1. If there is a will, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu. If you work hard, God will not let you down. If you lie down and taste the salary, three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu.
2. If you don’t fly, you will soar into the sky; if you don’t sing, you will become a blockbuster. ——Sima Qian's "Historical Records"
3. When you are old and strong, you would rather move your heart with a gray head; when you are poor and strong, you will not fall into the clouds. ——Wang Bo's "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"
4. Be broad-minded and appreciative, accumulate thickly but only thinly develop. ——Su Shi's "Jia Shuo Farewell to Zhang Hu"
5. Life is like a centenarian, and it is also an eternal moment. ——Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty
6. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. ——Yue Fei of the Song Dynasty
7. The old man is helpless but his ambition is thousands of miles; the martyr is still ambitious in his old age. ——Cao Cao's "The Turtle Lives Longevity"
8. To settle the affairs of the king and the world, and to win the name before and after death. ——Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty
9. Sometimes there are strong winds and waves, and the cloud sails are directly hung up to help the sea. ——Li Bai's "The Road Is Difficult"
10. Both feet traverse the waves of the world, and one shoulder carries all the sorrows of the past and present.
——Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty