Just remembering them fills you with courage! Striking quotes that touch the heart from great figures and famous people
The words of those who have achieved or mastered something can sometimes give us courage and hope, can’t they?
People who are striving toward their dreams and goals, or who are trying to face what truly matters, may feel this even more strongly.
This time, we’ve compiled a list of striking quotes by great and notable figures that we’d like such people to know.
Each one is powerful, yet gently guiding.
We hope you’ll recall them when you need a push forward or want to reconnect with your own heart.
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Just remembering them fills me with courage! Memorable quotes that pierce the heart by great and famous figures (1–10)
Those who do not advance will surely fall back, and those who do not retreat will surely advance.NEW!Yukichi Fukuzawa
These are words written in the book An Encouragement of Learning.
They are followed by: “It is a principle that there must not be those who, advancing neither forward nor backward, remain stagnant.” “Stagnation” means staying in the same place—in other words, maintaining the status quo.
Taken together with the preceding statement, it means that the only people who can move forward are those who keep advancing without retreat, and that if you try to maintain the status quo without striving to move ahead, you will inevitably fall behind.
It is important to always have the ambition to move at least a little further than yesterday and to keep taking on challenges.
98% of our worries are needlessNEW!Masahiro Fujimura
Masahiro Fujimura, renowned as a charismatic figure in the marketing world, has also published books on the method of selling experiences.
Don’t you think these words resonate with many people? When we want to take action but can’t, it’s usually because of risks, the future, and other worries.
However, Mr.
Fujimura says that 98% of those worries are needless.
In other words, overthinking won’t help.
No matter how much you think, your anxiety will never drop to zero, so believe that you’ll be okay and keep moving forward.
If you try, you can achieve; if you don’t try, you won’t. Whatever fails to be accomplished fails because people do not attempt it.NEW!Uesugi Yōzan
Uesugi Yōzan was a mid-Edo period feudal lord and the 9th daimyō of the Yonezawa Domain in Dewa Province.
These words are said to be a lesson he composed and gave to his retainers.
Both “為す” (nasu) and “成す” (nasu) are pronounced the same.
“為す” means to take action; “成す” means to accomplish something.
In other words, if you try, you can do it.
You can’t do anything if you don’t try.
If something can’t be done, it’s because the person doesn’t attempt it.
These words teach the importance of effort and taking action.
Just remembering them fills you with courage! Striking quotes that pierce the heart by great and famous figures (11–20)
It is the heart that makes a world without amusements into an interesting one.NEW!Shinsaku Takasugi
“Make an unamusing world amusing”…
It is said that Shinsaku Takasugi composed only this upper line.
Shinsaku Takasugi was a feudal retainer of the Choshu domain at the end of the Edo period and is known as the founder of the Kiheitai militia.
He fell ill before fulfilling his ambitions, and this is the verse he composed at that time.
The lower line, “It is the heart that makes a place livable,” is said to have been composed by Nomura Botoni, who was nursing him.
Takasugi wrote that whether one lives amusingly in a world that is, by nature, not amusing depends on one’s state of mind, while Nomura Botoni answered that whether the world feels unamusing or not also depends on one’s own feelings.
It’s a verse through which you can enjoy the differing values of Shinsaku Takasugi and Nomura Botoni.
If you believe in yourself, there are no limits.Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has set numerous scoring records and won many titles on the world’s biggest stage.
Through strict self-discipline and relentless effort, he has always continued to believe in his own potential.
The moment you decide something is impossible for you, your learning and growth come to a halt.
Limits are not imposed by others; they are born from your own assumptions.
By believing in yourself and continuing to work hard, you can get closer to results beyond what you imagined.
This passionate quote highlights the importance of confidence that springs from within.
Saying it must be this way just because it’s been that way for only 50 or 100 years is strange; I want to try absolutely everything without taboos.NEW!Kimi Onoda
These words express a political stance: that even things that have remained unchanged must be revised in step with the times.
They convey the will to question what has long been taken for granted and left untouched, and to push forward for a better future.
They also suggest that even institutions preserved for 50 or 100 years are not so significant when compared to the magnitude of contemporary change, and that it is crucial to question them.
You can sense an assertive posture as a politician, and a conviction to do everything possible for a better future.
Let those who wish to leave, leave.NEW!Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great, monarch of the Kingdom of Macedon, one of the empires of ancient Greece.
Often called one of the most successful military commanders in history, Alexander the Great left behind numerous famous sayings.
Among them, this short yet resolute quote was addressed to the many soldiers who were exhausted by the long campaign.
It conveys the meaning: let those who wish to leave, leave; even if our numbers are few, we will continue the campaign with those who still have the will to fight.