1. The old man is always ambitious, but the martyr is ambitious in his old age.
(Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty, "The Turtle is Longevity")
2. A Qiji can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance.
(Xun Kuang's "Encouragement to Learning" in the Warring States Period)
3. One penny a day is worth a thousand days; a rope cuts the wood, and a drop of water penetrates the stone.
(Song Dynasty Luo Dajing's "Helin Jade Dew")
4. For nine people, the success falls short. (Huainanzi by Liu An of the Han Dynasty)
5. Where there is sincerity, gold and stone will open. (Book of the Later Han Dynasty by Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty)
6. If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. ("Climbing the Stork Tower" by Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty)
7. Nothing in the world is difficult, only for those who are determined; nothing is easy, only for those who are careless.
(Qing Dynasty Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Poems")
8. If you have ambitions, you will not be young, but if you have no ambitions, you will live a hundred years in vain. (Shi Yukun, "Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses" of the Qing Dynasty)
9. Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, but leisure can destroy one's life.
(Song Dynasty Ouyang Xiu's "New History of the Five Dynasties? Preface to the Biography of Lingguan")
10. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.
Lai Yizhengshu "Thousands of Seven-Character Couplets")
1. A nine-story platform starts from tired soil; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
(Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi's "Tao Te Ching")
2. If Sanyu is not polished, it cannot be an article; if a gentleman does not learn, it cannot be a virtue.
(Han Bangu's "Book of Han")
3. If you can't learn, learn; if you don't know, ask; although you know, you must give in, and then you will know.
(Han Ying's "Han Shi Wai Zhuan")
4. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. (Jin Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms")
5. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ("The Analects of Confucius")
6. Accumulating soil becomes a mountain, accumulating water becomes a sea. (Warring States Period, Xun Kuang's "Confucian Effects")
7. If you want to make a deep effort, grind an iron pestle into a needle. (Ming Dynasty Cao Xuequan's "Sichuan Guangji")
8. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a god.
(Twenty-Two Rhymes Presented to Wei Zuocheng by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty)
9. Wei Bian repeatedly wore iron inkstones and recited them orally to count the years. ("Jiannan Poetry Manuscript" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty)
10. Black-haired people don't know how to study early, and white-headed people regret studying late. ("Encouraging Learning" by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty)
11. There is a road to the mountain of books, hard work is the path, and there is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is the boat.
(Lai Yizhengshu "Thousands of Seven-Character Couplets")
12. Work is accomplished by hard work and wasteful by play, success is achieved by thinking and ruined by following.
(Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, "Jin Xue Jie")