Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

Nothing is ever a setback. If anything, it just motivates you for what's next.

Failure is a stepping stone to success.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

Don’t give up. You’ll regret it.

Giving up is the only sure way to fail.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Setbacks make you want to be better again.

You can't let a failure keep you down, because if you stay down after you fail, you are going to stay down for good.

The road to success is always under construction... there are lots of pot holes but no traffic jams.

Champions have the courage to keep turning the pages because they know a better chapter lies ahead.

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.