Wonderful quotes and sayings

Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than before.

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.

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.

Of course, you can also use them when you want to cheer someone on, so be sure to check them out!

Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than now (1–10)

Not being satisfied is the best technique for improving your skills.Wayne Gretzky

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Not being satisfied is the best technique for improving your skills. — Wayne Gretzky

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To accomplish anything, it’s important to acquire the skills involved and continually improve their quality.

Here are the words of Wayne Gretzky, a former ice hockey player, that illustrate how to think about the skills needed to pursue such goals.

He tells us that to achieve greater results, we must not be satisfied with the status quo; a hungry drive to elevate oneself is what truly helps improve skills.

These are powerful words that inspire us to keep striving toward high goals and to continue working hard with courage.

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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

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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

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Here is a quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German poet and thinker.

Whether at work or in your studies, you may have found yourself fixated on immediate results.

These words remind us that as long as we keep striving without losing sight of our life’s purpose, our efforts will not be in vain in the end.

It’s normal to go through tough times, and what matters is continuing to move toward your goals.

Let’s trust that working with a long-term vision will lead to our future.

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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."

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

The bigger the vision you have, the harder it becomes to know just how much effort it will take to achieve it.

These are words from Keisuke Honda, a former professional soccer player, that express a way of thinking about the relationship between the ideals we set and the effort required.

He says that to leave results worthy of being recognized as the best in the world, you need an effort that is equally the best in the world, and that it’s precisely the kind of effort no one else can make that leads to records no one else can reach.

His words can also be taken as an encouraging message: if you’re not getting closer to your dream, you still haven’t worked hard enough—there’s still more you can do.

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Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than now (11–20)

Without passion, no energy is born. Without energy, it’s the same as having nothing.

If you want to accomplish something, you need to pursue it with passion.

Without passion, you won’t feel motivated, and there’s no way you can keep running all the way to the goal.

That passion is the very energy that drives action.

If you can’t find passion, even exceptional talent or ability won’t be fully utilized.

If you want to achieve something great or live a fulfilling, wonderful life, please find something that ignites your passion.

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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.

Successful people keep working harder than anyone else and repeat trial and error.

While acknowledging failures as failures, they never lose the positivity needed to reach their goals.

This famous quote by President Trump teaches us the need for steady effort and the importance of thinking positively.

Continuing to make an effort is tough, and it’s painful when hard work doesn’t lead to results.

At such times, believe in the self that has worked so hard up to now, and recall your past successes.

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Do not be easily satisfied—whether with yourself or with anything else. Even when the wind is against you, grit your teeth and refuse to compromise.

These words convey Donald Trump’s determination to face difficulties without giving in and his strictness toward himself.

They also suggest an ambitious side that refuses to be satisfied with the status quo and aims ever higher.

A key point is not only his toughness on himself but also his refusal to be satisfied with others, which signals a desire to improve things on a broader scale.

Striving for higher ideals and persevering through adversity—this content feels reflective of Trump’s life.

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You should have more faith in your talents and what you’ve done.Ichiro

It teaches us the importance of not underestimating ourselves and having confidence in the effort we’ve built up.

The more things don’t go well, the more we tend to think, “Maybe I can’t do it,” but the time we’ve spent working hard has never been wasted.

For example, even when results don’t come in a sport you’ve practiced for years, believing in the effort you’ve made and continuing on can turn into strength.

In studying as well, those who have kept at it steadily are the ones who can demonstrate their abilities when it counts.

These words convey that believing in yourself becomes the foundation that supports your next step.

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