Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

I can't go on. I'll go on.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

Real courage is holding on to a still voice in your head that says, 'I must keep going.' It's that voice that says nothing is a failure if it is not final. That voice that says to you, 'Get out of bed. Keep going. I will not quit.'

Throughout the journey of my life, I have maintained a strong faith in the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. I deeply believe in one's own positive will to overcome even the most daunting challenges.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.

Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.

Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.

Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

I think willpower is very valuable.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

Opposition strengthens the manly will.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.

I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

People throw in the towel because they don't know how to fight. You'd be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.

There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.