RAG Music - Quote Words I want to share... that give you strength Encouraging words that give you strength. Words you’ll want to share with those around you. 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.
When you’re feeling down or can’t look ahead, a few encouraging words from those around you can let light into your heart.
It’s those warm words from someone that give you the strength to try again.
In this article, we’ll share encouraging phrases to lift up you and the people around you.
The key to offering words of encouragement is to stand by the other person’s side.
If someone around you seems to be struggling, try sharing the phrases introduced in this article.
Table of Contents Encouraging words that give you strength. Words you’ll want to share with those around you. If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Walt Disney To look squarely at yourself as you are—that is strength. Taro Okamoto It’s just a bad day, not a bad life. Johnny Depp It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. Confucius Walls (obstacles) only appear to those who are capable. Ichiro Hesitation is proof of motivation. Shizuo Takano It’s okay, it’s okay—someday the day will come when we’ll get out of here. Banana Yoshimoto Think not of today’s failures, but of the successes that may come tomorrow. Helen Keller Laughed at, laughed at, I grow stronger. Osamu Dazai Precisely because we’re serious, we run into walls. Shuzo Matsuoka Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank He who runs away can fight another day. Demosthenes No one anywhere becomes happy through envy. Baltasar Gracián Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Abraham Lincoln There is no piece that cannot move forward. Makoto Nakahara If you fail, just try again. If trying again doesn’t work, get creative once more and try again. Konosuke Matsushita God will properly prepare the future. Kazuo Inamori Beyond the clouds, the sky is always blue. Louisa May Alcott There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C. S. Lewis Only one thing is needed: to believe you can do it. Anthony Robbins The fence isn’t built by others; it’s built by yourself. Aristotle There’s nothing other people can do that you can’t. Doraemon 'Doraemon' Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon Nothing is impossible. Muhammad Ali 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 If you worry about what you don’t have, you’ll waste what you do have. Ken Keyes Jr. 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 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 It’s just a bad day, not a bad life. Johnny Depp 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 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 If you can’t believe in yourself, who will? Kei Nishikori It’s never too late to become the person you wanted to be. George Eliot Some believe that clinging makes you stronger. But sometimes, letting go is what makes you strong. Hermann Hesse You’ve got the wind at your back. There’s a choir in my head cheering you on with all their might. Sweat is the highlight of effort; I’m shining again today. No getting depressed. When you smile, happiness comes to you before wrinkles do. Having the courage to rest when you’ve pushed yourself too hard suits you. Overexertion warning: now in effect! What matters is not who you’ve been up to now, but who you’ll be from here on. Ella Fitzgerald You are in the middle of a shining life. Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi There’s no need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you. Lu Xun You’ll be fine. Unless the whole world becomes happy, individual happiness is impossible. Kenji Miyazawa Even when life doesn’t go well, it’s sometimes necessary not to blame yourself too much and to think that society is at fault. I want you to pamper yourself—never blame yourself. Everyone’s already doing their best. Taro Yamamoto That’s fine—people should live their own way. Tarō Asō I know you’re doing your best. Without passion, no energy is born. Without energy, it’s the same as having nothing. It is not noble to be superior to others. Ernest Hemingway There is only one way to succeed: never give up. Jeff Bezos To solve a problem, don’t run away from it. Jack Dorsey As long as you keep challenging yourself, failure does not exist. Mark Zuckerberg You’re going to stumble many times from now on. But you also have the strength to get back up each time. Nobita Nobi 'Doraemon' I’m always cheering you on. There are a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand paths. Ryoma Sakamoto If you have a shadow, it’s proof that the light is shining on you. Lady Gaga Effort does not betray people. Tomorrow will surely be better. Believe in yourself and do your best. Smile the most when times are tough. Shinnosuke Abe Never compare yourself to anyone else in this world. Doing so is an act of insulting yourself. Bill Gates Whether the results turn out well or badly, people who take on a challenge deserve respect—respect them. That’s something I want to teach, and I want it taught to me as well. Seiji Chihara Beneath mud and earth lies solid rock; above clouds and mist shines the sun. At the height of discontent, there is still fortune, nor is hope absent. Kanzo Uchimura It’s okay. Let’s rebuild again. Akio Tadano If you endure, you will surely become a strong person. Senichi Hoshino They say if you picture your dream over and over, it will surely come true. Princess Aurora 'Sleeping Beauty' You can just be yourself. Mother Teresa Your life is worth far more than gold could ever be. Bob Marley If you truly fought for what is right, there’s no shame in losing. Katherine Anne Porter Failure is the mother of success. If you can’t change reality, change the way you look at it. Nikos Kazantzakis If you don’t like where you are, change it. You’re not a tree. Jim Rohn Great success is born from the freedom to fail. Mark Zuckerberg Encouraging words to lift your spirits. Words you’ll want to share with those around you (21–30) There’s nothing other people can do that you can’t. Doraemon 'Doraemon' Doraemon, the protagonist of the popular anime, told Nobita, who was practicing on stilts: “There’s nothing that other people can do that you can’t.” The friends who can ride stilts now must have fallen over many times, yet they kept trying without giving up.
Whether it’s stilts or anything else, success comes because of effort.
When you’ve tried and tried but things still don’t go well, and you feel like giving up, hearing these words makes you think, “I’ll try again.” It really shows Doraemon’s gentle care for Nobita.
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Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon These are the words of Francis Bacon, who laid the foundation of modern scientific thought and influenced many fields of study.
Within this brief expression lies the essential value of learning.
The knowledge gained through study is not mere information; it will support your life as the power to think and the capacity to judge.
By accumulating knowledge, your options expand, and you gain confidence in your actions.
Knowledge acquired through steady, daily effort becomes an unwavering strength, no matter how difficult the situation.
It is a timeless quote that shows the meaning of continuing to learn.
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Nothing is impossible. Muhammad Ali These are the words of Muhammad Ali, who symbolized an era as the world heavyweight champion and left behind many legendary bouts.
This short phrase embodies his stance of believing in his own potential without being bound by conventions or others’ evaluations.
In studying as well, if you decide from the start that something is impossible, the seed of growth will never sprout.
It is precisely when you face difficult challenges that a spirit of taking them on can change your future.
Even walls that seem insurmountable can, through steady effort, turn into realistic goals.
It is a famous quote that strips away preconceptions and gives us the courage to act.
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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 Many people may find themselves bored with ordinary days in which nothing big ever happens, sometimes even grumbling about it.
But it is precisely those unremarkable, everyday moments that we should cherish.
That’s what Christine Lewicki—who thrives as a mompreneur and consults entrepreneurs around the world—reminds us.
She herself must be busy and caught up in daily chores, yet perhaps it was in some fleeting moment of everyday life that these words slipped out.
If you feel that every day isn’t fun, that it’s full of unpleasant things, try looking for the small, unassuming joys hidden in the everyday right before your eyes.
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If you worry about what you don’t have, you’ll waste what you do have. Ken Keyes Jr. People tend to focus on what they can’t do.
And it’s natural to feel envious of those who seem more talented.
But the same is true for others as well.
Everyone has their own individuality, with strengths and weaknesses.
People are people, and you are you.
You, too, surely have wonderful talents and value that others would envy.
Instead of fixating on what you lack, why not turn your attention to what you have? You’ll likely discover something new.
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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 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the novelist who wrote The Little Prince, a work loved around the world.
Here is a passage from one of his masterpieces, Night Flight.
Life never goes backward.
As we keep moving forward, we must overcome many things.
However, moving forward requires effort.
He tells us that as we proceed through life by trial and error, we can find solutions to each of our problems.
If you’re troubled and have come to a standstill, try, above all, to take a step forward.
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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 These are the words of Joseph Murphy, who served as a minister of the Church of Divine Science.
Rather than searching for flaws by comparing yourself with someone else, it’s better to discover the unique charms and strengths that only you or that person possesses.
Respecting yourself and recognizing another’s greatness without comparison can lead to many forms of happiness.
When you want to remember that you are you, please draw strength from this famous quote.
It will surely encourage you to keep looking forward.
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