1. Nothing has a beginning, nothing has an end.

Source: "The Book of Songs·Daya·Dang"

Interpretation: There is no one who cannot start well, but unfortunately few can end well. Everything has a beginning, but rarely an end. It is often used to persuade people to start well and end well.

2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Source: "Tao Te Ching"

Interpretation: It is a metaphor for starting from scratch, starting from small things, and proceeding step by step. No matter how difficult things are, as long as you persist in taking action, you will succeed.

3. Even after countless hardships, you are still strong, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south.

Source: "Bamboo and Stone" by Qing Dynasty painter Zheng Xie

Interpretation: Clinging to the green mountains tightly without letting go, originally deeply rooted in the cracks of the rocks.

4. Thousands of hammers were used to carve out the mountains, and the fire burned them as if nothing happened.

Source: "Ode of Lime" by Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty

Interpretation: Limestone can only be mined from the mountains after tens of millions of hammerings. It treats the burning of raging fire as ordinary one thing.

5. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.

Source: Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning".

Interpretation: If you don’t insist on doing something, even rotten wood can’t be broken. As long as you keep carving with a knife, you can carve floral decorations even on metal and jade.