Celebrity stories that can illustrate that "hard work pays off":
For example, Zu Ti heard the chicken dance:
Zu Ti in the Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious man. Ambitious person. But when he was a child, he was a naughty child who didn't like going to school. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve the country without studying, so he started reading vigorously. He read a large number of books extensively, studied historical knowledge seriously, learned a wealth of knowledge from it, and made great progress in his knowledge.
He has been in and out of Kyoto and Luoyang several times. People who have come into contact with him say that he is a talented person who can assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, someone recommended him to become an official. Instead of agreeing, he studied harder.
Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun served as the chief registrar of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun had a deep relationship. Not only did they often sleep in the same bed and quilt, they also had the same lofty ideals: to make contributions, revive the Jin Dynasty, and become the pillars of the country.
Once, Zu Ti heard the crow of a rooster in his sleep in the middle of the night. After he woke up Liu Kun, he said to him: "Other people think that hearing a rooster crow in the middle of the night is unlucky, but I don't think so." I think, how about we just get up and practice swordplay when the rooster crows?" Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up after the rooster crows every day to practice their swords. The light of the swords danced and the sound of the swords clanged. Spring goes to winter, cold comes and heat comes, never stopping.
Hard work pays off. After a long period of hard study and training, they finally became all-round talents capable of writing good articles and leading troops to win battles.
Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor, taking charge of the military affairs of the three states of Bing, Hebei and You, and also gave full play to his literary and military talents. slightly.
Extended information
Hard work pays off is a well-known saying (proverb), which means that as long as you do something with your heart, you will succeed.
Hard work pays off. Definition: As long as you do something with your heart, you will succeed. It shows that the success of something lies in the willingness to work hard. It has roughly the same meaning as "Persistence is victory", but hard work pays off because people work hard, while "Persistence is victory" mostly means persistence.
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