Whether you’re a student working hard toward your studies or club activities, or a working adult striving in your job, people always put in effort toward their dreams and goals at different times in life.
Even if you don’t have something you’re fully absorbed in right now, you might be struggling to break through your current situation.
This time, we’re introducing encouraging words we’d like to recommend to everyone.
We’ve compiled them from a wide range of fields—business leaders, athletes, artists, and even anime characters.
You’re sure to find a quote that fits where you are right now!
- Words that strongly push you forward and give you energy
- Mottos that are sure to lift your spirits and keep you positive!
- Short quotes that reach your heart in an instant. Words to encourage you right now.
- Encouraging words that give you strength. Words you’ll want to share with those around you.
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Gently nudging you forward and staying by your side… Uplifting phrases you should know (1–10)
Only one thing is needed: to believe you can do it.Anthony Robbins
When times are tough or you hit a wall, there’s something simple you can do: believe in yourself.
As the American self-help author Anthony Robbins said, “The only thing you need is to believe you can.” If you don’t believe in yourself, you start assuming “maybe I can’t,” and lose confidence.
It also becomes harder to tap into the innate, hidden power you already have and put it to work.
When you act with self-belief, you gain a strong mindset, take action, and that leads to results and achievements.
When you want to give your best, why not start by believing in yourself?
It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.Confucius
There are times when we don’t achieve our goals or end up failing.
Some of us might feel weighed down, thinking, “I’m no good.” Here’s a quote I hope you’ll remember in those moments: “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop,” a saying attributed to Confucius, the Chinese thinker and philosopher.
Everyone experiences emotional ups and downs.
Of course, it would be ideal to give 100 percent even when you’re not feeling motivated, but that’s hard in reality.
In such times, I recommend focusing on what you can do.
If you keep going without stopping—even slowly—over the years it will add up to an impressive amount of progress and strength.
While there is life, there is hope.Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes was a novelist active in early modern Spain, best known for his work Don Quixote.
These are words left by that novelist—said to have influenced later generations—expressing his thoughts on finding hope.
He tells us that as long as we are alive, opportunities will surely come around somewhere, and that it is important to keep moving forward without giving up.
They are words that could give us a reason to keep going when things don’t go as we wish, encouraging us not to lose heart.
If you don’t give up on yourself, there’s no such thing as “losing” in life.Shigeta Saitō
Also affectionately known by the nickname “Mota,” Shigeo Saito was a psychiatrist and essayist who left behind many thought-provoking words.
This is a famous quote that gently speaks to the heart and expresses the importance of not giving up.
It conveys that in life, you are the one who decides your defeat, and as long as you refuse to give up, you can keep moving forward without ever being beaten.
These are words that can give you the courage to face forward and keep going when you’re on the verge of being overwhelmed by hardship.
I don’t think at all about things I can’t control—there’s no point in doing so. I just focus on what I can do.Hideki Matsui
When you’re moving toward a goal, there may be times when a certain trigger causes you to stop in your tracks.
In such moments, I’d like to share a quote to remember: “I don’t think about anything I can’t control.
There’s no point in thinking about it.
I just focus on what I can do.” These are the words of Hideki Matsui.
Sometimes events happen that make your daily efforts feel wasted, or unforeseen circumstances arise.
In those times, we tend to try this and that, searching and acting at random.
But how about pausing for a moment and devoting your attention to what you can do?
Failure is a wonderful opportunity to try again in a better way.Henry Ford
Henry Ford, known as the founder of the automobile company Ford Motor, is also called the “automobile king” for the impact he had on subsequent automobile production.
The quote he left, as a business leader with such a remarkable record, expresses his view on how to understand failure.
It tells us that failure is a chance to try again and a learning experience that enables us to take on challenges in better conditions—a forward-looking stance toward innovation.
These words offer courage to face forward and take a new step when we’re on the verge of being discouraged by failure.
If you fail, just try again. If trying again doesn’t work, get creative once more and try again.Konosuke Matsushita
“If you fail, just try again.
If trying again doesn’t work, get creative once more and try again.” These are the words of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic Corporation.
When failures or mishaps occur, there’s no progress in doing things the same way as before.
But by adding ingenuity and trying again, a new path may open up, leading to success and results.
Even if you fail, gaining a chance to reflect can, in other words, be an opportunity.
With Konosuke Matsushita’s famous words in mind, why not make use of your failures and move forward with courage?