A must-see for those who just can’t stay positive! A collection of inspiring quotes to lift a heavy heart
Everyone has times when their motivation dips, they stumble along the way, or they feel utterly crushed.
For moments like these, I’ve gathered some uplifting quotes.
By encountering words you’ve never known, you might discover a version of yourself you’ve never met.
Through new words, you may start to feel that the time you’re spending worrying right now is too precious to waste!
You might even think, “What a waste to keep worrying!”
When you want to meet a new you, I highly recommend listening to the words of many different people.
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A Must-Read for Anyone Who Just Can’t Stay Positive! Inspirational Quotes to Lift a Downcast Heart (21–30)
A well starts out muddy, but if you keep digging, clear water will spring forth.Saburō Kitajima
On the path of effort, we often experience suffering, and we may worry whether these hardships truly lead to a brilliant future.
Here is a famous quote by Saburo Kitajima that shows what kind of future awaits beyond such difficulties and gives hope to our efforts.
It says that the painful journey of life is like a well: if you keep digging through muddy water, clear water will eventually spring forth—just as beyond painful experiences, there should be something that shines.
These words encourage us to keep pushing forward even in trials that make us feel like giving up.
If you laugh, the world laughs with you. If you cry, you cry alone.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
These are the opening words of “Solitude,” a work by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a poet who was active in the United States.
They express the connection between sorrow and loneliness and also convey how important it is to stay positive.
When you are laughing, people gather; when you are sad, you are alone—this encourages us to be as positive as possible so that people will come together.
It also stirs the courage to face hardship, reminding us that it is we ourselves who overcome suffering.
Unless one has eaten bread with tears, one cannot know the taste of life.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
These are words that appear in Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was active as a poet in Germany.
They speak to the idea that life is not composed only of joyous times, but also includes deep sorrow and loneliness, and that it is precisely these experiences that lead to the richness of life.
It expresses that life’s depth is revealed through negatives such as sadness, suffering, and solitude—that they are not merely bad.
It also suggests that rather than stopping and seeing suffering as something purely negative, it is important to move forward from it.
It’s okay to feel regret, to cry, to rejoice. That’s what it means to be human.Shuzo Matsuoka
These are the words of Shuzo Matsuoka, speaking to the idea that humans have a range of emotions—joy, sadness, and more—and that we don’t have to hide them.
As we go through each day, our emotions naturally shift; instead of suppressing them, expressing them as they are is part of being human.
It also conveys the message that even when we accept and move forward with our more vulnerable feelings, they can become the strength that carries us to the next step.
You can feel a strong wish for each person to affirm their own humanity, believe in themselves, and keep moving forward.
Today is always preparation for tomorrow. What you do today will surely come back to you tomorrow.Yutaka Mizutani
It’s hard to keep making continuous effort, and there are moments when you feel tempted to put it off until the next opportunity.
These are words from Yutaka Mizutani to remember when you feel like giving up: he talks about how your efforts connect to the future.
He calls on us to remember that what we do today will surely lead to tomorrow, and that this is how the road to the future continues.
It gives the impression that he lightens the call to do our best today for the sake of tomorrow by expressing it with the easily understood word “preparation.”
If you can learn from failure, that failure is a success.Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes is known as the publisher of the business magazine Forbes.
After serving in the military and as a New Jersey state senator, he succeeded his father and brother to become president of B.C.
Forbes Publishing and achieved great success as a businessman.
His words carry a unique persuasiveness born of his deep knowledge of politics and economics.
If you can view failure as success—maintaining that positive and flexible mindset—you can take on any challenge.
Keep this close to your heart.
To solve a problem, don’t run away from it.Jack Dorsey
These are the words of Jack Dorsey, who launched payment services and social networks and has driven innovation in the technology field.
Drawing on his experience confronting complex challenges, he speaks to the essence of problem-solving.
In studying, too, we sometimes want to look away from areas we’re weak in or topics we don’t understand.
But problems you avoid won’t be solved; only the ones you face become your strength.
By looking directly at the cause and continuing to think, you deepen your understanding.
It’s a practical quotation that quietly underscores the importance of the resolve not to run from difficulty.
What matters is not who you’ve been up to now, but who you’ll be from here on.Ella Fitzgerald
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Ella Fitzgerald is one of the greatest jazz vocalists, but she can hardly be said to have grown up in good circumstances.
Even while her biological mother was alive, she was placed in an orphanage, and after her mother died of illness and she became an orphan, she often ended up in trouble with the police…
She is said to have experienced homelessness as well.
Her words will surely save those who are in extremely difficult situations right now: Instead of thinking, “I’m worthless anyway,” imagine your future self and cherish a dream for that future.
As long as you don’t give up on yourself, a better future will surely open up.
When everything seems like a headwind against you, remember this: airplanes take off against the wind, not with it.Henry Ford
Henry Ford, the industrialist who made automobiles accessible to the masses, founded Ford Motor Company and established mass production through the assembly line.
His words can change how we view moments of adversity.
In a new phase of life, things may not go as planned, and you may feel headwinds.
Yet it is precisely those headwinds that spark growth and give us the power to soar higher.
Rather than rejecting painful situations, he urges us to accept them as meaningful trials.
It is a famous quote that inspires us to live positively, no matter what we face.
There’s no need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you.Lu Xun
People dwell on their failures and regret the futures that might have been.
But there’s no need to fixate on what’s already over.
As Lu Xun’s words suggest, your future can still stretch on endlessly.
Failure becomes valuable experience if you use it next time, and the future that might have been may yet be recovered.
Keep your eyes forward, not back, and move ahead so you can become a better version of yourself and live a life you’re proud of.
You can’t change the past, but you can change the future as much as you like!