1. Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration - Edison Edison was born in a humble background and lived in poverty. His "education" was that he only attended school for 3 months in his life. In elementary school, the teacher was always dumbfounded by his weird questions and even told his mother that he was a fool and would have no future. Although Edison did not receive a good school education, he achieved great success with his personal struggle and extraordinary talents, self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-reliance. He is self-taught, and with perseverance, rare enthusiasm and energy, he stood up from thousands of failures, overcame countless difficulties, and became an American inventor and entrepreneur. He invented the automatic telegraph motor and the phonograph; experimented and improved electric lights (incandescent lamps) and telephones. During his life, he invented a new invention every 15 days on average, so he was known as the "King of Inventions". 2. The word "impossible" can only be found in the dictionary of fools. - Napoleon When Napoleon was fighting an enemy army, he encountered stubborn resistance. His team suffered heavy losses and the situation was very dangerous. Napoleon also accidentally fell into the quagmire and was covered in mud and embarrassed. But at this time, Napoleon didn't care. He only had one belief in his heart, that is, he must win this battle no matter what. He just heard him yell, "Come on!" When his soldiers saw his funny look, they couldn't help laughing, but at the same time they were inspired by Napoleon's optimism and confidence. For a time, the soldiers were passionate and brave, and finally won the final victory of the battle. No matter in any critical situation, maintain an optimistic and positive attitude. Especially as a leader in the business world, your confidence can infect countless people around you. Whether you have an optimistic and confident attitude will directly affect the success or failure of a transaction. 3. The reason why smart people fail to succeed is because they lack perseverance. ---Newton (UK) Newton was very dedicated to his studies. One day, his friends were treating him to dinner. During the dinner, he remembered a bottle of wine at home, so he told his friends to wait a moment while he went home to get the wine. The friend waited and waited, but did not see Newton coming back, so he had to go and see what was going on. It turned out that Newton remembered an experiment on his way home. When he got home, he plunged into the laboratory and started doing the experiment, forgetting all about getting wine to entertain his friends. Another time, he was hungry and boiled eggs to eat, but while thinking about the problem, he put the eggs into the pot. When the problem was solved and he wanted to eat the eggs, he opened the lid of the pot and what he picked up was his pocket watch. 4. Diligence can make up for one's shortcomings, which is a good lesson. Every minute of hard work equals talent. ——Hua Luogeng Hua Luogeng The famous mathematician Hua Luogeng has a unique way of reading. When he got a book, he didn't open it and read it from cover to cover. Instead, he thought about the book for a while, then closed his eyes and meditated. He guessed the layout of the book, and then opened the book after considering it. If the author's ideas were consistent with his guess, he stopped reading. Hua Luogeng's guessing method not only saves reading time, but also cultivates his thinking and imagination, so that he will not become a slave of books. 5. Wherever there is genius, I spend all the time others spend drinking coffee on work. ——Lu Xun Lu Xun chewed chili peppers to ward off the cold: Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When he was a boy, he studied at the Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had excellent grades in the first semester, and the school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the streets of Nanjing's Drum Tower and sold it, then bought a few books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it was cold at night and he couldn't bear to read at night, he would pick a chili pepper, put it in his mouth and chew it, which made him sweat on his forehead. He used this method to keep away the cold and insist on studying. Because he studied hard, he eventually became a famous litterateur in our country. 6. Momentary strength depends on strength, and eternal victory or defeat depends on reason. --Cao Yu Cao Yu was really studying and pretending to take a bath: During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught full-time at the National Drama Theater in Jiang'an, Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family prepared a bathtub and hot water and asked him to take a bath. At this time, Cao Yu was reading a book and couldn't put it down. He pushed it again and again. Finally, under repeated urging from his family, he took a towel in one hand and another Take the book and walk into the inner room. An hour passed and no one came out. The sound of water could be heard from time to time in the room. Another hour passed and the situation remained the same. Cao Yu's family members suddenly became confused. When they opened the door and took a look, they found that Cao Yu was sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other hand. 7. Worry first when the world is worried, then rejoice when the world is happy - Fan Chongyan Fan Zhongyan's father died when he was two years old. My mother was very poor and had no support. So he remarried to the Zhu family in Changshan.

(Fan Zhongyan) When he grew up, he knew his life and death, bid farewell to his mother with tears in his eyes, and left to study at Nandu Academy in Yingtian Mansion. (He) studied hard during the day and late at night. In five years, I never took off my clothes and went to bed. Sometimes I feel drowsy at night and often pour water on my face. (Fan Zhongyan) I often study hard during the day and eat nothing until the sun turns west. In this way, he understood the main purpose of the Six Classics, and later set up his ambition to benefit the world. He often preached to himself: "Be worried about the worries of the world first, and be happy after the joys of the world." 8. Concentrate on it, and you will benefit from it - Shen Tuo Shen Kuo went up the mountain to see the peach blossoms. "The fragrance of April in the world has ended, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple have begun to bloom." When reading this poem, Shen Kuo's brows condensed into a knot, "Why do the peach blossoms on the mountain begin to bloom when all the flowers here have failed?" , in order to solve this mystery, Shen Kuo invited a few friends to go up the mountain for an on-the-spot investigation. In April, it was warm or cold on the mountain. The cold wind came, making people shiver with cold. Shen Kuo suddenly understood. It turned out that the temperature on the mountain was higher than It is much lower down the mountain, so the flower season comes later than down the mountain. With this spirit of exploration and empirical methods, Shen Kuo wrote "Mengxi Bi Tan" when he grew up. 9. Career is accomplished by hard work but not by play. Success is achieved by thinking and ruined by casualness. ——Han Yu Han Wengong sacrificed to crocodiles. There used to be many crocodiles in the Hanjiang River in Chaozhou. They would eat people who crossed the river, causing hardship to the people. People called it "Evil Creek". One day, another common man was eaten by a crocodile. Han Yu was very anxious when he found out. He thought that if the crocodile's harm was not eliminated, there would be endless troubles, so he ordered the pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and decided to set up an altar to worship the crocodile by the river in the north of the city. Han Yu placed sacrifices on a mound next to the ferry, lit incense candles, and sternly announced to the river: "Crocodile! Crocodile! Han came here to be the governor in order to protect the land and the people. But you guys This is causing harm to the people. Now, I will not punish you for your ignorance. You are only allowed to go out to sea within three days. If you don't leave for three days, you will leave for five days. If you don't leave for five days, you will leave for seven days. We must be punished severely!" From then on, no crocodiles were seen in the river, and all the crocodiles went to sea to Nanyang. Nowadays, people call the place where Han Yu sacrificed crocodiles "Hanpu", the ferry "Handu" and "Crocodile Crossing", the river is called "Hanjiang", and the mountain across the river is called "Hanshan".