[Quote of the Day] A little phrase to brighten your day!

The best time isn’t only once. If you keep climbing, can’t you think that every day is the best?Gorō Zaizen

Collection of memorable quotes [Famous lines from the drama The Great White Tower]

These words wholeheartedly affirm the attitude of those who keep challenging themselves.

Goro Zaizen says that as long as we continue to move forward by building on our efforts, we can make each day our best yet.

The path of medicine is long and steep; even if one attains status or success, settling into comfort halts growth.

But if we keep challenging ourselves, moments of surpassing our past selves will come again and again.

This mindset—of updating our everyday sense of self—gives courage not only in medicine but across life as a whole.

It’s an uplifting, motivating quote that reaffirms the value of taking on challenges.

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mutō

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Natural disasters strike when we least expect them.Torahiko Terada

Here is a famous and important saying by Torahiko Terada: “Natural disasters strike when they have been forgotten.” Terada was a Japanese physicist, essayist, and haiku poet.

As a researcher, he was interested in disasters such as fires and earthquakes, and it is said that after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, he became even more deeply engaged with the subject.

This quote reminds us that the peaceful passing of everyday life without incident is not something to be taken for granted.

It is a phrase worth engraving in our hearts.

One good deed a day

It’s a phrase that means “Do one good deed a day.” It can be something small.

For example, saying “thank you” to a friend or helping someone who’s having trouble on the street are both good deeds.

By doing even one good thing each day, you and the people around you will feel happier.

Your heart feels lighter, and you feel more energized.

If someone at school is struggling and you think, “I’ll help!”, that’s also “one good deed a day.” As you build up small acts of kindness every day, the world becomes more joyful and happy.

Keep “one good deed a day” in your heart, and spend each day with a smile.

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kepiko

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Earthquakes will strike again and again. To prevent severe damage, we will build parks and roads.Shinpei Gotō

I would like to introduce a famous quote left by Shinpei Goto: “Earthquakes will come again and again.

To prevent great damage, we must build parks and roads.” From this saying, one can sense his conviction to protect human life.

Shinpei Goto devoted himself to the reconstruction after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, making present-day Tokyo a city resilient to disasters.

Immediately after the earthquake, he became Minister of Home Affairs and then Minister for Reconstruction to rebuild Tokyo, which had suffered immense damage.

Along with the quote, he conceived reconstruction measures, but at the time he faced criticism from those around him.

It is said that enormous funds were required to put them into action, and landowners opposed the purchase of tracts that had been reduced to burned-out fields by the quake.

Although his budget was cut, Goto poured his efforts into building a disaster-resilient city.

Thanks to those efforts, Tokyo became stronger against earthquakes than it had been in the past.

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Nakajima Junko

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If you want to see a rainbow, you have to put up with a little rain.Dolly Parton

If you want to see the rainbow, you have to put up with a little rain. #Shorts #DollyParton #Quotes #SelfImprovement #SelfSuggestion #Business #WiseWords

Dolly Parton, an American singer-songwriter known as a leading figure in country music, is also active as an actor, author, business owner, and humanitarian.

Her famous quote, “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain,” embodies a mindset that may be essential for achieving your dreams.

When people set goals, they tend to want to reach them by the shortest route and without getting hurt.

However, the farther or bigger the dream or goal, the more likely you are to get hurt or feel discouraged along the way.

This quote reminds us that it’s precisely by overcoming those hardships that achieving your goal gains meaning—a sentiment that anyone can agree with.

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Hoshino Takashi

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What Japan gained after losing everything was hope… It planted the seeds of hope within us, who had been captivated by wealth.Ryu Murakami

I would like to share a famous quote by Ryū Murakami: “What Japan, having lost everything, gained was hope… It planted the seeds of hope within us, whose hearts had been captivated by wealth.” The Great East Japan Earthquake caused immense damage.

Many people must have spent their days in deep anxiety.

Yet it is precisely in such times that we must not forget “hope.” As the writer Ryū Murakami says, what we gain when everything is lost in a disaster is hope—the hope to live earnestly now and to dream of a brighter future.

In a Japan where everything is close at hand and life has become affluent, perhaps many of us have lost hope in exchange.

This also resonates with the story of Pandora’s box, in which hope remained at the end.

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Nakajima Junko

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Prepare pessimistically, act optimistically.Kazuo Inamori

Let me introduce a famous quote left by Kazuo Inamori: “Prepare pessimistically, act optimistically.” Kazuo Inamori was a Japanese entrepreneur and engineer.

He founded Kyocera and Daini Denden, which is now KDDI, and served as chairman of the Inamori Foundation, a public-interest incorporated foundation.

He was also honorary chairman of Japan Airlines.

In the planning stage, with a strong will that says, “No matter what, we must accomplish this,” one should reexamine the plan with a pessimistic eye; then, in the execution stage, with the confidence that “We can definitely do it,” one should carry it out optimistically—brightly and with dignity.

Doesn’t this conviction also apply to disaster preparedness?