Wonderful quotes and sayings

Knowing this will surely ease your heart… Comforting words from great and famous people.

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 for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: spinning-top tricks.

When you’re struggling or feeling down, your thoughts inevitably turn negative, don’t they?

Even when you know that time will heal things, doesn’t that time sometimes feel unbearably long?

So this time, I’ve listed some comforting words to help ease your heart.

From powerful lines to gentle, reassuring ones, you’re sure to find words that resonate with you.

These are timeless quotes that apply to both work and personal relationships, so I hope you find them helpful.

Knowing this will surely put your mind at ease… Comforting words from great and famous people (11–20)

There’s no need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you.Lu Xun

There’s no need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you.

You don’t need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you. — Lu Xun

Many of you may know of him because his representative work, “Hometown,” is included in middle school Japanese language textbooks.

This quote is one of the sayings left by the Chinese novelist Lu Xun.

When we fail or are left with regrets, we tend to look back on the past and feel discouraged.

If you remember this quote at such times, it might calm your heart a little.

We cannot change the past, but the future can be changed depending on the effort we make from now on.

Try not to be too caught up in failures or regrets, and keep moving forward.

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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.Anne Frank

These are the words of Anne Frank, which gently wrap around a troubled heart.

The greater the loss, the more life may appear faded.

Yet this famous quote reminds us that there are still so many wonderful things by your side.

When you want to recover from a painful reality, don’t force yourself to forget; instead, try turning your attention to what you love and what moves your heart.

By doing so, your spirit may regain its strength, and a life that seemed washed out might come alive again in different colors.

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If you’ve done the best you can, worrying won’t improve the situation. I worry about many things, but I don’t worry about water overflowing from a dam.Walt Disney

These are the words of Walt Disney, founder of a dreamland that heals everyone’s heart.

The more earnestly you devote yourself to something, the more worries you’ll have.

You start fretting about this and that, and it can feel like your heart is being crushed by anxiety.

That’s only because you’re facing things sincerely—it’s not a bad thing.

Still, as this quote suggests, sometimes it’s important to let go of your worries.

And even if those worries do come true, if you’ve done everything you could, you’ll likely be able to accept that it would have turned out that way no matter what you did.

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Every event has meaning. The work of life is to understand that meaning.Suzanne Somers

There are times when, amid the daily rush of work and life, we ask ourselves what we want to do and how we want to live.

In such moments, a quote from Suzanne Somers, an American entrepreneur and actress, can nourish a tired heart.

When things are hard, thinking that this experience will surely help your future self can lift your spirits and spark new thoughts.

Because she endured breast cancer and continued to show a forward-looking way of life, her words may be all the more empowering.

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All misfortunes are nothing but stepping stones to the future.Thoreau

When something unfortunate happens, it can feel like the rest of your life will be nothing but bad.

This quote shines a warm path of light into such a darkened heart.

What counts as misfortune differs from person to person, but in many cases we imagine failure or setback.

Things don’t go smoothly, unforeseen mishaps occur… By seeing them as stepping stones to the future, we can keep facing forward without giving up.

That’s what Thoreau’s words teach us.

If we think of misfortune as a step toward the next stage, we can surely take it in a positive light.

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If you keep looking down, you won’t be able to find a rainbow.Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin

When we’re feeling down, we tend to look down…

This is a famous quote by Chaplin that I’d like you to remember at such times.

Rainbows are said to be a sign of good luck, and seeing one makes you feel fortunate, doesn’t it? In this quote, he encourages us to keep looking forward while reminding us not to miss the rainbow.

Rather than a blunt “Do your best,” it resonates precisely because it uses a gentle, indirect expression—“missing the rainbow.” It’s a quote that feels like someone quietly sitting beside you in support.

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Knowing this will surely put your mind at ease… Comforting words from great and famous people (21–30)

No one anywhere becomes happy through envy.Baltasar Gracián

Everyone feels envy from time to time.

But when it turns into jealousy and makes you hostile toward others, you may end up pushing your own happiness farther away.

Comparing yourself with others isn’t bad, but harboring ill feelings just because you can’t be like them is misplaced.

Constant jealousy wears down your heart and keeps you from seeing your own strengths.

Keep this quote by the philosopher Baltasar Gracián close to your heart, and keep pursuing challenges that lead to your own happiness, not to defeating someone else.

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