The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.
Feng Menglong's Caution and Diligence
Translation:
The sharpness of the sword needs constant tempering, and the fragrance of plum blossoms needs to survive the cold winter.
Although it is hard, it is difficult to blow out crazy sand when it is not golden.
Liu Yuxi's Langtaosha
Translation:
After thousands of times of filtration and hardships, we can finally wash out all the sediment and get glittering gold.
Reading breaks thousands of volumes, and writing is like a god.
Du Fu's Twenty-two Rhymes of Wei Zuocheng
Translation:
Read thousands of books, write articles, and write quickly, with the help of God.
It can only be extracted from the deep mountains after being struck by thousands of hammers. It regards the burning of the burning fire as a very common thing.
Yu Qian's Lyrics of Lime
Translation:
Limestone can only be mined from deep mountains after a lot of work, and the burning of blazing fire is regarded as a very common thing.
If you don't accumulate steps, you will be thousands of miles away;
If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river.
Xunzi's persuasion
Translation:
Without the accumulation of one step and half a step, there is no way to reach a place thousands of miles away; Without accumulated rivers, there is no way to merge into rivers and seas.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Ye Fan's Book of the Later Han Dynasty and Gengsuan.
Translation:
People with lofty ideals will eventually succeed. Describe that as long as you have determination and perseverance, any problem will eventually be solved.