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.
Of course, you can also use them when you want to cheer someone on, so be sure to check them out!
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Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than before (21–30)
If you don’t give up on yourself, there’s no such thing as “losing” in life.Shigeta Saitō
When you take on a challenge, you’re bound to face difficulties, and many people have experienced moments when their spirit breaks.
Even in those situations where you feel on the verge of giving up, these are the words of Shigeo Saito—a psychiatrist and essayist—that give you the courage to take a step forward.
He tells us that giving up is a situation we create for ourselves, and as long as we don’t make that decision, the challenge continues.
His words remind us that pressing on without giving up and not losing in spirit are crucial when facing challenges.
Precisely because we’re serious, we run into walls.Shuzo Matsuoka
It’s common to feel difficulties or hit walls when taking on challenges, but some people suffer and end up having their spirits broken by them.
Here are words from Shuzo Matsuoka that reframe what those walls in the midst of a challenge really are, and make you feel that the very fact they exist is a good thing.
He says that it’s precisely because you’ve faced things seriously and kept building step by step that you’re now sensing a wall as the next step up—so you can first be proud that you’ve come to see that wall at all.
These words turn walls—often seen as something painful—into something positive, giving you the courage to move forward.
Powerful words give you a push! Words that help you try even harder than before (31–40)
You’ve got the wind at your back.
A headwind signifies adversity, while a tailwind, conversely, indicates that things are moving in your favor.
Saying that a tailwind is at your back conveys a message that the other person’s goals and dreams are within easier reach.
Even if they actually feel a headwind, this message communicates a warm intention to support them.
If it reaches them at the final push, it might help them make one more effort.
Please share it with someone important to you.
The shortcut to gaining confidence is to challenge what you fear—and to keep stacking memories of overcoming it.William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan, an American politician also known as an eloquent orator, moved the hearts of many people.
His words teach us that action is all the more important when we lack confidence.
The moment we confront what we fear requires courage, but the memory of overcoming it will accumulate into solid confidence.
In new environments, anxiety tends to come first, but small successes support the next step.
It is a famous quote that tells us confidence is not something to wait for, but something to cultivate through action.
Do not avoid the difficult path. You must move forward if you want to reach your destination.Katherine Anne Porter
When you take on a challenge, there may be no words more encouraging than these.
The road that leads to your dreams and goals won’t always be smooth.
There may be long hills, muddy paths that trip you up, and at times you might not see what lies ahead.
But if what you want is beyond that path, then you need to go through it.
Don’t be discouraged—move forward with courage and perseverance.
Everyone wants to avoid a hard road, but it’s precisely by walking it that you will grow.
If you think you can, you can; if you think you can’t, you can’t. This is an unshakable, absolute law.Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso is known as a painter whose style kept shifting from one phase to the next.
Looking at his works The Old Guitarist, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, and Dove, you might even wonder, “Were these really painted by the same person?” Perhaps he had a curious nature that compelled him to try things whenever something caught his interest.
Here are some words Picasso left us.
Just as he changed his style as he wished, you too can surely become anything.
But if you decide on your own that you cannot, then you won’t.
So believe that you can, and keep moving forward.
The problem lies in the future. That’s why I don’t look back at the past.Bill Gates
Bill Gates, one of Microsoft’s founders and a well-known American entrepreneur.
This quote that places importance on the future comes from a successful person—him.
People often look back on the past, don’t they? It’s fine to revisit good memories.
But if what you’re looking back on is past failures or mistakes, you might get stuck there.
What lies ahead of you isn’t the past—it’s the future.
Let the past be refined into experience and lessons, and live while imagining a bright future.