Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sanin in Naruto anime, was the mentor of the fourth Hokage, Minato Uzumaki, and Sensei of Naruto. Jiraiya is a super strong Shinobi in the Konoha village and is known all over five great nations. Jiraiya likes to write novels like Icha Icha Tactics, where Kakashi is the number one fan of his work.
He is also the biggest pervert in the anime series, always peeping on girls in the onsen, but despite being a pervert, he is super serious when it comes to protecting the Konoha village from any danger, like when he fought Orochimaru along with Tsunade.
He also taught Naruto how to get the nine-tail fox inside him in control and is known to be the best sensei in the world of anime. Jiraiya also had one of the saddest death moments in anime history, which makes anyone cry if you have seen the whole fight against pain.
There are many pieces of advice and quotes Jiraiya gave during the whole anime series. Some were sad, some were eye-opening, and some were hard to accept.
But we are going to present the best top 10 quotes of Jiraiya that are very inspirational and you can learn a lot and also may apply to your life to keep you going even in hard times. Let’s begin with the top 10 Quotes of Jiraiya.
1. “Never go back on your word… and never give up. That’s your ninja way.”
This is the number quoted that is known to repeat over and over in the whole anime series by Naruto, but he really learned this from his sensei Jiraiya, who taught him to never give up and never ever go back on his words as a Shinobi of Konoha village.
This helped Naruto to keep moving forward no matter how difficult the mission or the enemy was. As long as he didn’t give up and kept fighting, there was always a way to keep moving forward, and that’s how Naruto became the Hokage of the Konoha village one day.
2. “Instead of using your powers to bring pain, I wanted you to use them to change the world into something better.”
This Quote refers to Nagato, whom he found in a remote area in the rain during the 3rd great ninja war. Nagato had Rinnegan, and Jiraiya was his sensei for a short period of time. Jiraiya told Nagato to use his powers for something better in the future when he grows up and becomes a strong shinobi.
But after the Akatsuki incident, Jiraiya finds out that it is his old student Nagato who is the leader of Akatsuki, and Jiraiya felt he failed to stop his students from going on the wrong path, which also ended up being the reason for Jiraiya, his own student. Nagato comes to understand the meaning of Jiraiya’s words after his death.
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3. “I believe that the day will come when people can truly understand each other.”
Jiraiya was alone from the start, and while growing up, he didn’t have talent and faced many difficulties as a shinobi. While on his mission during the 3rd Great Ninja War, Jiraiya felt how would be a world where all five great nations understand each other.
A place where there is no hatred among the shinobi, no meaningless blood needs to be shed, and there would be no war between nations. But even after trying many things, it didn’t seem to work, and after his death, his will was taken by Naruto to accomplish a peaceful nation.
4. “A place where someone still thinks about you is a place you can call home.”
Just like Naruto and Sasuke, Jiraiya and Orochimaru were also once Good friends, but after the incident where Orochimaru decided to leave Konoha village after becoming a rogue shinobi, Jiraiya tried to pursue him to the end but couldn’t catch him to bring him to Kohona.
Jiraiya regrets not being able to bring back Orochimaru. After seeing how Naruto doesn’t give up on bringing Sasuke back to the village even though they have been through tough times, Jiraiya believes that Sasuke always has a place he can call home, which is Konoha village, and he is never forgotten by anybody.
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5. “It’s no fun to train a genius!”
After hearing this Quote, it’s pretty obvious that Jiraiya was referring to Naruto. If you have seen the whole series, that is how Naruto was not a genius compared to Sasuke. Jiraiya took Naruto as his student for a reason: he has the guts to never give up and believes he will become strong like his father one day.
Naruto was not a genius, but he proved everybody wrong through the hard work and pain he went through in his training. That is what made Jiraiya train Naruto and believe he has what it takes to become a splendid Shinobi.
6. “The true measure of a shinobi is not how he lives, but how he dies.”
Jiraiya is a splendid Shinobi, and in his last moments, he remembers how Tsunade rejected him, all his failures, and how he helped his students to reach a greater path.
Jiraiya alone embarks on a long journey trying to save his friend Orochimaru and tracking down all the enemies that could be a threat to the Konoha Village and protecting it from the outside. In the end, he dies like a true Hokage in his last moments, which is very inspiring.
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7. “You should bet that I’m going to die. Knowing your luck, you’ll definitely lose.”
Jiraiya told this quote to Tsunade before leaving to fight against pain. Jiraiya knows Tsunade sucks at Gambling and has never won a game, and she tells her as a way to tease her into betting that he is going to die.
The bet she definitely will lose, and Jiraiya doesn’t die. Jiraiya, after fighting the pain and finding the true identity of the pain, dies at the hands of Nagato, which makes Tsunade very sad after his death against pain.
8. “All you need is the guts to never give up.”
Jiraiya was a carefree Shinobi who had the guts and strength to fight the strongest enemy. He always believed that a shinobi should have the guts to never give up and keep fighting till the end like a true shinobi. Naruto followed Jiraiya’s path, which taught him to always keep moving and never give up in difficult times, no matter what happens.
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9. “Now… It’s About Time I Put Down My Pen.”
It was about time when Jiraiya was in his last moments with a smile on his face, going deep inside the sea, thinking about his accomplishments, and his life story has an ending he can be proud of. His Story needed a sequel, which was not his accompaniment but his successor, Naruto, Named “The Tale of Naruto Uzumaki,” where Naruto is the sequel to his life journey.
10. “Knowing what it feels like to be in pain is exactly why we try to be kind to others.”
Jiraiya took on a trio during the war and taught them how to defend themselves in this hostile environment of war. Jiraiya has gone through many hardships in his days as a young shinobi.
Jiraiya took on the dangerous mission by himself to create a better, peaceful world and be kind to others as he knows the true pain he has been through and does not want others to feel the same pain.
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