There are many people in the world called “great figures” who have astonished others, created useful technologies, and moved people’s hearts.
In this article, we carefully select and introduce famous quotes spoken by such great figures.
We’ve gathered quotes from a variety of perspectives—ones that give you the strength to face forward when you feel like giving up, ones that help you take one more step, and ones that let you feel love and dreams.
You might even come across a quote that supports your days—and your life.
Quotes from great figures that give us the power to live (121–130)
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.
There are many hardships in the world, but it is also full of ways to overcome them.Helen Keller
Helen Keller: "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
Helen Keller was a political activist who, despite losing her sight and hearing shortly after birth, worked as a public speaker and author.
Her famous quote, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it,” carries special weight precisely because she achieved so much and is remembered as a great figure despite her disabilities.
The message that there are ways to overcome difficulties even when we face them can ease our anxieties about the future.
It is a quote that encourages us to take a new step forward without hesitation.
Do not listen to other people’s expectations. Live your own life and meet your own expectations.Tiger Woods
A quote that pierces Tiger Woods’s heart
Here’s a quote from Tiger Woods, a legend in men’s golf.
Tiger Woods has delivered results since he was a child and became a celebrated player who lived up to the expectations placed on a prodigy.
They say the reason he stayed at world No.
1 for so long was that he met his own expectations, not others’.
In everyday life, some of us may feel burdened by others’ evaluations and expectations.
These are words I hope you’ll remember at such times.
It would be wonderful if we could turn others’ evaluations and expectations into a driving force and learn to set—and meet—our own expectations for ourselves.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.Charles Dederich
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Charles Dederich, founder of Synanon, an organization established in the United States to help people with drug addiction.
The famous quote, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life,” is a message that looks to the future rather than the past.
The idea that every day is full of opportunities to be reborn carries particular weight precisely because it comes from Dederich, who dedicated himself to supporting people struggling with addiction.
Thanks to its positivity, it’s a great quote to adopt as a personal motto.
The goddess of fate favors those who act boldly.Niccolò Machiavelli
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Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian political thinker known for advocating a realist political theory that politics should be considered separately from religion and morality.
His famous saying, “Fortune favors the bold,” can give us courage to face challenges.
Those who do nothing will never encounter opportunities, but taking action brings change and progress—doesn’t it? It’s a message I hope people who lack confidence in their initiative will adopt as a personal motto.
I want to turn both the reality of the good and the reality of the bad into nourishment for what comes next.Naoko Takahashi
[Hospitality that resonates with the heart in brush calligraphy] I want to turn both the reality of the good and the reality of the bad into nourishment for what comes next.
Before the Sydney Olympics, when she trained at an altitude of 3,500 meters, some experts warned it was “dangerous.” She also reportedly agonized when hurtful articles claimed things like “Takahashi has gotten fat and can’t run anymore.” Beyond that, there were surely many worries that never made the headlines but came precisely because of her high profile.
Still, the ability to turn even such experiences into something positive—thinking, “If I can make this into some kind of nourishment…”—is unique to world-class athletes.
An ordinary person would probably brood and lose their energy, right?
