Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.

I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have ever been.

I do believe in self-help.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

I wish for a world that gets that your 'I Can' is exponentially more important than your IQ.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

A lot of us have energy that we can tap into. We sell ourselves short.

I really believe in myself. That's why I keep challenging myself.

I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only thing that matters.

I don't let a day go where I'm not doing something that enhances me or allows me to sit up here and keep my spirits going.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.