Winners never give up, and quitters never succeed. "Ordinary people" often give up after one failure, so they become "ordinary people"; But some people can fail countless times without giving up, so they become Bell. So there are more "ordinary people" and fewer bells. Even if a person fails 1000 times, but he succeeds only once, he is successful; Therefore, for us, countless failures are just drills again and again.
? Harvard University's advice to graduates is: "Edison failed a thousand times, and we failed once. What is there to worry about? "
No matter how cold the stone is, it will be warm after sitting for three years.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Zhang Guaiya who worked as a county magistrate in Chongyang County. At that time, the social atmosphere in Chongyang was very poor, and theft became the norm. Even in the county government of Qian, money is often stolen.
One day, Zhang Guaiya was patrolling the yamen, and suddenly he saw a county magistrate who was in charge of money coming out of the money in a panic. Zhang Guaiya quickly stopped the shopkeeper and asked his entourage to search the shopkeeper. As a result, a copper coin was found in the treasurer's scarf.
? Zhang Guaiya took the treasurer back to the lobby for interrogation and asked him how much money he had stolen. The treasurer refused to admit stealing the money, so Zhang Guaiya ordered torture. The shopkeeper refused to accept it and shouted angrily, "What's the big deal about stealing a copper coin? You torture me like this? You can only hit me. Can you still kill me? " Zhang Guaiya was furious when he saw that the shopkeeper dared to contradict himself so much. Without hesitation, he picked up the brush and sentenced him: "One dollar a day, one thousand dollars a day, a rope sawed off, a drop of water wears away the stone." It means stealing a copper coin a day and stealing a thousand copper coins a thousand days. If you keep sawing wood with a rope as a saw, the wood will be sawed off; Water drops keep dripping, which can drip through the stone for a long time. ?
Tong Dizhou was curious when he was a child. When he sees a question he doesn't understand, he often asks his father why. Father patiently explained to him every time.
One day, Tong Dizhou saw a row of pits neatly arranged on the stone steps under the eaves. He felt very strange. After pondering for a long time, he couldn't figure out what was going on, so he asked his father, "Father, who knocked out the small hole in the slate under the eaves?" What is this for? Seeing that his son was so curious, the father said happily, "It was not carved by people, but knocked down by water drops on the eaves. "Little Tong Dizhou is even more strange. Can water knock hard stones out of the pit? Father patiently explained: "Of course, a drop of water can't knock out a hole, but over time, knocking bit by bit can not only knock out a hole, but also knock out a hole!" "The ancients not often say' drip wears away the stone'! This is the case. " Father's words stirred up ripples in Tong Dizhou's heart. He sat on the stone steps under the eaves, looked at his father and nodded his head.
Due to more farm work, Tong Dizhou lost some interest in learning and didn't want to study. Father patiently enlightened Tong Dizhou and said, "Do you still remember the story of' dripping water wears away a stone'? Small eaves water can knock through hard stones as long as it persists all the year round. Is a person's perseverance not as good as eaves water? Learning knowledge also depends on bit by bit accumulation and perseverance to achieve success. " In order to better encourage Tong Dizhou, his father wrote down the four characters "Drops of water wear away the stone" and said hopefully, "You should take it as your motto and never forget it."
Huai Su was born in Lingling, Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan). Known as "weeds", history is called "sage of grass". Since childhood, he has been a monk. After meditation, he likes calligraphy and practices hard in the pool. He practiced calligraphy with banana leaves, and the board was made of paper. The wooden board is worn out and the bald pen is buried. Later, the pen was full of dragons and snakes.