There is no shortage of inspirational verses in ancient Chinese poetry, some of which can be directly used as our mottos. The following are inspirational ancient poems that I have compiled as mottos. Welcome to read them.

1. If you are looking for fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and build a net. ——"Book of Han·Biography of Dong Zhongshu"

2. Don't play a thousand tunes and then the sound will dawn; watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon. --Liu Xie

3. Live as a hero, and die as a ghost. -- "Summer Quatrains"

4. Why don't men bring Wu hooks and collect the fifty states in Guanshan? -- "South Park"

5. It is not too late to look after the dog when you see the rabbit; it is not too late to repair the dead sheep. -- "Warring States Policy"

6. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. --Confucius

7. The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. -- "Li Sao"

8. A person who has enough food and clothing knows the etiquette. -- "Guanzi"

9. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. --Confucius

10. Wealth and honor cannot be licentious, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot bend. --"Mencius"

11. A ruler is short, an inch is long. -- "Buju"

12. When you work hard, you forget to eat, when you are happy, you forget your excellence, and you don't know that old age is coming. --The Analects of Confucius

13. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will appear by itself. --Romance of the Three Kingdoms

14. When you climb a mountain, you will be full of emotions in the mountains, and when you look at the sea, your emotions will overflow in the sea. --Liu Xie

15. If you keep cutting off, you will suffer chaos. --Book of Han

16. I wish you a long life and may you be like a cicada thousands of miles away. --Su Shi

17. I don’t know how old I am when I am young, and wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me--Du Fu

18. Great straightness is like bending, great skill is like clumsiness, great debate is like indolence. -- "Lao Tzu"

19. The garden is full of spring scenery and cannot be contained, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall. --Ye Shaoweng

20. When the spring breeze blows, horses are hoofed, and they see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. -- "After Admission"

21. The spring silkworms will not run out until they are dead, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears dry up. -- "Untitled"

22. Die before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears. -- "The Prime Minister of Shu"

23. A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer. -- Qu Yuan

24. Thousands of sails passed by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees grew in front of the diseased trees. -- "Rewarding Lotte Yangzhou"

25. My heart is like a magnetic needle, and I will not rest until I guide the direction. -- "Yangtze River"

26. There will be times when the wind breaks through the waves, and the cloud sails are directly hung to help the sea. -- "Traveling is Difficult Part One"

27. A slight difference is a thousand miles. -- "Book of Han"

28. If you examine yourself, you can understand others; if you examine the present, you can understand the past. -- "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"

29. Play a thousand tunes and then the sound will dawn, watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon. --Liu Xie

30. After collecting hundreds of flowers and turning them into honey, it will be sweet to whomever you work hard for. -- "Bee"

31. Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden. -- Mencius

32. Don’t be afraid of clouds covering your eyes, because you are at the highest level. -- "Climbing Feilai Peak"

33. I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain. --Su Shi

34. It is not enough to not block or flow. -- Han Yu

35. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs. -- "Book of the Later Han·Biography of Ban Chao"

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

37. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition. -- "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan"

38. The journey of the sun and the moon, if it comes out of it. -- "Viewing the Sea"

39. Who has never died since ancient times? Keep your loyalty and sweat. -- Qing's "Crossing the Lingding Ocean"

40. If you are poor, you can be good for yourself; if you are rich, you can be good for the world. -- "Mencius"

41. Be poor and strong, and do not fall into the clouds. -- "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"

42. Even after countless blows, you are still strong, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south.

--Zheng Banqiao

43. In his old age, martyrs are full of ambition. -- "The Turtle Lives Longevity"

44. A gentleman is concerned about morality but not poverty. --The Analects of Confucius

45. The beauty of a gentleman is the beauty of a man, but the evil of a man is not. --The Analects of Confucius

46. Sacrificing one's life to go to the national disaster, treating one's death as if one were returning home. -- "The White Horse"

47. Work hard and die. -- "The Master's Example"

48. A broken mirror does not change its light, and a dead orchid does not change its fragrance. --Meng Jiao

49. Hearing both will lead to enlightenment, but believing only half will lead to darkness. -- "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

50. When misfortune comes, blessings rely on it; when blessings come, the pot lies on it. -- "Laozi"

51. He can draw the eagle bow like the full moon, look northwest, and shoot at the wolf. -- "Jiang Chengzi"

52. Standing at the top of the mountain, you can see the mountains and small mountains at a glance. --Du Fu

53. If you don't sing, it will be a blockbuster. -- "Historical Records·Funny Biographies"

54. Don't worry about what others don't know, but worry about not knowing others. -- Confucius

55. If you don't fly, you will be fine. If you soar into the sky, if you don't sing, you will be a blockbuster. --Sima Qian

56. If you don't climb a mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is. -- "Xunzi"

57. Learn eruditely, interrogate it, think carefully, discern clearly, and practice it diligently. -- "Book of Rites"

58. Be knowledgeable and make appointments; -- "Miscellaneous Comments to Zhang Hu"

59. If you are a pro-fengya, Zhuanyiduo is your teacher. --Du Fu

60. Standing tall against a wall, one can be strong without desire. -- "Couplet"

61. The pen falls in the storm, and the poem becomes the weeping ghosts and gods. -- "Send Li Twelve and White Twenty Rhymes"

62. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. -- "Warning to the World"

63. To learn a hundred things, one must first be determined. --Zhu Xi

64. When hundreds of rivers reach the sea from the east, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable. -- Han Dynasty Yuefu's "Long Song Xing"

65. There are tens of millions of mansions in Ande, which can shelter all the poor people in the world. -- "The Thatched House"

66. Aspirations eat Hun meat when they are hungry, and laugh about drinking Hun blood when they are thirsty. -- "Man Jiang Hong"

67. Even if your ambition is not old enough, you will still be a ghost hero after you die. -- "Book Anger"

68. The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan. -- "Chen She's Family"

69. Cultivate oneself, regulate one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. --University

70. Worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness. --"The Story of Yueyang Tower"