Wonderful quotes and sayings

Short quotes from Studio Ghibli works: profound words that give us strength

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
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 as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.

Studio Ghibli is a leading Japanese animation studio that has produced many works beloved around the world.

The characters who appear in its various films sometimes deliver messages—like courage and hope—that give us strength to live.

In this article, we’ll introduce short, memorable quotes from Studio Ghibli works!

These words, rich with deeper meaning, may well bring you comfort.

Find the words that will become your strength!

Short quotes from Studio Ghibli works. Deep words that give you strength (41–50)

Don’t be so hung up on form. What matters is the heart.Kokiri 'Kiki's Delivery Service'

“Don’t get so hung up on appearances. What matters is the heart.”

Don’t be so hung up on form. What matters is the heart. — Kokiri, Kiki’s Delivery Service

Watch “Don’t be so hung up on form. What matters is the heart. Koki, ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’” on YouTube

In Kiki’s Delivery Service, right before the protagonist Kiki sets out on her training, there’s a line her mother, Kokiri, says to console her when Kiki complains that a witch’s outfit being all black is awful.

She tells her that as long as you have the right mindset, the form—meaning appearances—doesn’t matter.

It’s a warm message: for example, even if you don’t do something perfectly, if your actions are filled with sincere care for the other person, they’ll surely be accepted.

It’s a phrase I want to cherish as I go through life.

Raise the rankinglower

Report a problem

Fire can turn a forest to ash in a day, but water and wind take a hundred years to grow it.Goru: 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, directed and written by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own manga.

Here is a memorable quote from it.

Kushana stands in a position completely opposite to the protagonist, Nausicaä.

When Kushana asks, “Are you saying you intend to live together with a sea poisoned by toxins?”, the villager Gol from Nausicaä’s village responds.

His words are profoundly thought-provoking and make us reflect on the environmental issues happening on Earth today.

Taking a hundred years to nurture something means that the entire village unites to ensure that a beautiful forest will be passed down across generations far into the future, doesn’t it? It would be wonderful if the world became a place where people everywhere feel inspired to work for the sake of the future.

Raise the rankinglower

Report a problem

It’s a job that makes the most of your talent. That’s wonderful.Dragonfly 'Kiki's Delivery Service'

These are the words of Tombo, the round-glasses-wearing boy in the flying club.

He says this when Kiki has lost her confidence and is feeling down…

what a wonderful boy! Even with a job you love, as you keep doing it, it won’t always stay fun.

Sometimes you might even feel like denying your own work.

In times like that, let these words help you regain your positivity.

They’ll remind you of who you are and why you wanted to do that work in the first place.

Raise the rankinglower

Report a problem

Life is the same, no matter what circumstances it is born under.Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

It’s one of Nausicaä’s famous lines from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The line appears during her conversation with the Master of the Garden and refers to the artificially created lifeforms in the story.

She argues that no matter what kind of life it is, it is life just like ours—beings with dignity whose lives carry the same weight.

It’s a single line from a pivotal scene in the film, and at the same time, one of the important values we should remember when we think about the meaning of life.

Raise the rankinglower

Report a problem

In conclusion

We introduced some short quotes from Studio Ghibli films—what did you think? Ghibli works are full of memorable lines that give you strength and speak straight to your heart when you want to do your best or feel like you’re about to give up.

When you need a boost for work, studying, club activities, or anything else, be sure to check them out!