A collection of quotes to make your motto—brief words from great figures that can change your life

To become the best in the world, you need world-class effort.Keisuke Honda

Keisuke Honda's quote: "To become the best in the world, you need world-class effort."

Keisuke Honda is known as a former member of Japan’s national soccer team and is currently an active professional player who effectively serves as the owner of several professional clubs.

His famous quote, “To become the best in the world, you need to make the world’s best effort,” is a message that only someone like Honda—who has literally competed on the world stage—could truly convey.

If you place yourself in a world where rankings and hierarchies exist, it’s natural that everyone strives to reach the top.

Within that baseline of effort, to actually become number one, you have to work the hardest.

It sounds simple when put into words, but it’s something we tend to forget.

That’s why this quote is one I hope anyone with dreams or goals will engrave in their heart.

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Hoshino Takashi

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As long as you keep challenging yourself, failure does not exist.Mark Zuckerberg

These are the words of Mark Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook and greatly influenced the fabric of society.

Through a series of innovative challenges, he has experienced a great deal of trial and error.

When we try to avoid mistakes and failures in studying for exams or taking tests, we end up reducing the very act of challenging ourselves.

As long as we keep taking action, we learn from it, leading to the next improvement.

Failure is not the end, but a process along the path of growth.

This quote shows that a persistent spirit of challenge opens up the future and encourages proactive action.

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Since we are being kept alive, let’s simply feel grateful. We are kept alive because our lives are worth living.Jakuchō Setouchi

Jakuchō Setouchi, who also served as the chief priest of Tendai-ji Temple and as president of Tsuruga Women’s Junior College, is also known as a novelist who received awards such as the Women’s Literature Prize and the Tanizaki Jun’ichirō Prize.

Here is one of her famous sayings to remember when you hit a major wall in life or find yourself in doubt: We can never live all by ourselves.

We are kept alive by the support of those around us.

And the reason we are kept alive is that we ourselves are recognized as people of worth.

Simply being alive is happiness, and something we should fundamentally be grateful for.

Why not tuck these words quietly into your heart and keep them as a charm?

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moko

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We read “failure” as “success.”Katsuya Nomura

These are words by Katsuya Nomura—renowned in professional baseball as a player, manager, and strategist—expressing his view on failure.

He tells us that continual growth is vital to achieving success, and that failure can be a powerful catalyst for that growth.

Rather than giving up by focusing only on the outcome, it’s important to analyze the causes of failure and apply what you learn next time.

It’s a famous quote that conveys a positive mindset: don’t lament failure—keep moving forward without giving up.

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kappamaki

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A true friend is someone who stands by you especially when you are in the wrong.Mark Twain

[True Friends] The ones who stand by you when you’re wrong are your real friends #shorts #quote

Mark Twain, who was active as a writer in the United States, is best known for his representative work, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

These are words left by that great author that express his view of how true friends behave.

A friend is not someone who always affirms you; sometimes, a friend sets you back on the right path, and together you can grow.

It’s a message that makes us reflect on the compassion embedded in stern critiques and advice.

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Be true to the dreams of your youth.Friedrich von Schiller

Be true to the dreams of your youth — Friedrich von Schiller #shorts #quotes #greatpeople

What did you want to be when you were a child? A firefighter, a police officer, a baker, a candy shop owner…

You probably had all sorts of dreams.

But as we grow up and spend our days simply working through tasks, we begin to forget what we wanted to do and who we wanted to become.

In such times, remember the words of Friedrich von Schiller.

In those days when you were purely pursuing something…

your dream may still be there.

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One more step. I think this at all times: one more step. This moment is the most important. One more step.Saneatsu Mushanokōji

Saneatsu Mushanokōji, a novelist also known for participating in the launch of the magazine Shirakaba.

This quote embodies a spirit of never being satisfied with the status quo and always striving to improve.

It’s good to act with goals, but if you want to keep growing, you need to move even further forward.

This is the “one more step” for that purpose.

By never forgetting that step, no matter the circumstances, you’ll always be able to meet a new version of yourself.

Even a small step is fine—let’s become a better version of ourselves than we were yesterday.

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