The Lucky Ride Quotes

“I hope you'll consider the rest on your own. In time, you'll come to feel like there's no one more blessed than you. Once you reach that point, you'll gain confidence in yourself and wholeheartedly believe that you have a role to fulfill.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“Even for a single bowl of rice, the entire universe is indispensable, as are the activities of every human on Earth. If you understand that, perhaps you'd think of yourself as fortunate to have had that meal today. We consume such meals every day as a matter of routine, but for those who can't see their lives as being blessed, just what kind of life would bring them that sense of being truly fortunate? Perhaps it's impossible for them to feel that way no matter what they have.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“Would you believe me if I told you that it takes the entire universe to prepare that meal—no, to prepare even the bowl of rice you had this morning?”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“The first thing is to stop comparing yourself to others. Stop comparing your life to the lives of others and focus on your own. All the others are going about their lives, fulfilling their roles. It doesn't matter that they have a lot, or that things are going well for them. Instead, take a good look at your own life. Then, you'll realise how blessed you are. Start by genuinely acknowledging the blessings in your life. It all starts there. If you can see that with your whole heart, you'll start to believe that there isn't anyone more blessed than yourself.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“Be a person whom everyone thinks has it better than anyone else. But for that person, the luck they've used is only a small part of the luck they've saved. Don't you think that's an incredible way to live?”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“You're born into this narrative, live for about a hundred years, and then you die. At that moment of your death, you leave behind more benefits than when you entered the story, making the narrative a little more positive through your existence. That's what true positive thinking is about.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“Think about it. No one can tell whether something is positive or negative while that something is happening. Life is about changing whatever happens into a necessary experience in your life. In that sense, something can turn into a positive experience, or conversely, a negative one. Imagining something going your way and it actually happening isn't positive thinking. True positive thinking is about seeing everything that happens in life as necessary no matter what it is. It's not about thinking positively toward what might happen but toward what did happen.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“In the long run, there's no such thing as effort going unrewarded.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“The more I got to thinking, I realized I couldn’t end my life so easily. If I did, I would have left this world only using the luck that the previous generation saved for us. Who knows how many years I have left, but I have to devote the rest of my life to saving luck for the next generation.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride

“A person whose default is negative isn’t capable of discovering the moments of happiness in daily life.”
― Yasushi Kitagawa, The Lucky Ride