Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than before.
This time, we’re introducing words from great and famous figures that will motivate you just by listening.
They’re perfect not only for those who are already working hard toward their dreams and goals every day, but also for anyone who wants to start something but can’t take the first step, or who feels on the verge of breaking after a setback.
Words may only be a starting point, but if even one of these changes how you feel or becomes a source of courage and drive, we’ll be delighted.
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Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than now (61–70)
As long as you don’t lose to yourself, it isn’t defeat.Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady who was the wife of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was also active as a women’s rights advocate and writer.
Many people may find strong encouragement in her famous quote, “It is not a defeat unless you accept it in your own mind.” The message that the one you must overcome is not someone else but yourself teaches us that as long as you keep challenging yourself, you cannot truly lose.
It’s a positive quote that lifts you up when you feel like your spirit is about to break.
If you can take one step, you can take another.Todd Skinner
“If you can take one step, you can take another” are the words of American free climber Todd Skinner.
When you challenge something new or difficult, you might hesitate.
As Skinner’s words suggest, once you take the first step, you’ll be able to keep moving forward—it’s a phrase that gives you a push.
Surely, Skinner himself, as a free climber, faced countless hardships and challenges.
He likely poured the feelings and insights from those experiences into this saying.
Rather than waiting for a miracle, stake everything and give it your all!Misato Katsuragi 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'
This is a famous quote from Misato Katsuragi, a character in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Her belief—that it’s better to keep making efforts than to do nothing while waiting for a miracle—is profoundly insightful.
Even if you fail, your efforts won’t be wasted; conversely, perhaps miracles are granted only to those who strive.
Thinking that way makes you realize how truly important it is to think for yourself, try things out, and keep making an effort.
If you keep chasing your dreams and never give up, even the darkest path will begin to shine with light.Naoko Takahashi
During her time at Gifu Prefectural Commercial High School, she competed in the National Inter-High School Championships but was eliminated in the preliminaries.
As a second-year student, she also took part in the National Inter-Prefectural Women’s Ekiden, finishing 45th out of 47 in her section.
Looking at those results, compared with other runners who blossomed early and thrived from a young age, Ms.
Takahashi might be considered a late bloomer.
Perhaps these words shine all the more because she is someone who kept layering effort upon effort.
I felt a similar resonance with AKB48’s Minami Takahashi’s famous quote, “Effort will surely be rewarded.”
The goddess of fate favors those who act boldly.Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian political thinker known for advocating a realist political theory that politics should be considered separately from religion and morality.
His famous saying, “Fortune favors the bold,” can give us courage to face challenges.
Those who do nothing will never encounter opportunities, but taking action brings change and progress—doesn’t it? It’s a message I hope people who lack confidence in their initiative will adopt as a personal motto.
So what if you failed? Learn from the failure and just try again.Walt Disney
Walt Disney, the entrepreneur known as the creator behind the globally beloved Disney.
His famous quote, “So what if you fail? Learn from it and try again,” carries particular weight because he repeatedly faced bankruptcy and setbacks while growing his company into an international giant.
When we fail, we can be overwhelmed by a sense of finality and despair, but this positive mindset—that even failure can be turned into nourishment for success—surely gives courage to many.
It’s a powerful quote that encourages us to take on new challenges.
Life is one of two things: you either face it with courage, or you throw it away.Helen Keller
Despite bearing the challenge of losing her sight and hearing shortly after birth, Helen Keller, a political activist who campaigned for world peace, took action.
Her famous quote, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all,” seems to embody her energetic life.
In life, we often face the choice between taking a step forward despite fear and changing our lives, or doing nothing and changing nothing.
We can’t say definitively which is right, but for those who want to change yet struggle to find the courage, this is a quote you should definitely know.