The famous aphorisms about accumulation are brief:

1. Three feet of ice does not freeze in one day.

2. Water drops penetrate rocks, and ropes cut wood.

3. When soil accumulates, a mountain will be formed, and wind and rain will flourish; when water accumulates, a puddle will form, and dragons will emerge; if good deeds accumulate, virtue will become, and the gods will be satisfied, and the holy heart will be prepared.

4. Therefore, if you do not accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you do not accumulate small streams, you cannot reach a river or sea. ——"Xunzi"

5. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can drive ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance. ——"Xunzi"

6. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——"Xunzi"

7. The same is true for "difficulty". Facing cliffs, you can't see a crack in a hundred years, but with an axe, you can advance one inch and one foot. Go one step further, keep accumulating, leaps will come, and breakthroughs will follow. ——Hua Luogeng

8. No matter how long the road is, you can walk it step by step. No matter how short the road is, you can't reach it without moving your feet.

9. Learning requires accumulation over time, and achieving a career also requires accumulation and unremitting efforts. Accumulation is a kind of perseverance, the only way from small to great, the prerequisite for success, and the process from quantitative change to qualitative change.

10. The taste of foreign things will become disgusting after a long time; the taste of reading will become deeper and deeper as time goes by. ——Cheng Yi

11. Intelligence lies in diligence, and genius lies in accumulation. ——Hua Luogeng

12. Any qualitative change in performance comes from the accumulation of quantitative changes.

13. Success does not come in the future, but is accumulated continuously from the moment you decide to do it.