Hard work pays off

"Kung Fu pays off" is a well-known saying, which tells people that as long as they work hard, there is nothing they can't accomplish.

For example, Sun Jing was a native of the Jin Dynasty. When he was studying every night, in order to avoid dozing off, he tied a rope to his hair and tied the other end to the beam. Whenever his head drooped, the rope would pull him awake, and he would continue reading after waking up. In this way, he became a famous person who used a hanging beam to prevent himself from falling asleep. There is also the prickly Su Qin, who has been looked down upon by others because he failed to seek an official position in the Qin State. So, he decided to argue. From then on, he studied diligently and forgot to eat and sleep. Whenever it was late at night and everything was quiet, Su Qin was already dizzy and wanted to sleep. He would immediately prick his thigh with an awl and wake up when he felt pain. This is the celebrity Su Qin who stimulated his buttocks to wake him up.

Another example is Kuang Heng of the Western Han Dynasty. His family was very poor, but he loved reading very much. But there was no oil to light the lamp in his house at night, and there was a lamp in the neighbor's room, so Kuang Heng dug a hole in the wall and used the light from the hole to read. This is the story of "cutting through the wall to borrow light".

There is also the modern Xu Beihong, whose paintings are famous both at home and abroad. When he was young, he was motivated to learn painting and used his diligence to win glory for the country and prevent foreigners from looking down on us Chinese.

From these celebrity stories, everyone must understand a truth: Only by persisting to the end and persevering can you make a difference.

Don’t do anything half-heartedly or end at the end. You must have a beginning and an end, and persevere. Only in this way can we make a difference and make due contributions to the people and society.

Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is a world-famous speaker. His success lies in the fact that he has been practicing eloquence diligently since he was a teenager, and he has done more reading and listening. When he was young, he worked as a farmer, logger, store clerk, postman and land surveyor, etc. In order to become a lawyer, he often walked 30 miles to a court to listen to the defense statements of lawyers and watch how they argued and made gestures. While listening to the loud and impassioned speeches of those politicians and orators, he imitated them. He listened to those traveling evangelists waving their arms and delivering sermons that shook the sky. When he came back, he also imitated their example and practiced his speeches repeatedly in the woods and cornfields. The success of the speech enabled Lincoln to finally become an eloquent lawyer and eventually enter politics.