Tian Yingzhang’s famous inspirational sentences in regular script are as follows:
1. The essence of work is diligence and wastefulness, and success is achieved by thinking and ruined by following.
2. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
3. A garden of flowers comes to a close friend, and half a book opens to meet the ancients.
4. Friends need to be calm when painting, but writing is like looking at mountains and not liking the level.
5. Read books about your family and country often, and do nothing that is not beneficial to your body and mind.
6. If you have fields but don’t cultivate the land, you will be empty; if you have books but don’t read, your descendants will be foolish.
7. Don’t talk about the shortcomings of others in the world, and use the literature to gather the strengths of others.
8. It is a pleasure to travel with sages, and it is also a great experience to collect ancient humanities. Have sex with brave people and read books without words.
9. What you learn on paper will eventually make you realize it, but you will definitely know that you have to do it in detail.
10. When you write a book, you don’t follow the current trends, and the sentences you get are difficult for the lay people to understand.
11. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
12. Ask the canal how clear it is, because there is a source of living water.
13. You have to sit on the bench for ten years without writing a single sentence.
14. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.
15. The spring breeze is elegant and can contain things, but the autumn water and articles are not stained by dust.
16. Getting good friends is like looking at the moon, and reading wonderful books is better than looking at flowers.
17. Being able to embrace the joy of mountains and rivers has similarities and differences between ancient and modern literary concepts.
18. Always be careful not to deceive yourself when reading. Those who are diligent should not have leisure time.
19. Where to find the joy of reading? Count the plum blossoms in the heart of the world.
20. Work hard to know all the words in the world, and resolve to read all the books in the world.