Japanese Sayings and Proverbs

No street is too long with a friend by your side.

Whatever you feel in your heart is reflected in your face.

Happiness is with the one that's laughing.

Face the light and all shadows will fall behind you.

It's not important to be better than others. It's important to be better than you've been the day before.

A bath renews the body, a cup of tea renews the spirit.

The white guys who are really into Japanese culture seem like a trend started by Japan's military.
If in 1945, Japan had said "America we surrender, but one day your grandsons will pleasure themselves to a cartoon octopus", the US troops would've laughed.
Who's laughing now?

1955 Doc Brown: "No wonder this circuit failed. It says, 'Made in Japan'."
1985 Marty: "What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan!"

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

In Japanese, sushi does not mean "raw fish". It means "seasoned rice".

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.

Crow T. Robot: "It's the nicest weather Earth has ever had!"
Mike Nelson: "Notice how big Japan is?"

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Japan - and that's practically the same thing.

Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

I grew up on the street. No, not the hood. The Sesame Street.

They say the open road helps you think about where you've been, where you're going.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good f*cking life.

My son Jack once said to me, "Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?"
I said, "I don't care as long as they're laughing."

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.

The future is coming so fast, we can't possibly predict it; we can only learn to respond quickly.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Simba: "Ouh. Jeez, what was that for?"
Rafiki: "It doesn't matter, it's in the past."
Simba: "Yeah, but it still hurts."
Rafiki: "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

Oh yes. The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

Who told you, you have to live like today when you want to live today like tomorrow?

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

Friendship is like a cup of tea. It has to be clear enough to look down to its bottom.

Would you like an adventure now, or would you like your tea first?

Never forget what someone says to you when they're angry because that's when the truth comes out.