1. A person must first go through difficulties and then step into good times before he feels useful and comfortable. ——Edison

Everything is easy if you are diligent, but difficult if you are lazy. ——Franklin

Many things are difficult to think about but easy to do. ——S. Johnson

Often the easiest expedients can solve the most insurmountable difficulties. —— Somerset Maugham

The biggest difficulty is that we don’t look for difficulties. ——Goethe

By concentrating the power of the masses, difficulties can be turned into ease, and dangers can be turned into blessings. ——Ye Jianying

The above can be used as arguments for suffering, difficulties, challenges, etc.

2. There is no greater disaster than dissatisfaction, and no greater fault than desire. ——Lao Tzu

If you fish from the lake, won’t you gain something? But next year there will be no fish; if you burn rice beans and plant them in the fields, won’t you gain something? And next year there will be no beasts. ——Lv Buwei

A wise man will lose something if he thinks a lot; a fool will gain something if he thinks a lot. ——Sima Qian

The numerous traumas are the best things that life can give you, because each trauma marks a step forward.

——Romain Rolland

Every setback or unfavorable mutation carries the same or larger beneficial seeds. ——Emerson

The above can be used as arguments for gains and losses.

3. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by playfulness; success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu

Nothing in the world is difficult, only for those who are thoughtful; nothing is easy, only for those who are careless. ——Yuan Mei

Wealth has no roots, it can only be obtained through hard work. ——Feng Menglong

Studying diligently is like a seedling that rises in spring. If you don’t see its growth, you will gain something every day. Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. If you don’t see its loss, you will lose something every day.

——Tao Yuanming

Black-haired people don’t know how to study hard early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing

The above can be used as an argument for diligence.

4. My life experience has convinced me that people with no shortcomings often have few advantages. ——Lincoln

To love someone, you must not only love her strengths, but also love her shortcomings. ——Han Meilin

Misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies. ——Lao Tzu

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. ——"Huainanzi"

The previous kings were for the common good of the world, so they were responsible for governing affairs; the later kings were for the common good of the world, and they were also private, so everyone took precautions against evil. Although those who manage things are bound to have small disadvantages, the advantages they have are always enough to cover them up. ——Liang Qichao

The above can be used as arguments for pros and cons.

5. Success requires costs, and time is also a cost. Cherishing time means saving costs. ——Zhang Ruimin

The last thing you can’t afford to waste is time. ——Ting Zhaozhong

There are three kinds of paces of time: the future arrives belatedly, the present flies like an arrow, and the past stands still forever. ——Schiller

If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad. ——"Long Song Xing"

You should encourage yourself in time, time waits for no one. ——Tao Yuanming

Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze, there is always time. ——Lu Xun

The above can be used as an argument for cherishing time.

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