Knowing it will surely save your heart… Short quotes to remember when times are tough
The more things we’re involved with in daily life—school, work, family, love—the more worries we tend to have, right?
Sometimes we may even feel so distressed that it seems like our hearts might break.
So this time, we’re introducing memorable quotes from great and famous people that we’d like you to recall during tough times.
These are all words that can support you or give you a push when you just can’t solve things on your own.
They’re all short, so be sure to jot them down and remember them!
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Knowing this will surely save your heart… Short quotes to remember when times are tough (11–20)
While there is life, there is hope.Miguel de Cervantes
Let me share a famous quote by the renowned Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes.
In everyday life, everyone experiences failure at times.
When that happens, try to remember these words.
They remind us of the importance of holding on to hope even in the hardest times.
By overcoming failure and trying again, you may find a chance to grow.
New challenges can brighten your future.
No matter the situation, let’s find hope and keep moving forward without stopping.
It’s sheer folly to force yourself to fit into an uncomfortable environment.Kazlaser
This saying is a striking quote that incisively addresses a struggle many people face.
We tend to conform to others’ expectations and values, but that only adds to our mental and physical burden and forces us to suppress our true selves.
This saying encourages us to let go of the assumption that “the environment can’t be changed,” and teaches the importance of having the courage to choose places and relationships that suit us.
Rather than treating forced adaptation as a virtue, adopting a perspective that reassesses our environment is the first step to living comfortably in modern society.
Precisely because it is so candid, this maxim has the power to push many people forward.
Being alive itself is, by nature, happiness.Kazlaser
In this age overflowing with information on social media, seeing someone else’s seemingly fun life can make you feel like you have nothing, or leave you discouraged by comparison.
But if you think about it, simply getting through today safely, or enjoying a good meal—those small joys and learnings, accumulated day by day, are valuable in their own right.
What matters is not comparing yourself to others, but paying attention to what kind of day you had today, what you felt, and what you did.
By doing so, your heart will gradually become calmer, and you’ll be able to appreciate the very fact of being alive and notice the small happinesses in your life.
There’s no such thing as a person who’s liked by everyone in this world. After all, there will always be people who dislike those who are liked by everyone.Keiko Hanamori
These words convey a truth that applies to society as a whole and sharply capture the realities of human relationships.
People naturally seek recognition from others, but it is impossible to be liked by everyone, and it is only natural that some will feel jealousy or resentment toward someone loved by all.
By accepting this harsh reality, Keiko Hanamori shows that we can live without being swayed by others’ evaluations.
Rather than striving for perfection, we should value those who support us and emphasize the importance of being ourselves.
It is a quote that lightens life in a society where human relationships can be difficult.
If we were just one minute earlier, we could save one more person.Calvin Coolidge
Let me introduce a powerful quote from Calvin Coolidge: “If you are one minute early, you can save one more person.” Calvin Coolidge was an American politician who also served as President.
This saying—“If you are one minute early, you can save one more person”—was apparently an American firefighting slogan that was introduced to Japan when the American Red Cross used it in 1923 (Taisho 12) to appeal for aid following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
These powerful words that crossed the ocean truly strike a chord, don’t they?
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
I would like to introduce a famous saying by Kanzo Uchimura: “Beneath the mud lies bedrock; above the clouds and mist shines the sun.
Even at the height of complaint, happiness and hope are not absent.” Kanzo Uchimura was a Christian thinker active in the Meiji era.
Disasters can bring many hardships.
At such times, Uchimura left words he hoped we would remember.
It is said to mean that even when times are painful and difficult now, a stable and bright future surely awaits beyond.
He likens difficult situations to mud, and the bedrock represents the strength within us that lies beneath these serious problems.
Furthermore, he tells us that even when we feel or voice complaints, happiness and hope still exist.
Life brings all kinds of experiences, doesn’t it? Even so, we are reminded of the importance of maintaining a positive outlook.
Knowing this will surely save your heart… Short quotes to remember in tough times (21–30)
Earthquakes will strike again and again. To prevent severe damage, we will build parks and roads.Shinpei Gotō
I would like to introduce a famous quote left by Shinpei Goto: “Earthquakes will come again and again.
To prevent great damage, we must build parks and roads.” From this saying, one can sense his conviction to protect human life.
Shinpei Goto devoted himself to the reconstruction after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, making present-day Tokyo a city resilient to disasters.
Immediately after the earthquake, he became Minister of Home Affairs and then Minister for Reconstruction to rebuild Tokyo, which had suffered immense damage.
Along with the quote, he conceived reconstruction measures, but at the time he faced criticism from those around him.
It is said that enormous funds were required to put them into action, and landowners opposed the purchase of tracts that had been reduced to burned-out fields by the quake.
Although his budget was cut, Goto poured his efforts into building a disaster-resilient city.
Thanks to those efforts, Tokyo became stronger against earthquakes than it had been in the past.