125 Inspirational Anime Quotes

Anime has the action, the adventure, the magic, the romance, and the fun that you could ever imagine. And as you go deep into the addicting episodes, the fictional characters also talk about struggles experienced in the real world. So don’t be afraid to let anime be your source of inspiration and strength with these 125 inspirational anime quotes.

Inspirational Anime Quotes

1. There are days when nothing goes right. There are days when you stumble and fall. There are days when you just want to cry. To cry a lot. To sleep a lot. Or even eat a lot. It’s alright, as long as you pick yourself up again. – Yuki Takeya (Gakkougurashi!)

2. Living has it own challenges. I’ll give you just one piece of advice. Don’t quit. Yes, when you die, you die. But if you give up, you’re definitely going to die. That, I am sure of. – Brittany (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)

3. You can’t sit around envying other people’s worlds. You have to go tout and change your own. – Shinichi Chiaki (Nodame Cantabile)

4. It’s not like something is going to happen because I believe in it. Sometimes you end up worse off because you believed in something too much. There are times it’s tough to believe in something. – Eureka (Eureka Seven)

5. I don’t think I’ll learn anything if I don’t try to do something about it on my own. – Chizuru Hishiro (ReLIFE)

6. A dropout will beat a genius through hard work. – Rock Lee (Naruto)

7. You guys sure are a worthless bunch. If you wanna wallow in your tears, save it for after you’ve done everything you can. – Seiya Kanie (Amagi Brilliant Park)

8. Smile. Not for anyone else, but for yourself. Show yourself your own smile. You’ll feel better then. – Rintaro Tatewaki (Magic-Kyun! Renaissance)

9. It may be hard right now, but you must silence those thoughts. Stop counting only those things that you have lost. What is gone, is gone. – Jinbei (One Piece)

10. Remember this… no matter where you go, the strength of your mind and spirit is the most powerful magic of all. – Princess Emeraude (Magic Knight Rayearth)

11. I haven’t relied on luck since the moment I was born. Everything has been the result of my choices. – Kagura Mikazuchi (Fairy Tail)

12. If praying does not work, and words are ineffective, what’s left is to fight. – Meme Oshino (Bakemonogatari)

13. Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully. – Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom)

14. If you feel yourself hitting up against your limit, remember for what cause you clench your fists! Remember why you started down this path, and let that memory carry you beyond your limit. – All Might (My Hero Academia)

15. Fear is not evil. It tells you what your weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger, as well as kinder. – Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)

16. How can you move forward if you keep regretting the past? – Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

17. Maybe there’s only a dark road up ahead. But you still have to believe and keep going. Believe that the stars will light your path, even a little bit. Come on, let’s go on a journey! – Kaori Miyazono (Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso)

18. Although I’m weak and full of flaws, I will never stop moving forward. No matter who I am, no one other than myself will create my own existence. No matter what others may think or feel, I will still move forward as myself. – Oz Vessalius (Pandora Hearts)

19. In this world, there’s no such thing as ‘failure’ in the first place. The one who knows the ‘ways to win’ more than anyone is also the one who’s experienced the most ‘mistakes’. In other words… You could say ‘failure’ is equal to ‘success’… Couldn’t you? – Toriko (Toriko)

20. If you can’t do something, then don’t. Focus on what you can do. – Shiroe (Log Horizon)

Inspirational Anime Quotes

21. Life is like a tube of toothpaste. When you’ve used all the toothpaste down to the last squeeze, that’s when you’ve really lived. Live with all your might, and struggle as long as you have life. – Mion Sonozaki (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)

22. I won’t be defeated because I know how awful it feels to lose after doing my very best! – Sho Kazamatsuri (Whistle!)

23. Stop pouting! You learned something valuable. Remember the lesson, not the disappointment. – Holo (Spice & Wolf)

24. The ones who accomplish something are the fools who keep pressing onward. The ones who accomplish nothing are the wise who cease advancing. – Celica Arfonia (Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records)

25. Just walk the path you believe in. And don’t forget, you’re the main character of your own life story! – Glenn Radars (Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records)

26. The only one who can decide your worth.. is you. If you want to earn something, you need to reach out for it. Pro-athletes give up their teenage years to train. Business owners put up collateral to borrow money. That’s how it always works. To make your ambitions come true, you have to take risks. The larger the ambition the greater the risk. That might involve time or enough work to affect your lifespan… So make your choice. Live in peace as a wannabe or risk losing it all to reach the very top. You’re the one who needs to decide. – Jabami Yumeko (Kakegurui)

27. The lifespan of a human is certainly way too short. That’s why you’ve got to make the most of it and live your life to the fullest. – Leone (Akame Ga Kill!)

28. Enjoy your life today. Yesterday is gone, and the tomorrow might never come. – Takeshi Yamamoto (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)

29. A road is something that you make yourself. – Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

30. No matter what you’re doing, the most essential thing is to not give up. Fail as many times as it takes. Keep trying persistantly untill you can call yourself ‘avarage’. If you can collect a nice group of avarage-level skills, that’s already above-avarage. You’ve created your own sort of ‘talent’. – Yuuji Kazami (Grisaia no Kajitsu)

31. Even if we walk on different paths, one must always live on as you are able! You must never treat your own life as something insignificant! You must never forget the friends you love for as long as you live! Let bloom the flowers of light within your hearts. – Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

32. You’re absolutely right. I can’t do anything alone. Everyone has their flaws and imperfections, but that’s what drives us to work together… To make up for those flaws. Together, we make the perfect main character. – Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

33. Today might be the chance to grasp the chance to let your talent bloom. Maybe tomorrow, the day after, or next year… Maybe even when you’re thirty. I’m not sure if physique has anything to do with it, but if you think that it will never come, it probably never will. – Tooru Oikawa (Haikyuu!!)

34. A castle that vanishes at the first gust of wind is worthless. A skyscraper within your mind will never fall down. – Satsuki Kiryuuin (Kill la Kill)

35. That’s just the way it is. Change is inevitable. Instead of resisting it, you’re better served simple going with the flow. – Kyouraku Shunsui (Bleach)

36. Do not live bowing down. You must die standing up. – Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryusai (Bleach)

37. Have a dream that you can achieve within your lifetime! – Ryou (Sakamoto desu ga?)

38. You cannot go into battle believing you will lose. – Akisame Koetsuji (History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi)

39. I’m on a little boat. I’m going against the current of the river, downstream to upstream. If you want something more, you move forward with all your might. If you try to stop, you fall behind. Humans can never stop moving. If they do not yearn for something… Right! Nothing begins without action! You gain nothing if you do nothing! Satisfaction is stagnation! Stagnation is death! I want to know! See! Feel! Experience! Understand! This monster is amazing, but we know nothing about him! This monster strength was amazing. He won every battle he fought! The ultimate soldier! Now it’s a war between vampires? I have to thank the Servamp of Melancholy! In every era, wars have created progress! – Johannes Mimir Faustus (Servamp)

40. You said you worked hard? Well, maybe you need to work a little longer. – Saitama (One Punch Man)

Inspirational Anime Quotes

41. I want…to change things. I want to believe that anything can be changed. The moment I met you, a new world opened up for me. You see, after wandering in the darkness for so long, a light brought me happiness. It’s all thanks to you. – Chrono (Chrono Crusade)

42. Don’t be so quick to throw away your life. No matter how disgraceful or embarrassing it may be, you need to keep struggling to find your way out until the very end. – Clare (Claymore)

43. The world’s not perfect, but it’s there for us trying the best it can. That’s what makes it so damn beautiful. – Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)

44. No single thing is perfect by itself. That’s why we’re born to attract other things to make up for what we lack. I think we start walking in the right direction only after we start getting our counterparts besides us. – Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)

45. Every journey begins with a single step. We just have to have patience. – Milly Thompson (Trigun)

46. Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many. – Hachiman Hikigaya (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)

47. If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it. Instead, have the courage to change it the way you want it to be! – Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto)

48. You’ve got two legs and a heartbeat. What’s stopping you? – Inuyasha (InuYasha)

49. If you don’t take risks, you can’t create a future. – Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

50. I too will obtain everything that I desire. Not because someone asked me to do it, but because I know in my heart that I have something worth fighting for. – Julis Alexia Van Riessfeld (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk)

51. Sometimes I do feel like I’m a failure. Like there’s no hope for me. But even so, I’m not gonna give up. Ever! – Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)

52. Don’t give up, there’s no shame in falling down! The true shame is to not stand up again! – Shintaro Midorima (Kuroko no Basuke)

53. You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way. – Junichirou Kagami (Denpa Kyoushi)

54. I refuse to let my fear control me anymore. – Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)

55. If your life can change once, your life can change again. – Sanae Furukawa (Clannad)

56. The only home that a man should ever need is within his heart. – Lavi Bookman (D.Gray-man)

57. Even if you’re weak, there are miracles you can seize with your hands if you fight on to the very end. – Uryuu Minene (Mirai Nikki)

Inspirational Anime Quotes

58. Even If you’ve only got a 1% chance of winning, but you convince yourself you’re gonna lose, that 1% becomes 0%. – Lina Inverse (Slayers)

59. Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don’t desire, but they’re inevitable, we have to face them. It’s what being human is all about. – Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

60. Everything happens for a reason. The daily tragedies and misfortunes are all meaningful events, leading toward an ideal conclusion. With that in mind, there probably isn’t really any meaningless misfortune. – Fuwa Aika (Zetsuen No Tempest)

61. What is important is to know fear and yet take a step forward. – Rosette Christopher (Chrono Crusade)

62. Strength isn’t just about winning. Even if my attempts are pathetic and comical, and even if I’m covered in the mud of my defeat, if I can keep fighting and look up at the sky as I lie on the ground, that alone is proof of true strength! – Haruyuki Arita (Accel World)

63. If nobody cares to accept you and wants you in this world, accept yourself and you will see that you don’t need them and their selfish ideas. – Alibaba Saluja (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

64. We can’t waste time worrying about the what if’s. – Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)

65. You are human, are you not? You are allowed to make mistakes. – Bishamonten (Noragami)

66. Being strong isn’t just about having power or move, it about one’s spirit. – Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

67. If you’re failing, then keep trying until you don’t. – Kintaro Toyama (The Prince of Tennis)

68. Even if there’s nothing here today, there might be something tomorrow. It’s a caring heart that’s important. – Takashi Natsume (Natsume Yuujinchou)

69. The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never. Think, Writhe, Struggle and agonize. If not, what you are going through isn’t genuine. – Shizuka Hiratsuka (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU)

70. When you’re just starting out, put all your energy into surviving. No matter how pathetic you feel, or how people laugh at you, if you come back alive, you win. – Mia Grand (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)

71. If you keep on hiding your true feelings, who is going to be happy? If you are sad, you should say it out loud! – Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)

72. Even in moments of the deepest despair… I guess we can still find hope, huh? – Hange Zoe (Attack on Titan)

73. The world won’t always go the way you want it to. Better not take it to seriously. – Kubard (Arslan Senki)

74. The chains of fear are easily broken with the blade of courage. – Goltas (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

75. This blank space represents infinite potential. One day, it may become anything. – No Game No Life

76. Youmu or Spirit Warrior… In the end, none of that really matters. Nor does the question of who you are. All that matters is to be close to the ones you care about. – Yayoi Kanbara (Kyoukai No Kanata)

77. Nobody knows what will happen in the future. Something even better might happen tomorrow. – Haruhiro (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)

78. However rough the waters in the outside world may be, to find your own lighthouse and swim for it is only logical, isn’t it? – Hayabusa Shou (Sakamoto desu ga?)

Inspirational Anime Quotes

79. Everybody has things they aren’t good at or can’t do. We cover each other’s weakness. That’s what a party’s for. – Manato (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)

80. When an otaku goes all-out with his mind set on something you better not underestimate him. – Tomoya Aki (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)

81. Someday we’ll part. Maybe be forgotten. But we’re living in the moment. So… make lots of friends, fall madly in love, and enjoy every moment to the fullest. – Kaizaki Arata (ReLIFE)

82. This is what’s inside your heart right now. A sky that has become this lovely, will not always remain sunny. There will be times when rain will fall and storms will carry on. The scenery will change, but if it is left alone, it will stay changed forever. For that, you must continue to fight, because that is to live. To live is to fight. – Shinku (Rozen Maiden)

83. But being optimistic isn’t a bad thing, is it? It’s not like you’re doing anything bad. It’s also not like you’re cheating either. – Koyomi Araragi (Bakemonogatari)

84. Birds with the wind in their wings are flying across the great blue sky right now. And all of you should be able to make it! To the highest limit, to the farthest limit! – Ittetsu Takeda (Haikyuu!!)

85. Haven’t you already lifted your foot, preparing to step forward? Then you only have one option! Finish taking that step! – Sumire Kano (Toradora!)

86. Falling is just another way of flying. – Nine (Zankyou no Terror)

87. However far I fall as long as there’s so much as a thread left I will use it to climb. I’ll take hold of it. I refuse to give up while I’m still human I can do that much. But every person must decide on his own whether to grab it. – Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji)

88. Even if I lose my “voice”. Even if everyone else doesn’t turn up to hear me sing — as long as you’re there, then, that’s enough. If it comes to that… I will sing, just for you. – Izayoi Miku (Date A Live)

89. Whether you get mad, whether you laugh. The sun will set, morning will come. Each and every time, I’ll just start over again. – Atsuhiro Maeda (Tari Tari)

90. In order to accomplish something, first you had to believe in yourself that you could do it. – Adlet Mayer (Rokka no Yuusha)

91. You ain’t gonna know unless you climb up yerself. Ain’t no way to look if you don’t try. – Kotoishi Naru (Barakamon)

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92. Reaching out to someone is simple. All you need is the resolve to say, “I’m your ally no matter what.” “I believe in you.” That’s all the resolve you need. It’s okay to make mistakes. I grew up by making mistakes. Don’t have any regrets. Your justice may be completely different from someone else’s. You are completely different people after all. But you still live on together. People always look for ways to do just that. – Shirota Tooru (Servamp)

93. The storyteller may fall silent, the music may cease, but the story will not end. Be it tragedy or comedy, as long as there is applause, the story will not end. It is just like the multitude of human lives. Warm blessings to we who were not rewarded, and we who are still on our way. Our travels continue on. – Fate/stay night

94. When things seem beyond help, if you open your eyes and take a really good look… It’s a lot better than turning your back and hiding your eyes. – Leonardo Watch (Kekkai Sensen)

95. I shouldn’t think about losing before the match has even begun. – Eiichirou Maruo (Baby Steps)

96. Even if you have regrets, even if you have remorse, you must fight. If you have made the decision for yourself to fight, to struggle, then fight with all you have. Do not give up for one second, one moment, or one instant. Cling greedily to the victory you have within your sight. If you can still stand, if your fingers still move, if all your teeth have not broken, stand and fight. You must fight! – Wilhelm van Astrea (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)

97. Even if all the confidence and pride you’ve built over the years is blown to pieces by a major failure, even if you’ve had a soul-crushing experience, you still have to open the shop the next day. That’s who chefs are. – Soma Yukihira (Shokugeki no Soma: Ni no Sara)

98. Everyone has their own talents, and strong wills that won’t lose to anyone else. – Sakamoto Yuuji (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)

99. You are too young to worry about failure. In a pinch, just muddle through. The outcome won’t change, so that’s best. – Bang (One Punch Man)

100. Do exactly as you like. That is the true meaning of pleasure. Pleasure leads to joy and joy leads to happiness. Your path is now clear, Kirei. So clear there is no longer any need to hesitate. – Gilgamesh (Fate/Zero)

101. As long as we are under the same sky, we shouldn’t be sad when we part ways. – Wolfgang Grimmer (Monster)

102. If something is possible, carry on as planned. Even if it isn’t possible, do it anyway. – Karasuma Tadaomi (Assassination Classroom)

103. Just ’cause you’re a girl, it doesn’t mean you have to wait for a prince to come along on a white horse. You can go out and find Prince Charming yourself. It is up to you to find the right boy. – Sailor Chibi Moon (Sailor Moon)

104. If you have the guts to not give up, you can be anything you want to be. We’re living creature that don’t have wings, but still went to the moon. – Kurogane Ryouma (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry)

105. Power is not the only connection you can have. This world is filled with much warmer things. – Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail)

106. There are some flowers you only see when you take detours. – Tanaka Saeko (Haikyuu!!)

107. I thought that when I grew up, I could reach more and more. The delicious looking fruit beckoning from the highest branch.The beautiful shell hidden in the sand. If I could only stretch out my hand a little more…. But…. As everyone passes through the junctures of their life, they no longer stretch their hand to the sky, or crouch to the earth. Embarrassed, they ignore what they’d desired for so long. Will you reach out and grab me, grown up as I am? – Kou Ichinomiya (Arakawa Under the Bridge)

108. I’ll use my flames for a better purpose! – Rin Okumura (Ao no Exorcist)

109. Examined from another angle, your faults and weaknesses can be weapons. – Nagisa Shiota (Assassination Classroom 2nd Season)

110. I don’t care if no one likes me. I wasn’t created in this world to entertain everyone. – Oreki Houtarou (Hyouka)

111. You’ve really got to hold on to what’s important to you. – Kazuya Kujo (Gosick)

112. The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there. – Satoru Fujinuma (Boku dake ga Inai Machi)

113. If you’re ever lost in the darkness, follow the compass in your heart. – Kayo Senju (Black Bullet)

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114. At times, I feel as though the whole world is gray, as though time is standing still. But time never stops. It moves forward endlessly, as surely as bodies buried in the ground will one day become white bones. Listen, it’s always you who stops time. If you stop in fear of the future – you gain nothing, and nothing begins. You spend your life as though already dead. Whether you wish it to or not – time never stops. That’s why there is nothing more interesting than this world. Don’t be too negative. You haven’t become ashes just yet. You have your flesh and blood, and your bones are supporting you. – Sakurako Kujo (Beautiful Bones: Sakurako’s Investigation)

115. When I want to do something, I do it, regardless of the rest of the world. When I don’t, I don’t, and that’s that. – Femt (Kekkai Sensen)

116. If you want to be strong, smile! He who can smile, even when he’s so sad that he wants to die, when it’s so painful that he wants to give it all up and run away, is the one who becomes strong. (Rokka no Yuusha)

117. If you trust in the possibilities within and try with all your might, the path will show itself to you! – Cardeas Vist (Mobile Suit Gundam UC)

118. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Even though each step is small, you never know if you’ll end up achieving your major goal. – Ensei Rou (The Story of Saiunkoku)

119. Even if I found happiness, my weakness can’t be discarded. But, even so, I’m sure that we took the right path to move forward. – Adolf Reinhardt (Terra Formars)

120. The end result is important. But what’s truly important… is the journey to get there. – Hikari Hanazono (Special A)

121. God would never put us through all this suffering if he didn’t think we could bear it. – Konno Yuuki (Sword Art Online II)

122. Whether it’s disappointing or not depends on the person. Things like uneasiness or indecision are in everyone’s lives. What’s important is to appreciate and grow from every kind of result. If you can grow from them, you can understand that all events are for the purpose of growing and you can appreciate them. – Coco (Toriko)

123. If you want to run from your past, fine. But whatever you do, don’t run away from your present or worse, your future. – Kyohei Kadota (Durarara!!)

124. The same melody repeats itself as the song grows richer and more beautiful. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could live seemingly constant lives while experiencing changes bit by bit? – Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)

125. I never thought about winning making me cool, or losing making me uncool. But you’re right. If anything… Giving up before you even try is kind of uncool. That’s why I want to be someone who’ll fight as many times as it takes, and never give up. That’s got to be way more cooler. – Tachibana Hotaru (Aoharu x Kikanjuu)

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