Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

The biggest superpower you can have is the ability to change your own life. It’s in your hands, and if you believe that you can get the power you want, you can do whatever you wish to do.

Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that's all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise - apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.

If you believe in yourself you can make yourself whatever you want to be.

If you believe in yourself and feel confident in yourself, you can do anything. I really believe that.

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

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.

I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.

We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it.

Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've learned, that's the path to happiness.

From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles.

I know you can do anything you put your mind to and the exterior doesn't matter.

When someone really, truly believes in themselves, magic happens.

Hopefully I've shown them (fellow cyclists) you just need some self-belief and that you need to take your destiny into your own hands instead of waiting for it. You have to go out and force it. You need to go out and take life, and shape your life and destiny the way you need it. I hope I can pass that message along.

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.

We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else

You are the single biggest influence in your life.

If you look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.

Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it - he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It can be done; but you do not believe it. You pray to God and keep your powder dry all the time.

I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it.

You are the power in your world! You get to have whatever you choose to think!

I don't think I have something that's pronounceable as a philosophy. ... When it was fashionable to say, "May the Force be with you," I always said, "Force yourself." ... I'll say again then, "The Force is within you. Force yourself."

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.