Give it up, and the dead wood will not fold; If you don't give up, the stone can be engraved. -Xun Kuang
As long as you keep carving with a knife, even metal and jade can be carved with flowers.
as long as the kung fu is deep, the pestle is ground into a needle. -China proverb
Even a pestle can be ground into a needle as long as it persists.
if you are constant, why do you get up at night and sleep at five? The most useless thing is to be exposed to the cold for ten days in one day. -Mao Zedong
As long as you have perseverance, why get up early and go to bed late every day? The worst thing is to take a day off for ten days.
one dollar a day, ten dollars for ten days. The rope saws the wood, but the water drops the stone. -Ban Gu?
if you earn one penny a day, you earn ten cents in ten days. If you saw the wood with a rope, it will always break. If the water keeps hitting the stone, the stone will be worn out.
if you swim against the current, you can push hard, and once you have a pole, you will retreat. -Dong Biwu
When boating against the current, you use a bamboo pole to prop up the boat. If you relax a little, you will retreat a long distance.
reading is like writing.
The more books you read, the more things you accumulate in your mind. Writing articles is naturally handy, like a stroke of genius.
how can plum blossom smell fragrant without freezing to the bone?
if you can't stand the biting cold in winter, how can there be a fragrant smell of plum blossoms?
It's the night when men are reading. -"Encouraging Learning"
Every day from midnight to dawn, it is the best time for boys to study.
A gentleman is always striving for self-improvement. -Zhouyi Gan (a Confucian classic before Qin and Han Dynasties)
The universe keeps running, and people should follow the example of heaven and earth and make constant progress forever.
running water does not rot, and family members do not bite. -Zhang shaocheng
the water that often flows does not stink, and the door shaft that often turns is not eaten by insects.