June 4th

If there is but one woman of wisdom and intelligence in the workplace, can you imagine just how wonderful the expanding waves of joy would be?

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
職場に一人の聡明な女性がいれば、どれほどか爽やかな歓喜の波が広がっていくことだろう。

SHOKUBA NI HITORI NO SOMEI NA JOSEI GA IREBA, DORE HODO KA SAWAYAKANA KANKI NO NAMI GA HIROGATTE IKU KOTO DARO.

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 171)

May 18th

The power to change the tracks of human history hinges on the confluence of women who protect precious life, and who patiently raise and nurture it based on their wisdom and compassion. The power of motherhood far surpasses the power of authority.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
一番大切な生命を守り育みゆく、女性の知恵と慈悲の結集にこそ、人類史の転換は託されている。
偉大なる母性の力は、権力にも勝る。

ICHIBAN TAISETSU NA SEIMEI O MAMORI HAGUKUMIYUKU, JOSEI NO CHIE TO JIHI NO KESSHU NI KOSO, JINRUISHI NO TENKAN WA TAKUSARETE IRU. IDAI NARU BOSEI NO CHIKARA WA, KENRYOKU NI MO MASARU.

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 153)

August 3rd

My mentor Josei Toda once encouraged a woman saying: "If a woman cannot bring joy and happiness to the place where she is in right now, then which place, I ask, can she bring happiness to?"

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
かつて、恩師・戸田城聖先生は、女性たちを励ますために、こう言われました。「自分のいる場所を幸せにできない者が、
どこを幸せにできるのか」と。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 234)

June 19th

A woman who can celebrate the joy of living, is a happy person.
A woman who can find things in her life to feel happy and jubilant about, is a winner of the spirit.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
生きる歓びを持っている人は、幸福な女性である。
生きる歓びを見いだせるひとは、魂の処理者である。

IKIRU YOROKOBI O MOTTE IRU HITO WA, KOFUKU NA JOSEI DE ARU.
IKIRU YOROKOBI O MIIDASERU HITO WA, TAMASHII NO SHORISHA DE ARU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 186)

June 17th

Nothing can match the eloquence of a woman speaking out for justice!
Nothing can compare to the voice of a woman who acts with sincerity.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
正義の女性の雄弁に、叶うものはない。
真剣な女性の声に、勝るものはない。

SEIGI NO JOSEI NO YUBEN NI, KANAU MONO WA NAI.
SHINKEN NA JOSEI NO KOE NI, MASARU MONO HA NAI.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 184)

November 7th

The forties are an important turning point in a woman's life that will determine victory or defeat in life. Till you reach that point, act steadily and without loosing your patience, manifest your youthful energy, and build the solid base of happiness that will never crumble under any pressure.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
"四十代からが、女性のひとつの勝負です。それまでは、焦らず、着々と、崩れざる福徳の土台を固めていくことです。"
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 334)

August 25th

Simply put, being strong translates to being happy; being weak translates to being unhappy. What I truly wish, is for you to become women of strength, women with a solid core in life.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
強いことが、幸福である。弱さは不幸に通じる。強い心の女性、芯の強い女性になってもらいたい。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 256)

November 4th

My mentor, Josei Toda said: "I would like all women to possess bold and courageous life force. Youthfulness is born from life force. Some people appear old although they are actually young. Some people's lives shine radiantly even though they are old. The difference lies in the level of their 'life force'."

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
恩師・戸田先生は言われた。「女性は、常に勇敢に働ききっていく生命力を持ちなさい」「若さとは、生命力から湧くものだ」年は若くても、老いた感じを受ける人がいる。何歳になっても、若々しく輝いている。その差は、「生命力」にある。
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 331)

September 13

A woman who is constantly learning new things, is able to open up a whole new world of happiness. A woman who is constantly learning new things knows how to traverse the right course in life.
Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
"学びゆく女性は、幸福への世界を広げる。学びゆく女性は、人生の正しき行路を知ることができる。"
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 276)

September 11

Whether they live in a far off country or one closer at home, humans beings are the same everywhere. We can feel and empathize in the pain of another's suffering. We can wish for another's welfare. And no one can stop us from praying for each other's happiness. A woman's prayer for fellow human beings opens the doors to the "globalization of the heart".

Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese Text:
"遠く離れた他国の人も、身近な人も、同じ人間である。他者の苦しみに胸を痛める、同苦の心。他者の幸福を願う、やむにやまれぬ祈りの心。この女性の心が、世界に友情を広げる「心の国際化」の扉を開く。"
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 273)