The famous sayings about adversity and success are as follows:

1. It is difficult for a person to spend his life paved with flowers and smooth sailing; adversity and setbacks should be regarded as their due in the title. meaning. ——Gao Guang, "The Milk of Life"

2. If you are not cold, you will not know the pines and cypresses; if things are not difficult, you will not know the gentleman. ——"Xunzi"

3. The dragon lost its power, just like the earthworm. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biographies of the Ten Kings of Guangwu"

4. A dragon can be controlled by an ordinary man when it leaves the water. ——Feng Menglong's "Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty"

5. Living in adversity, the whole body is covered with needles and stones, and it is hard to practice discipline without realizing it. ——Hong Yingming's "Cai Gen Tan"

6. People who are unwilling to endure hardship will not have their outlook on life tempered, their work ability will not be improved, and they will not be able to withstand wind and rain. ——Xie Juezai, "Hardship and Pleasure in Revolutionary Tradition"

7. Literati who are trained in an environment of hard struggle are stronger and greater than those who grow up in a warm and comfortable environment. ——Yu Dafu's "Poet's Poverty"

8. Adversity gives people precious opportunities for training. Only those who can withstand the test of the environment can be considered truly strong. Most of the great men since ancient times struggled through adversity with an indomitable spirit. —— "Talk about Life" by Konosuke Matsushita

9. Those who grow up in the storm are petrels; those who grow up on the eaves are only house sparrows. ——Sun Li's "Short Essay on Literature"

10. Accepting adversity is the beginning of breaking through adversity. ——Liu Xinwu, "Tree with Yellow Leaves in the Wind"

11. Surviving in the painful and obscure years makes me feel the preciousness of life even more. ——Li Wangkai's "Chalk Career"

12. Adversity means testing, it means tempering, and it means that career is creating its strong men. ——Dun Yuan's "Whispers of Love"

13. It is impossible for a person's life to be paved with flowers and smooth sailing; adversity and setbacks should be regarded as the proper meaning of the title. ——Gao Guang's "The Milk of Life"

14. "A knife must be sharpened by a stone, and a person must be sharpened by work." Many outstanding heroes are tempered by harsh environments. ——He Meng's "It Takes a Cold to the Bone"

15. Only when people are lamenting can they appreciate the profoundness of life; only when they are in desperate situations can they experience the true taste of society. ——Konosuke Matsushita's "Talk about Life"