Wonderful quotes and sayings

If you know them, they might become beacons that light your life’s path: a collection of memorable quotes.

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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.

In life, worries never seem to end—whether it’s the busyness of each day or anxieties about the future.

At times like these, having something to serve as a guiding star might help you move forward along the path you believe in without hesitation.

With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of memorable quotes.

From sayings that remind you of what truly matters to words that meet you where you are, you’re sure to find something that resonates with your current state of mind.

I hope you’ll recall them whenever you stumble and feel unable to take another step.

If you know them, they might become guiding lights to illuminate your life: A collection of memorable quotes (1–10)

As you stretch yourself to broaden your horizons, it’s possible you’ll actually grow taller. That’s part of what makes life interesting.NEW!Saburō Shiroyama

This quote left by the novelist Saburō Jōyama teaches us the importance of taking on challenges.

Don’t you sometimes find yourself thinking with a narrow perspective? It’s easy to let yourself be carried along without broadening your view or attempting anything new.

But if you widen your perspective just a little, you may realize that what you face is easier to overcome than you thought.

When you stretch yourself to take on a challenge, you begin to see a different landscape—as if you’ve actually grown taller.

When you want to take that first step, remember these words.

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Unless the whole world becomes happy, individual happiness is impossible.NEW!Kenji Miyazawa

These are words by Kenji Miyazawa, the poet and writer of children’s stories famous for the poem “Be Not Defeated by the Rain.” Kenji Miyazawa is also known for works such as Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Restaurant of Many Orders, and Matasaburo of the Wind.

All humans live by supporting one another.

Even if we feel as though we live on our own, it’s hard to completely separate ourselves from others.

In other words, unless those around us are happy and the entire world becomes happy, our own happiness cannot truly exist.

Not only do we want our own happiness, but we also want the people around us and people across the world to be happy—these are words to keep close to heart.

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I think being honest is the simplest and easiest way to live.NEW!Yuichiro Tamaki

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These are words by Yuichiro Tamaki about what he learned from his grandmother.

Tamaki often delivers passionate messages on social media and in speeches.

His grandmother, too, was said to be a strong, sharp-tongued woman who spoke her mind.

Having learned from her to “live honestly,” he said, “I believe being honest is the simplest and easiest way to live.” Lies are bound to be exposed sooner or later.

And if you try to cover one lie with another, they pile up and become burdensome.

His words reveal a life philosophy: be an honest person so you don’t end up like that.

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If you know them, they might become guiding lights that illuminate your life: A collection of memorable quotes (11–20)

Whether I’m happy or not is something only I can decide.Matsuko Deluxe

In 2013, the Nikkei Shimbun published a ranking of phrases people would want as their personal motto.

Coming in fifth was this quote by Matsuko Deluxe.

Happiness—its content and standards—differs from person to person.

Even in the same situation, some will see it as happiness while others will see it as unhappiness.

That means it’s crucial whether you can feel happiness from within yourself.

It’s a phrase that prompts us to think about what happiness is and could serve as a catalyst for enriching our lives.

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Even if you can’t become a great person, you can become a good person.Juji Nakano

Here are the words left by the novelist Shigeharu Nakano.

Even if you can’t become a great person who accomplishes something big, you can still be a good human being through consideration for others and small acts for their sake—that’s the message.

Indeed, no matter how impressive a quote we hear, there are times we end up thinking, “In the end, I just can’t do that…” Still, after encountering these words, some of you might feel, “Maybe I’ll try, even just a little, to become a better person.”

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Where there’s a will, there’s a way.NEW!Yoshihide Suga

This is the motto of Yoshihide Suga, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and as Japan’s 99th Prime Minister.

It originally comes from the words of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

Lincoln had a strong desire to abolish the slave system that was widespread in America at the time.

Aiming to advance reforms against slavery, he sought public office, but he lost elections multiple times.

Nevertheless, he kept challenging himself without giving up, eventually won, and accomplished his goal of emancipating the slaves.

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Suga, too, did not come from a political family but from a farming household in a rural area, which gave him a strong commitment to policies such as regional revitalization.

Because he acted with such strong conviction toward politics, new paths opened up for him.

May we also engrave these words in our hearts and press forward.

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That’s fine—people should live their own way.NEW!Tarō Asō

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It gently untangles the hearts of modern people who tend to be swayed by others’ values.

Everyone has their own environment and experiences, so it’s only natural that our ways of life differ.

There’s no meaning in judging someone’s choices as right or wrong; what matters most is whether that person is convinced and walking their own path.

If you keep conforming to the voices around you, you can lose sight of your own life.

Respecting others also leads to affirming your own way of living.

It’s a quote characteristic of Taro Aso, a longtime politician, showing the breadth to embrace diversity.

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