1. Opportunities out of adversity: Soichiro Asano, the Japanese cement king and founder of Asano Cement Company, was 23 when he walked from his hometown of Mount Fuji to Tokyo in despair, wearing shabby clothes. Because he was penniless and unable to find a job, for a period of time, he was in a state of semi-starvation every day. "Let's just sell water." He had an idea and set up a water stall on the roadside. Most of the money-making tools were picked up. A glass of water cost one cent. On the first day, he sold it for 6 cents and 7 cents, which made him No more starving. After becoming famous, he said: "The crisis encountered in life is an excellent opportunity. In other words, when a person is in trouble, his mind will change, but it will give him a turning point and give him incomparable courage. It makes him smarter and more courageous. Therefore, he should not panic about the difficulties in life, but should be grateful."
2. Flying geese after talking: Once upon a time, a hunter saw a group of wild geese flying over. When he was about to set up his bow and arrow, he said, "shoot it and cook it." But his younger brother said, "The slow-flying geese taste better when cooked, and the fast-flying geese taste better when roasted." The two brothers argued endlessly. , I went to the president for comment. The president suggested: cut the goose in half, cook half and roast the other half. After the argument, they went to find the wild goose, which had already gone away in the sky.
3. An idea led to greatness: One day in 1948, the Swiss inventor Georges de Mestral took his dog hunting. Both the man and the dog passed by the burdock bushes, and the dog Both Mao and Mestral had many thorns stuck to their woolen trousers. When Mestral returned home, he was surprised as to why the thorns were so firmly stuck. He observed with a microscope and saw hundreds of small hooks hooked on the velvet surface of the woolen cloth and dog hair. He suddenly thought that if he used thorn fruits to make buttons, they would be unique in the world. Later, Mestral's idea was realized by using many hooks to hook a lot of coils. That is the rust-free, light-weight, washable nylon buckle we use today. It has a wide range of uses, including clothes, curtains, chair covers, medical equipment, airplanes, cars, etc. Astronauts use it to "hang" food packages on the walls of space vehicles and to allow their boots to attach to the floor.
4. The inspiration triggered by the pigeon: British billionaire Charlie Philerbus was the chairman of Delion Real Estate Company. In 1937, he built a 57-story international trade building. It was advertised at length, but there were very few buyers. One day, an employee reported that a group of pigeons had arrived in the building. He had an idea, coaxed all the pigeons into the room, and notified the zoo to catch the pigeons. After everything was ready, he notified the city's news media that something important was going to happen in the company. The pigeon hunting event lasted for three days. During the three days, the TV and radio stations not only introduced the pigeon hunting, but also reported on the building's geographical location, indoor facilities, and commercial uses. A month later, the rooms in the building were quickly sold out.
5. Li Shiqi meets Liu Bang: Li Shiqi is a very strategic little official. He thinks that Liu Bang has great talents and strategies, so he wants to join him and achieve a career. But when he went to see Liu Bang, Liu Bang was sitting on the bed and asked two women to wash his feet. When they saw him coming in, they continued to wash his feet. Unhappy, he bowed to Liu Bang and provoked Liu Bang, saying: "Do you want to help Qin attack the princes? Or do you want to lead the princes to attack Qin?" After hearing this, Liu Bang yelled: "You This pedantic scholar, the world has suffered from the rule of the Qin Dynasty for so long, so the princes united to attack Qin. How could I help Qin?" Shi Qi said, "Since you want to gather rebels to attack the unruly Qin. , You shouldn't treat the elders so rudely." After hearing this, Liu Bang also realized his rudeness, so he stopped washing his feet, put on his clothes, invited him to sit down with him, and treated him as a distinguished guest.
Famous aphorisms
1. Opportunities don’t come looking for people, only people look for opportunities. (Dickens)
2. A wise man creates more opportunities than he gets. (F. Bacon)
3. If good opportunities don’t come, you create them yourself. (Smile)
4. You should look for opportunities instead of waiting for them to knock on your door. (Maxwell Maltz)
5. Good opportunities are of no use to laziness, but hard work can turn equal opportunities into good opportunities. (Martin Luther)
Argument 22 We must seize opportunities.
Related arguments
1. Gates, who is good at seizing opportunities: "Even if I were stripped naked and thrown into the desert with no money, as long as a caravan passed by, I would be able to do it very easily." Become a billionaire soon." Bill Gates admired this famous saying of the old Rockefeller when he was a boy, and he always marveled after reading it: "As long as I have the chance, I will become a billionaire." Gates has the opportunity. It came when he dropped out of his freshman year at Harvard University at the age of 19. We believe that at that time Gates must have discovered the secret that was far more valuable than Harvard's golden sign. So Gates became Gates, and we are still "Microsoft" ". From this, we further believe that if this continues, our next generation will not be able to become Gates, because they focus on the essence of business, while we stay on the signboard of business schools.
2. Opportunities for ordinary rural women: There is an ordinary rural woman in Xingtai, Hebei, named Liu Yufen. In the late 1970s, he saw the opportunities brought to her by the party's rural enrichment policy. He first started a family sideline business, raising pigs, chickens, and binding brooms, and became a "ten thousand-yuan household" a year. In 1986, she started industry again, setting up 26 enterprises including high-carbon graphite factories, paper mills, and furfural factories, forming the "Xingdong Chunlei Group" with an annual output value of 240 million yuan. The profit and tax amounted to 18 million yuan, and the main products were sold to the United States, Japan, Germany, Malaysia and other countries. An ordinary peasant woman became a well-known entrepreneur and won the title of "Top Ten Female Heroes in the Country". Even when she was rich, she never forgot to give back to society. In the past few years, she spent more than 2 million yuan to build roads, schools, hospitals, adopt orphans, etc.
3. Missed the Nobel Prize: In 1965, China artificially synthesized bovine insulin for the first time in the world. The first artificial synthesis of vital crystalline protein has brought mankind another step forward in understanding the mysteries of life. Starting in the 1970s, people began to nominate the developers of bovine insulin for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. However, the synthesis of insulin involves many units and people, and there is considerable debate in China over the list to be reported. In the end, a ridiculous consensus was reached: "One piece, one piece, or none at all." As a result, the list of names submitted to the Nobel Prize evaluation agency reached 14 people. The Nobel Prize award principle is to award only one or two people who have made major contributions, and no more than three people at most. In this way, we ultimately missed an opportunity to win. When the opportunity comes, it is really regrettable to let it go because of the disputes about fame and fortune.
4. The old man in the Zhou Dynasty missed his opportunity: Wang Chong recorded in "Lunheng": There was an old man in the Zhou Dynasty who pursued officialdom all his life, but never succeeded in it. He complained that there were no opportunities and that fate was unfair to him. He cried to passers-by on the road and said: "When I was young, I studied rituals and music, and I just had the skills to be an official, but the king liked to appoint older people. It was so easy to wait until this 'easy to use old' king died, and the new king The king also liked people with martial arts skills, so I turned to martial arts. The king who liked martial arts died again, but the new king liked to appoint younger people. "I can't just wait. Opportunities do not favor opportunities, but they should not be controlled by opportunities. People should have their own goals and strive for them. Only when opportunities come, can they show their talents. The lament of the old man of Zhou Dynasty was not pity.
5. Meng Haoran missed the opportunity: Meng Haoran did not travel to the capital until he was in his forties. He once wrote poems in Taixue, and all the guests were impressed and admired, and no one could compare with him. Once, the great poet Wang Wei invited him to the internal affairs office, but he was suddenly informed that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had arrived. This was a good opportunity to show off his talent, but Meng Haoran hid under the bed in panic. Wang Wei told the truth, and Xuanzong was overjoyed and said: "I have heard of this man, but never seen him. Why is he so scared that he hides?" He hurriedly called Meng Haoran to come see him. This was originally a great opportunity for him to rise to prominence, but he failed to take advantage of it. When the emperor asked him about his poem, he recited another poem that complained about everything. When it came to the sentence "I don't know how to abandon you", Tang Xuanzong said very unhappily: "You don't want to be an official. How have I ever abandoned you? Why should I?" Are you slandering me?" So Meng Haoran was released and never used again in his life. (See "New Book of Tang·Biography of Meng Haoran")
Famous aphorisms
1. Times come and go, but seize the opportunity quickly. (Fang Xuanling)
2. A wise man observes the time, not the time. ("Warring States Policy")
3. The time has come but cannot be lost, and the opportunity has come but cannot be lost. (Su Shi)
4. Life will pass away soon, and an opportunity will not appear twice.
(Romain Rolland)
5. Pay attention to any favorable moment. When the opportunity comes, don’t miss it! (Goethe)
Argument 23 Seizing the opportunity means success.
Related arguments
1. Napoleon seized the opportunity: In September 1793, when Napoleon was still a small captain, he was sent to participate in the siege of Schlumen. As soon as Napoleon arrived at the well-defended Shilon, he observed carefully and then proposed a new combat plan to Salicetti, the special commissioner of the Revolutionary Army's Southern Front. The commissioner was very impressed with the new plan and immediately appointed Napoleon as deputy commander of the siege artillery and promoted him to major. Napoleon immediately realized that this was an opportunity, and he wanted to try his best to succeed. So he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the planning and preparation before the war, showing extraordinary energy, intelligence and courage. In the end, the Battle of Shilon was won. Napoleon first showed his talents at the Battle of Schlon. Won the praise of the soldiers. On January 14, 1794, the French Communist Party and the National Salvation Committee made an exception and promoted Napoleon to major general and brigade commander. Although the Battle of Shillun was small in scale, Napoleon was able to seize the opportunity and finally became famous in one fell swoop. This was also the beginning of his future dominance.
2. Deng Xiaoping seized the historical opportunity: At the end of the 1970s, there was a relatively peaceful environment in the world. The "Gang of Four" was crushed domestically and efforts were made to bring order out of chaos. People are determined and eager to improve their living standards. Deng Xiaoping lost no time in presiding over the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and decided to shift the focus of the entire party's work to socialist modernization, put forward the strategic policy of one center and two basic points, and vigorously promoted reform and opening up. Over the past 20 years, China's socialist construction has made rapid progress, achieving its goals ahead of schedule, its comprehensive national strength has been unprecedentedly enhanced, and people's living standards have been rapidly improved. The achievements have attracted worldwide attention and are considered the biggest miracle of the 20th century.
3. The secret of Sony’s success: One of the important reasons why Japan’s Sony Corporation has been able to remain undefeated in the face of fierce competition is its awareness of “leading the new trend of the times.” By chance, Ibuka saw an American-made tape recorder at the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. He bought the patent right first and soon produced Japan's first tape recorder. In 1952, the United States successfully developed the "transistor". Ibuka decisively bought the patent and produced the company's first transistor within a few weeks of returning to China, which sold well. Ibuka was not satisfied. When other manufacturers also turned to the production of transistors, he successfully produced the world's first "pocket transistor radios", making Sony's new products always dominate the market with lightning speed.
4. Xiang Yu missed a good opportunity: At the end of Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu entered Xianyang one after another. At that time, Xiang Yu led 400,000 troops to station in Xinfenghongmen, and Liu Bang led 100,000 troops to station in Bashang. The two armies were far apart. Recently, it was easy for Xiang Yu to destroy Liu Bang's forces at this time. At the "Hongmen Banquet", if Xiang Yu listened to the advice of his adviser Fan Zeng and killed Liu Bang, it would be like finding something in the bag. But Xiang Yu, seeking fame and reputation, believed in Xiang Bo's words of "benevolence and righteousness", let go of his opponent who was at an absolute disadvantage at the time, and named Liu Bang the " King of Han". Xuan led troops from Xianyang back to Pengcheng, intending to show off in his hometown, but was later destroyed by Liu Bang. The tragedy of Xiang Yu's final defeat and death was due to many other subjective and objective factors, but it was not unrelated to the fact that he missed the opportunity at Hongmen. When Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go at Hongmen, Fan Zeng said angrily: "We really can't plan big things with this guy (actually referring to Xiang Yu). The one who takes over Xiang Yu's world in the future will definitely be Liu Bang, and we will all become Liu Bang's prisoners."
5. Why did the apple fall to the ground? : In 1665, when Newton and his niece were sitting under the apple tree to enjoy the shade, they kept thinking about the problem of the planets orbiting the sun mentioned by the scientist Kepler. "What makes the planets revolve around the sun? And what makes the moon revolve around the earth?" Suddenly, an apple fell from the tree. He picked up the apples, looked at the apple tree, and thought: "If there is no wind, why do the apples fall? Why do the apples fall to the ground instead of flying to the sky? Doesn't this mean that the earth is attractive to apples?" He also thought that the planets cannot move without the sun, and the moon cannot move without the earth. Isn’t it also the force of attraction at work? So Newton came to the conclusion that the earth is attractive to apples, the stars are attractive, and all objects in the universe are attractive.
He further thought: "Why is the earth not attracted by the sun, and the moon is not attracted by the earth?"... In this way, inspired by the falling apple, Newton discovered universal gravitation and used mathematics to prove the law of universal gravitation.
Famous aphorisms
1. Opportunities come to everyone, but there are very few people who can take advantage of them in time. (Thornton)
2. If the opportunity comes, you must seize it and create your own future. (Konosuke Matsushita)
3. The secret of success is to be ready to seize the opportunity at any time. (Disraeli)
4. Consider the right time, consider the situation before taking action, and there is nothing impossible in the world. (Zhang Juzheng)
5. If you don’t seize the opportunity, you will be stuck all your life and achieve nothing. (Shakespeare)
Argument 24 Opportunity favors the wise.
Related arguments
1. Lucky Maxwell: The famous British physicist Maxwell entered the University of Edinburgh to study mathematical physics at the age of 16, and later continued his studies at the University of Cambridge. He was diligent and well-read, but due to the lack of guidance from famous teachers, his studies were not systematic and planned. One day, the famous mathematician Professor Hopkins went to the library to borrow a sophisticated mathematics monograph, but was told that the book had been borrowed by a student named Maxwell. Hopkins was very curious: Which student is reading such an academic book that is difficult for ordinary people to understand? He then found Maxwell and saw that he was reading the book seriously. The professor liked his studious spirit and discovered his shortcomings, so he accepted him as his graduate student and guided him carefully. He also introduced another famous mathematician, Stokes, to guide him at the same time. Under the guidance of two mentors, Maxwell achieved great success in his studies and eventually became a famous physicist.
2. The opportunity that Verne stumbled upon: When Jules Verne was 18 years old, he studied law in Paris. Once I attended a high-class party. When going downstairs, he did not go down the stairs step by step, but slid down the stair railing like a child. After sliding down, he bumped into a fat gentleman, the famous writer Alexandre Dumas. The two have known each other since then. Under the influence of Alexandre Dumas, Verne embarked on the path of literary creation, engaged in writing science fiction novels, and became the "Father of Science Fantasy" in France.
3. The comedy master first showed his talents: The world-famous comedy master Chaplin made his debut on stage when he was 5 years old, showing his outstanding artistic talent. That time, his mother's voice suddenly became hoarse during a performance, and she had to leave the stage. There was chaos in the venue, and the stage director had an idea. Remembering that Chaplin had performed in front of his mother and friends, he suggested that Chaplin perform on stage instead of his mother. The little Chaplin had no stage fright. He sang a song calmly and unrestrainedly in front of the full audience. Then he sang and danced and performed several shows, especially his imitation. When my mother sang the "Irish March" with a hoarse voice, she imitated it perfectly and won warm applause. It was precisely because he seized this chance that he was able to embark on an artistic path and eventually became a well-known world comedy master.
4. Mozart and Beethoven: In the spring of 1787, Beethoven came to the home of the famous composer Mozart in Vienna, hoping to get his advice. At that time, Mozart was chatting loudly with several celebrities and nobles in the living room. When Beethoven walked in, Mozart just asked Beethoven a few words casually, handed him some music scores, and said, "Play this piece." After that, he went back to chatting with the guests. Beethoven sat in front of the piano, playing, and thinking: "Is my piano sound really not enough to impress Mozart? I must attract his attention." So he began to play on the basis of Mozart's original music. It plays well, and the melody is smooth and passionate. This really attracted Mozart. He took another sheet of music and said to Beethoven: "This is the theme of a piece I recently composed. You play an improvisation based on this theme." "Okay." Beethoven took the sheet of music and said roughly Take a quick look. It bounced. "Great! Great!" Mozart exclaimed. He really didn't expect this humble young man to have such outstanding musical talent. As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down Beethoven's improvisations. Then he excitedly said to the guests: "Everyone, please pay attention, the person who will shock the world in the future must be him - Beethoven!"
5. Dreams provide answers to science: The German chemist Kekulé was a diligent student. people.
One day, after intense work, he felt very tired and fell asleep in a carriage. These days, he concentrated on studying the structure of benzene molecules, and his brain was extremely tired. After entering the sleep state, many nerves in his brain became excited involuntarily after a short rest. He seemed to feel that the carbon molecules were alive, dancing in front of his eyes, forming a long chain. The long chain twisted like a snake, suddenly biting its own tail, and coiled into a circle. At this time, Kekulé woke up from his dream and suddenly shouted with enlightenment: "I found the answer. The benzene molecule is a ring structure." If Kekulé was a lazy man, he would not have made this discovery. .
Famous aphorisms
1. Intelligence and courage will surely share honors with opportunities. (Johnson)
2. Strength is opportunity. (Wang Guozhen)
3. Opportunity is like a rough stone, it can only be reborn in the hands of a sculptor. (Schiller)
4. Opportunity only favors those who are prepared. (Pasteur)
5. Opportunity only favors those who know how to pursue her. (Charlie Nicol)
Argument 25 People facing different opportunities will make different choices.
Related arguments
1. Always open your eyes: Zhu Jingwu, a Chinese scientist at the University of Houston in the United States, is a major figure in the study of superconductors. He said: "I owe a lot to my parents for being where I am today. They taught me to always open my eyes, because there are many opportunities and phenomena in this world waiting for us to explore. Even if we sometimes fail, we still have to do it every time. Experimentation pays off. My mother said it best. She said, "If you fall on the ground, find a way to grab a handful of sand."
2. The biggest and best ears of wheat: Three disciples of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates once asked their teacher for advice on how to find an ideal partner. Socrates did not answer directly, but asked them to walk into the wheat field, and they were only allowed to move forward, and they were only given one chance to pick the best and largest ear of wheat. The first disciple saw a big and beautiful ear of wheat after walking a few steps and picked it happily. But when he continued to move forward, he found that there were many ears of wheat in front of him that were bigger than the one he picked, so he had to I finished the whole journey with regret. The second disciple learned his lesson. Whenever he was about to pick, he always reminded himself that there would be better ones later. When he was almost at the end, he realized that all the opportunities had been missed. The third disciple learned the lesson of the first two. When he walked one third of the way, he divided it into three categories: large, medium and small. He walked another third of the way to verify whether it was correct, and waited until the last third of the way. , he chose a beautiful ear of wheat that belonged to the general category. Although it was not necessarily the largest and most beautiful in the wheat field, he completed the whole journey with great satisfaction.
3. Amy Nord does not pin her success on opportunities: The great German mathematician Amy Nord has never been blessed by the God of Luck in her life. She went to college and got excellent grades, but she did not get a diploma from the university because girls were discriminated against; as a female mathematician, she encountered family misfortune and social discrimination when she was just starting out in her career. It was difficult for her to find even a subsistence job; through hard work, she made remarkable achievements in the field of mathematics and entered the golden period of her research career, which happened to coincide with the First World War. Despite this, Amy Nord never complained, and she did not pin her career success on opportunities. In the end, with her outstanding achievements, she was honored by future generations as the "Mother of Algebra."
4. The discovery of new elements passed by: in 1862, French chemist Pollard studied extracting iodine from seaweed. The solid crystals were extracted, but at the bottom of the extracted mother liquor, a dark brown liquid with a pungent odor precipitated. Rather than jumping to conclusions, he carefully studied the liquid and proved that it was another element, bromine. As a result, he published the paper "New Elements in Seaweed". Later, after reading this paper, the German chemist Liebisi regretted it. It turned out that several years ago, he had done a similar experiment and obtained similar results. However, he just thought that the dark brown pungent smelling liquid was iodine chloride, so he put a label on it. He learned this lesson and later achieved a lot.
5. Sima Xiangru met Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty read "Zixu Fu" and thought that the article was well written, but mistakenly thought that he was different from the author and sighed repeatedly.
Yang Deyi, a fellow countryman of Sima Xiangru, was the attendant in charge of hunting dogs at this time. Hearing the emperor's sigh, he said: "My fellow countryman Sima Xiangru himself said that he wrote this poem." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very surprised when he heard this and immediately summoned him Sima Xiangru asked. Xiangru said: "There is such a thing, but it is about the affairs of the princes and is not worth mentioning. Now let me write a better "Hunting Ode" for your majesty." Later, Sima Xiangru wrote "Ode to Hunting". "Shanglin Fu", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very satisfied and made Sima Xiangru a minister.
Famous aphorisms
1. The so-called strong person has both will and the ability to wait for the opportunity. (Balzac)
2. If you encounter a favorable opportunity, you must make good use of it, but do not harm the interests of others. (Alhaji Abubakar Izhi)
3. The hair of the God of Opportunity only grows on her forehead. Once she is let go, there will be nothing left to hold on to her bare back. (Rabberais)
4. When you shed tears for missing the sun, you will also miss the stars. (Tagore)
5. The past belongs to death, and the future belongs to you. Seize the future while it still belongs to you! (Shelley)
Guidelines for selecting materials
To demonstrate the topic of "good at seizing opportunities", when selecting argumentative materials, the word "good at seizing" must be closely adhered to. We can start from the pros and cons to see who is good at seizing opportunities and who is not good at seizing opportunities. Any material that belongs to these two aspects can be used, such as "Gates, who is good at seizing opportunities", is a positive material, while "missing out on the Nobel Prize" is a negative material. They can demonstrate the topic from both positive and negative aspects respectively. The selection of famous aphorisms can also follow this principle.