288 Quotes by Daisaku Ikeda

No one is born hating others.

What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths

A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.