1. When you are old, you will become stronger. You would rather move your heart with a gray head. If you are poor, you will become stronger, and you will not fall into the clouds.

From "Farewell Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty, it means that although you are old, your ambition should be stronger. How can you change your mood when you are old? Although the situation is difficult, one's integrity should be firmer and one should never abandon one's ambition. The more embarrassing the situation, the stronger the will.

2. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance.

It comes from "Xunzi Encouraging Learning" in the pre-Qin Dynasty, which means that a good horse can only jump ten steps; a bad horse can walk for ten days in a row, and its success lies in not stopping.

3. As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle

From the anonymous "Fangyu Shenglan·Meizhou·Mozhenxi", which means that as long as you are determined, you will be willing to do something. Kung Fu, no matter how difficult it is, can be done successfully.

4. There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers.

It comes from the work "Visiting Shanxi Village" by Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty. It means that the mountains are overlapping and the water is twisting. I am worried that there is no way to go. Suddenly, there is a mountain village in front of me. It is a metaphor that when you encounter difficulties and one method doesn't work, you can use another method to solve it and find the answer through exploration.

5. The rope cuts the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone.

From Volume 10 of "Helin Jade Dew" written by Luo Dajing in the Song Dynasty, it means that a rope can be used as a saw to cut wood, and water droplets can penetrate a stone as long as they keep dripping. Although the metaphor is small, as long as you persist, things will succeed.

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