RAG Music - Quote [Resonates with the heart] When... words give you a push [Heart-Touching] Quotes That Keep You Going Anytime! Fiery Words That Push You Forward 10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminder kepiko 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.
There are always times in life when things don’t go as planned and moments when you feel like giving up.
At such times, the words left behind by great figures and notable people can encourage us and make us feel ready to try again.
Words with deep meaning can stay close to our hearts and give us the courage to take a new step forward.
For those who want to keep moving ahead even in tough times, here are some wonderful quotes that can support your heart.
You’re sure to find words that will gently give you a push forward.
Table of Contents [Heart-Touching] Quotes That Keep You Going Anytime! Fiery Words That Push You Forward Walls (obstacles) only appear to those who are capable. Ichiro My past self will never betray who I am today. Mao Asada Sweat you shed never lies Chiyonofuji Mitsugu The only way to reach an extraordinary place is by steadily piling up small efforts. Ichiro There is no way to achieve your goal other than to give it your all. Michael Jordan A genius is someone who studies three, four, even five times harder than anyone else. Hideyo Noguchi If you fail, you can try again. If trying again doesn’t work, think it through once more and try again. Konosuke Matsushita If you think you can, you can; if you think you can’t, you can’t. This is an unshakable, absolute law. Pablo Picasso Do what you can, and then just worry quietly in your heart about the rest. Things will only turn out the way they’re going to anyway. Katsu Kaishū For those who keep striving without ever losing their brightness, God properly prepares a future. Kazuo Inamori No dream is too big, and no challenge is too great. He who runs away can fight another day. Demosthenes Small steps of progress add up to great success. Mahatma Gandhi It’s okay, it’s okay—someday the day will come when we’ll get out of here. Banana Yoshimoto There are no solutions in life. What exists in life is only a force in motion. We have to create that force. The solutions will follow afterward. Saint-Exupéry What I want to tell people around the world is to make an effort. If you put your heart into it, you can achieve anything. Cindy Ngamba You can just be yourself. Mother Teresa Effort is always rewarded. If there is effort that isn’t rewarded, then it can’t yet be called effort. Sadaharu Oh The most important time in life is always now. Mitsuo Aida We must win/earn every single step ahead of us. Florence Nightingale I believe that the true turning point for growth is whether you can keep moving forward step by step—without anxiety, without fear, and without hesitation—especially when you’re not seeing results. Yoshiharu Habu There’s no need to look back. There are countless paths ahead of you. Lu Xun It is the heart that makes a world without amusements into an interesting one. Shinsaku Takasugi If you admit defeat, you lose. Even if you acknowledge how bad the situation is, as long as you are determined to see it through to the end, a chance to win will emerge. No one ever regrets having done their best. George Halas Only growth. Otherwise, you’ll dry up in no time—like cornbread. Loretta Lynn What matters is not who you’ve been up to now, but who you’ll be from here on. Ella Fitzgerald In this world, there is a unique path that only you can walk. Do not ask where that path will lead. Simply press on. Friedrich Nietzsche If you have a clear dream and a clear goal, the path will surely open up. Mahatma Gandhi If you don’t give up on yourself, there is no such thing as losing in life. Shigeta Saitō To succeed, never give up until you succeed. Andrew Carnegie In human life, there is never only one path. There are hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of paths. Ryoma Sakamoto It’s the everyday that makes up a true life. Ordinary days swept along by miscellaneous tasks. Spending our days without enjoying that “normal” time—worse yet, holding back from enjoyment. What a waste. Each day is a wonderful gift. Christine Lewicki Talent alone is not enough to become great. It takes hard work and dedication. If you’re not prepared to sacrifice something, you won’t gain anything. Kobe Bryant Each person has their own unique charm and talents. No two people are the same. Therefore, you must not compare a particular person with others. Joseph Murphy Always be yourself, express yourself, and believe in yourself. Don’t imitate some successful person’s example. Bruce Lee Impossible is not a fact, but an opinion. Muhammad Ali Prioritizing the team’s victory over personal glory ultimately leads to individual success as well. Lionel Messi There is no such word as ‘limit’ in my dictionary. LeBron James There is no absolute champion. A champion is always a challenger. Kosuke Kitajima Believe in the 1% chance, believe in yourself, and believe in what you’ve done. Yuto Horigome Life doesn’t create dreams. Dreams create life. Shohei Ohtani Expectations aren’t something to meet, but to exceed. Shohei Ohtani Children are beings of possibility. They have many choices every day. Actually, the same is true for adults. Hayao Miyazaki I won’t burn out until I win the gold medal. Hina Hayata Life isn’t for curling; curling is one of the things that make life shine. Mari Motohashi Doing things without changing what I aim for Ryo Ishikawa I wonder what truly matters to me. Who are the people who are truly important to me? I feel like just sincerely pondering these two things is enough to lead a good life. Shigesato Itoi Don’t rush, don’t panic, don’t give up. Precisely because of all you’ve built up Sara Takanashi People deserve praise or blame solely based on whether they have the perseverance to see things through. Leonardo da Vinci Unless the whole world becomes happy, individual happiness is impossible. Kenji Miyazawa Life’s only failure is not to try. Lindsey Vonn If there’s even a 1% chance, I want to slide. Ayumu Hirano If you believe in yourself, there are no limits. Cristiano Ronaldo What I’m doing is by no means something big, but it is something necessary. Che Guevara Do not avoid the difficult path. You have to keep moving if you want to reach your destination. Katherine Anne Porter To break through your own limits and strive—that is what we call a challenge. Masayoshi Son Genius is nothing more than a mediocre person who works hard. Albert Einstein Any genius is born of passion. Isaac D'Israeli To challenge yourself is to grow. LeBron James Don’t rush. But don’t give up. Shigeta Saitō If you don’t give up, there will always be a way. Always. Sakichi Toyoda It is not noble to be superior to others. Ernest Hemingway Do not fear change. It is part of growth. Elon Musk What matters is getting back up every time you fail. Winston Churchill Not being satisfied is the best technique for improving your ability. Wayne Gretzky There is only one way to succeed: never give up. Jeff Bezos To solve a problem, don’t run away from it. Jack Dorsey It’s never too late to start something. Bill Gates As long as you keep challenging yourself, failure does not exist. Mark Zuckerberg Nothing is impossible. Muhammad Ali As long as you keep striving without ever losing sight of a good purpose, you will surely be saved in the end. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When you’re creating something of your own, there are no limits. Miles Davis The mental strength to endure—to dig in with “One more step!” the very moment you think “I can’t go on”—cultivates an unbeatable power to overcome anything. Taihō Kōki Neither you nor the organization will grow unless you take risks and challenge yourself. 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. Kimi Onoda Even if a race happens only once, horse racing always leads to the next, and there are clues to be found in defeat. Yutaka Take Find a way. If there isn’t one, make one. Hannibal Barca As you stretch yourself to broaden your horizons, it’s possible you’ll actually grow taller. That’s part of what makes life interesting. Saburō Shiroyama They say you can change this. The key to changing it rests in your palm, in your hand. You have the power to change it. Taro Yamamoto No matter how much criticism I receive, I will stick to the path I believe in. Yoshihide Suga Your happiness in life depends on the quality of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Regardless of the circumstances, when a decision must be made, I believe the best course is to stand firmly by my convictions. Yoshihide Suga Without passion, no energy is born. Without energy, it’s the same as having nothing. The best way to pave the road to success is through effort and diligence, and by focusing on what is going well rather than on what isn’t. I succeeded because I never made excuses and never allowed them. Florence Nightingale Even if you feel small, an indomitable spirit can overcome that feeling. Ellen Glasgow It’s in the moments you decide that your destiny is shaped. Anthony Robbins I kept telling myself that everything I was studying was for my goal. Miles Davis My enemy is, for the most part, myself. From Chūya Koyama’s “Space Brothers” If other people can do it, there’s no way you can’t. From Fujiko Fujio's Doraemon If you stay focused, you can overcome any obstacle. Warren Buffett Obstacles before you are opportunities. By facing difficulties, you can grow. Kevin Durant You only realize your own strength once you’ve overcome your anxieties and concerns. Serena Williams Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon Even if I face setbacks, I don’t lose my pride—that’s because I’m putting in the effort. Shigeo Nagashima If you work hard, will you be rewarded? That’s not it. You keep working hard until you’re rewarded. Lionel Messi Hardships are the best trials that forge me. Sanae Takaichi Have aspirations and stay true to your convictions Sanae Takaichi The word “give up” doesn’t exist in Shinji Ishimaru’s dictionary. Shinji Ishimaru ...to be continued [Resonates with the Heart] Quotes that let you do your best anytime! Fiery words give you a push (91–100) If other people can do it, there’s no way you can’t. From Fujiko Fujio's Doraemon These are words from Doraemon, a manga loved across generations as one of Japan’s most iconic works.
They face head-on the feelings of discouragement that come from comparing yourself to others.
When you feel you’re not good at studying, it can seem like you alone are inferior, but differences in ability are born from accumulated effort and experience.
Before deciding you can’t do something, it’s important to adopt a mindset of trying.
Everyone has potential, and if you believe and move forward, the path will open.
It’s a famous quote that encourages positive action without denying yourself.
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If you stay focused, you can overcome any obstacle. Warren Buffett These are the words of Warren Buffett, an American investor who has built a record of steady results through long-term investing.
His success was not the product of split-second decisions, but of a sustained commitment to focus.
In studying as well, getting distracted by too much information scatters your results.
By identifying what needs to be done and concentrating on the task at hand, you can overcome difficult obstacles little by little.
Patiently sustained focus leads to significant outcomes.
It’s a famous quote that quietly teaches the importance of the quality of effort.
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Obstacles before you are opportunities. By facing difficulties, you can grow. Kevin Durant Words from Kevin Durant, who has experienced numerous scoring records and championships in the NBA.
Having survived in an intensely competitive world, he understands the meaning of hardship deeply.
When faced with a wall in your studies, many people want to avoid it—but that very wall can become a chance to grow.
By tackling difficult tasks, you cultivate your thinking and perseverance.
It’s often the tough situations, more than the smooth times, that help a person grow.
This quote presents a perspective that views obstacles positively and shifts our mindset toward growth.
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You only realize your own strength once you’ve overcome your anxieties and concerns. Serena Williams These are the words of Serena Williams, who has etched her name in the history of women’s tennis.
The road to the top is never smooth; it is a continuous struggle with anxiety and doubt.
When studying, everyone has moments when they lose confidence in their abilities and feel like stopping.
It is precisely at such times that the experience of facing your anxieties rather than fleeing from them becomes essential.
Only after overcoming difficulties can you recognize strengths beyond what you imagined.
It’s a quote that accepts the emotional turbulence that comes with challenge and gives you the courage to move forward.
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Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon These are the words of Francis Bacon, who laid the foundation of modern scientific thought and influenced many fields of study.
Within this brief expression lies the essential value of learning.
The knowledge gained through study is not mere information; it will support your life as the power to think and the capacity to judge.
By accumulating knowledge, your options expand, and you gain confidence in your actions.
Knowledge acquired through steady, daily effort becomes an unwavering strength, no matter how difficult the situation.
It is a timeless quote that shows the meaning of continuing to learn.
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Even if I face setbacks, I don’t lose my pride—that’s because I’m putting in the effort. Shigeo Nagashima These are the words of Shigeo Nagashima, who left countless records and memories as a leading figure in professional baseball.
Behind success lies time spent continually facing failure and setbacks.
In studying, too, when results don’t come as hoped, we may feel our confidence slipping—but the very fact that we are making an effort is something to be proud of.
Periods without results are times of building strength.
As long as we keep challenging ourselves, we can hold our heads high and face forward.
This quote affirms the self who is striving and gives us the courage to rise again.
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If you work hard, will you be rewarded? That’s not it. You keep working hard until you’re rewarded. Lionel Messi An athlete from Argentina often called the greatest soccer player of all time, Lionel Messi.
His message, “Do you succeed if you work hard? That’s not it—you work hard until you succeed,” truly reflects a career in which he has won countless titles in soccer.
You can’t reach your dreams without effort, yet it’s also true that not everyone who works hard will achieve their dreams.
Even so, this quote pushes us forward, reminding us that as long as we’re pursuing our dreams, we must keep putting in the effort.
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Hardships are the best trials that forge me. Sanae Takaichi These are words that convey a will to look forward and keep moving—something only Ms.
Takaichi, who has faced headwinds and criticism throughout her career, can truly speak to.
The higher the spotlight, the greater the challenges; it’s the kind of situation that would discourage most people.
Yet she frames the fact that she has continued to move forward as a source of strength.
The resolve to keep going without giving up, and to hold fast to one’s convictions in any circumstance, are also points that inspire reassurance and trust.
The more she confronts difficulties, the more she is tempered; it raises expectations for how much strength she will continue to build and what the future may hold.
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Have aspirations and stay true to your convictions Sanae Takaichi These words succinctly capture her guiding principles and approach as a politician.
Ms.
Takaichi has embodied the importance of maintaining consistent convictions through concrete policies such as strengthening economic security, enhancing education policy, and promoting regional revitalization.
For example, in her remarks on stabilizing people’s livelihoods and disaster preparedness, we can see a commitment to pursuing policy from a long-term perspective, unswayed by short-term trends or political pressure.
It is also a message that in our own lives and work, staying true to our goals with consistency can determine the outcomes we achieve.
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The word “give up” doesn’t exist in Shinji Ishimaru’s dictionary. Shinji Ishimaru These are the words Mr.
Shinji Ishimaru spoke right after the Tokyo gubernatorial election results came in, laying out how he intends to move forward from here.
They express a resolve to devote his life to progress, insisting that this is no time to give up if we are to change a Japan facing daunting challenges.
The phrasing seems consciously reminiscent of Napoleon’s words, which is noteworthy, and it conveys an attitude of aiming to accomplish something monumental—akin to a revolution.
While declaring his own refusal to give up, he also seems to teach people the importance of not giving up.
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