1. Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. ——Anonymous "Zengguang Xianwen" in the Ming Dynasty

Translation: Learning requires continuous progress and continuous efforts, just like a boat traveling against the current. If you don't work hard to move forward, you can only go backwards.

2. Achievements are achieved through hard work rather than play, success is achieved through thinking and failure is achieved through casualness. ——Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty, "Jin Xue Jie"

Translation: Only hard work can lead to success in studies. You must think more about things and don't do things casually.

3. In order to live successfully, a young person must learn to be self-reliant, eliminate obstacles lurking everywhere, and educate him at home so that he has an independent personality that is recognized by others. ——Dale Carnegie of the United States?

4. Wherever there is genius, I spend all the time others spend drinking coffee on work. ——Modern Lu Xun?

5. The so-called genius is the power of hard work. ——Dwight England?

6. Without extra diligence, there will be neither talent nor genius. ——Russian Mendeleev?

7. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent diligence. ——American Edison?

8. The tragedy of genius is that he is bound by small and comfortable fame. ——Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, Japan?

9. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——Xunzi in the Warring States Period

Vernacular: If you use a knife to carve something, if you stop in the middle, you will not be able to cut through the rotten wood; if you keep carving, you will be able to carve gold and stone successfully.

10. As long as you persevere and enrich your knowledge, you will eventually discover its secrets. ——Modern Yang Zhenning

11. Black-haired people hate studying early, while white-haired people hate studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing of the Song Dynasty

Vernacular: Teenagers should cherish their youth. When they were young, they should know how to study hard, study diligently and make a difference. Otherwise, it will be too late to study when they are old.