The famous aphorisms for self-cultivation and virtue are as follows:

1. The road is long and far away, and I will search up and down. ——Qu Yuan.

2. Quietness is used to cultivate one's character, frugality is used to cultivate virtue. Without indifference, one cannot clearly understand one's ambitions, and without tranquility, one cannot achieve far-reaching goals. ——Zhuge Liang.

3. The old man is always ambitious, but the martyr is ambitious in his old age. ——Cao Cao.

4. Poverty is not shameful, but shameful is poverty without ambition. ——Lu Kun.

5. There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, so you can hang your sails and sail across the sea. ——Li Bai.

6. People cannot be arrogant, but they cannot be without pride. ——Xu Beihong.

7. If you are poor, you can help yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. ——Mencius.

8. How can it not be as satisfying as everyone wants, but I just want it to be worthy of my heart! ——Lin Zexu.

9. Everyone is destined to die. Death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. ——Sima Qian.

10. When the book is used, you will regret it less. You will not know the difficulties until you have experienced them. ——Chen Tingzhuo.

11. The work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu.

12. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a god. ——Du Fu.

13. A slight difference can lead to a thousand miles. ——Lu Jiuyuan.

14. The prime years will never come again, and the morning will never come again. ——Tao Yuanming.

15. In order to learn, one should neither be small nor arrogant. ——Gu Yanwu.

16. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. ——Gu Yanwu.

17. Learning without converting is not learning. ——Yang Wanli.

18. The breadth of learning lies in perseverance, and perseverance lies in solid determination. ——Ge Hong.

19. Learning but not knowing is the same as not learning; knowing but not being able to do it is the same as not knowing. ——Huang Yan.

20. If you want to settle down in your home, you must first settle down in your country. ——Wu Zetian.

21. Be noble but not arrogant, win without being disobedient, be virtuous but able to subordinate, be strong but be patient. ——Zhuge Liang.

22. It is better to see that the world is all good people than to see that the world is all bad people. ——Zeng Guofan.

23. Don’t drink too much when you are worried, and don’t write notes when you are angry. ——Zeng Guofan.

24. Young people should be "ambitious, knowledgeable and persistent" when studying. ——Zeng Guofan.

25. Only by using thunderbolt means can you first show the heart of a Bodhisattva. ——Zeng Guofan.