You only realize your own strength once you’ve overcome your anxieties and concerns. Serena Williams God gives us some flaws in order to make us human. William Shakespeare Above all else, the most important thing is to honor yourself. Pythagoras You mustn’t hide your scars. Those scars are what make you who you are. Frank Sinatra It begins with courtesy and ends with courtesy. More than the joy of victory, we value honoring the defeated. That is the way of sumo. Chiyonofuji Mitsugu The mental strength to endure—to dig in with “One more step!” the very moment you think “I can’t go on”—cultivates an unbeatable power to overcome anything. Taihō Kōki Dreams—nothing else creates the future. Victor Hugo I just want Japan to get better. Yuichiro Tamaki Your happiness in life depends on the quality of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus People deserve praise or blame solely based on whether they have the perseverance to see things through. Leonardo da Vinci If you try, you can achieve; if you don’t try, you won’t. Whatever fails to be accomplished fails because people do not attempt it. Uesugi Yōzan No success for those without dreams. Yoshida Shōin As you stretch yourself to broaden your horizons, it’s possible you’ll actually grow taller. That’s part of what makes life interesting. Saburō Shiroyama Unless the whole world becomes happy, individual happiness is impossible. Kenji Miyazawa It is the heart that makes a world without amusements into an interesting one. Shinsaku Takasugi Love is not about gazing at each other, but about looking together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I want to build a country where we can say, “Don’t worry, no matter what happens.” Taro Yamamoto I want to create a society where simply being alive has value. Taro Yamamoto Please stay alive. I want to put an end to a world that makes you want to die. Taro Yamamoto Strive not for success, but to become a person of value. Albert Einstein Love is not about gazing at each other, but about looking together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry To love is to layer your own happiness over another’s. Gottfried Leibniz Love is doing small things with great love. Mother Teresa If you admit defeat, you lose. Even if you acknowledge how bad the situation is, as long as you are determined to see it through to the end, a chance to win will emerge. Do not try to become a person of success. Strive to become a person of value. Albert Einstein Don’t hesitate to be happy. John Lennon To challenge yourself is to grow. LeBron James It is not noble to be superior to others. Ernest Hemingway Not being satisfied is the best technique for improving your ability. Wayne Gretzky As long as you keep challenging yourself, failure does not exist. Mark Zuckerberg Nothing is impossible. Muhammad Ali Your life is worth far more than gold could ever be. Bob Marley I’ve found what to do with my life. Shinji Ishimaru My inner self commands me to keep going like this. Vincent van Gogh Right now, both you and I are living in a future that someone risked their life to protect. I believe that, as those entrusted with this era, we have the responsibility to make the Japanese archipelago stronger and more prosperous, and to pass it on to the next generation. Sanae Takaichi I can say with confidence that I did everything I could. Shinji Ishimaru To be honest, even after the Reiwa era began, it didn’t really sink in for me—but I think the very fact that it didn’t is thanks to the efforts of the Emperor Emeritus, His Majesty, and so many others. I sincerely hope that this peaceful era continues. Kazlaser I’d be happy if I could devote myself to what I want to do and, through that, help others. Hideyo Noguchi Marriage is not about becoming two halves, but about becoming one whole. Vincent van Gogh You should have more faith in your talents and what you’ve done. Ichiro Guaranteed to move you when you hear them! Memorable words by great figures and famous people (61–70) Dreams—nothing else creates the future. Victor Hugo I wonder what I’ll become in the future.
Isn’t this something everyone thinks about at least once? The answer can be found in Victor Hugo’s famous words.
The future is, in other words, what lies ahead.
No one knows what your future will be.
But one thing can be stated clearly: its creator is you.
Your dreams, goals, and ideals will guide your path and shape your future.
So please don’t forget to keep holding on to your dreams.
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I just want Japan to get better. Yuichiro Tamaki These words suggest that, in a political climate often defined by conflict, what truly matters is moving forward.
Continuing to clash won’t advance the situation; instead, we need to swiftly resolve disagreements and take action to make Japan better.
While lamenting the current state of affairs, the message expresses this conviction.
A crucial point is the sincere desire to improve Japan at its core—an earnest sentiment that inspires hope.
It also comes across as a message to politicians: they should focus on what must be done for the country.
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Your happiness in life depends on the quality of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, one of the Five Good Emperors and the 16th Roman emperor.
He is also known for leaving behind his work Meditations, and can be regarded as a model of a philosopher-king who preferred learning over war.
He was also a thinker within Stoic philosophy.
The happiness of life changes according to the quality of one’s own thoughts.
Controlling the mind and emotions through thought also affects how we ultimately interpret things.
In other words, a single way of thinking can make you happy—or unhappy.
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People deserve praise or blame solely based on whether they have the perseverance to see things through. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci, a master artist of the Renaissance known for The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.
From this quote he left behind, we can sense the importance of perseverance.
The ability to carry through without abandoning what you have decided to do is essential for success.
By continuing to make efforts without giving up until the end, people earn praise and etch their names into history.
Leonardo da Vinci is known as a remarkably versatile figure, even called a “universal genius.” Perhaps it was precisely because he possessed this power of perseverance.
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If you try, you can achieve; if you don’t try, you won’t. Whatever fails to be accomplished fails because people do not attempt it. Uesugi Yōzan Uesugi Yōzan was a mid-Edo period feudal lord and the 9th daimyō of the Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province.
These words are said to be a lesson he composed and gave to his retainers.
Both “為す” (nasu) and “成す” (nasu) are pronounced the same.
“為す” means to take action; “成す” means to accomplish something.
In other words, if you try, you can do it.
You can’t do anything if you don’t try.
If something can’t be done, it’s because the person doesn’t attempt it.
These words teach the importance of effort and taking action.
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No success for those without dreams. Yoshida Shōin Yoshida Shoin was a samurai of the Edo period and also an educator.
He founded the Shoka Sonjuku and is known for having mentored figures such as Ito Hirobumi and Takasugi Shinsaku.
His saying “Those without dreams cannot succeed” is actually part of a longer passage: “Those without dreams have no ideals; those without ideals have no plans; those without plans have no execution; those without execution have no success.
Therefore, those without dreams have no success.” These words teach us that to achieve our goals, we must first set them and then carry out the plans to accomplish them.
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As you stretch yourself to broaden your horizons, it’s possible you’ll actually grow taller. That’s part of what makes life interesting. Saburō Shiroyama This quote left by the novelist Saburō Jōyama teaches us the importance of taking on challenges.
Don’t you sometimes find yourself thinking with a narrow perspective? It’s easy to let yourself be carried along without broadening your view or attempting anything new.
But if you widen your perspective just a little, you may realize that what you face is easier to overcome than you thought.
When you stretch yourself to take on a challenge, you begin to see a different landscape—as if you’ve actually grown taller.
When you want to take that first step, remember these words.
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Unless the whole world becomes happy, individual happiness is impossible. Kenji Miyazawa These are words by Kenji Miyazawa, the poet and writer of children’s stories famous for the poem “Be Not Defeated by the Rain.” Kenji Miyazawa is also known for works such as Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Restaurant of Many Orders, and Matasaburo of the Wind.
All humans live by supporting one another.
Even if we feel as though we live on our own, it’s hard to completely separate ourselves from others.
In other words, unless those around us are happy and the entire world becomes happy, our own happiness cannot truly exist.
Not only do we want our own happiness, but we also want the people around us and people across the world to be happy—these are words to keep close to heart.
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It is the heart that makes a world without amusements into an interesting one. Shinsaku Takasugi “Make an unamusing world amusing”…
It is said that Shinsaku Takasugi composed only this upper line.
Shinsaku Takasugi was a feudal retainer of the Choshu domain at the end of the Edo period and is known as the founder of the Kiheitai militia.
He fell ill before fulfilling his ambitions, and this is the verse he composed at that time.
The lower line, “It is the heart that makes a place livable,” is said to have been composed by Nomura Botoni, who was nursing him.
Takasugi wrote that whether one lives amusingly in a world that is, by nature, not amusing depends on one’s state of mind, while Nomura Botoni answered that whether the world feels unamusing or not also depends on one’s own feelings.
It’s a verse through which you can enjoy the differing values of Shinsaku Takasugi and Nomura Botoni.
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Love is not about gazing at each other, but about looking together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French novelist with a background as an aviator and also known as the author of The Little Prince.
His famous quote, “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction,” offers an important insight for living with someone.
When you’re infatuated, it’s hard to look anywhere else, but if you intend to share joys and hardships over the long term, you must share a vision of the future.
It’s a quote that seems to teach us the difference between passionate romance and enduring love.
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