①The ancients left many thought-provoking sayings, such as "An inch of yin is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of yin", "Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are determined", "Where there is a will, things come true" ", "Hard work pays off"... However, my favorite sentence is - "Humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind." This famous saying has benefited me a lot.

I remember when I was in third grade, I wrote an essay titled "One Thing I Want" and gave it to the teacher for correction after I finished it. The teacher happily said to me: "Your composition is pretty good! You have made progress. Please continue to work hard in the future!" He also pasted the composition I wrote on the wall. The teacher repeatedly told me, "Don't be complacent if you get good grades." , we must retain a humble mentality.” However, I don't really understand this sentence.

I told my mother about this, and she praised me and told me, "Be humble, don't be proud." I was so happy that I turned a deaf ear to what my mother just said. So I became proud and thought: There is nothing to be afraid of this "guy", and I can handle it in no time. From then on, my heart was filled with pride, I no longer liked reading books, I no longer listened attentively in class, and I couldn’t write well...

In a composition class, the teacher asked us to write wrote an essay. I thought to myself: "My first essay was so good, what does it matter this time?" So I wrote an essay and handed it in casually. As a result, I was called to the office by the teacher. The teacher said to me seriously: "Look at the composition you wrote? I can't even understand it. Can you understand the composition you wrote? Tell me." I I lowered my head and looked at the composition I had written. I was dumbfounded and thought to myself: Is this the composition I wrote myself? I didn't expect that even you couldn't understand it... The teacher said again: "This essay of yours is really terrible. The central idea is unclear, there are many typos, and the sentences are not fluent. Hey... You, I praised you, so... So proud and complacent. I hope you study hard and improve your writing skills. Now the teacher has a famous saying - 'humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind'..."

After returning home, I told the teacher The famous quotes given to me were written on cardboard and placed in front of my desk as a motto to spur me on. From then on, I listened to classes seriously every day, read various reading materials, and practiced calligraphy well.

“Humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind.” This motto has become my motto and will always spur me on.

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Failure is success This famous saying "the mother of all things" inspired me a lot and has always inspired me, so it has become my motto.

I remember that I was only in the third grade at that time, and my math scores were very poor. Well, I was selected by the teacher to participate in the mathematics competition. I was surprised and happy at the time. On the day of the competition, there were many people participating. I had never seen such a scene! After this fierce "battle", I was actually ranked first. I was angry and sad when I didn't place. When I got home, I told my parents the result of the competition very disappointed. My parents said to me: "Son, don't be discouraged. Failure is the mother of success. You should find failure." reason. "After listening to the meaningful words of my parents, I was deeply inspired. I calmed down and recalled the experience of participating in the competition. It turned out that during the competition, I was very nervous for fear of running out of time. This nervousness made my brain I became slow and unable to react for a while. I found the reason for my failure. In all future competitions, whether participating in chess competitions or academic competitions, I always reminded myself: "Don't be nervous, be calm." ”

Spurred by the famous saying “Failure is the mother of success”, I studied harder and worked harder. Therefore, in the mathematics competition in the fourth grade, I calmly took on the challenge and achieved first place. No. 2, I am very happy. The joy of success excites me and encourages me. Yes, the famous saying "Failure is the mother of success" is very true, but success is not achieved after failure. After failure, you have to reflect carefully, find out the reason for your failure, and then correct it. Only in this way will this "failure" be the "mother of success" for the next time.

Although in my case. There have been many failures on the road to growth, and there will still be failures in the future, but my motto: "Failure is the mother of success" will always inspire me and inspire me to continue climbing to the peak of success. .

③ As the saying goes: "Everything can be accomplished with an open mind, but nothing can be achieved by being complacent." Yes, this sentence is true. After that incident in the fifth grade, my feelings became deeper. Why is this? ?

That was the final exam of fifth grade. Because of my overall performance, I got a good score and was fortunate enough to be ranked second in the grade. My parents were very happy. I was also very happy. But my mother, who was a "professional teacher", still told me a lot about not being proud and being humble. But I had already been dazzled by the victory, and I couldn't stand what my mother said. It goes in one ear and comes out in the right ear. I ignore it at all. Walking on the road after school, I always hear many classmates whispering: "Ah, he is the second in grade!" "Yes, I heard that the first place only has 0.5 points more than him!" "After hearing these words, I began to become arrogant. I would eat snacks in class, go on errands, and either talk to my classmates or pass notes everywhere. Even better, sometimes I would use Chinese and mathematics books to block the outside and read from below. Comic books. My deskmate kept reminding me, but I ignored it.

Once, when my deskmate saw that I was doing my old habit again, he began to persuade me: "You, you are watching, I will sue the teacher." "Go, go, I am the second in grade anyway, who is afraid of whom?" "I said arrogantly, because I knew he was timid and didn't dare to sue the teacher. Sure enough, he didn't sue the teacher.

Time flies, half the semester passed in a blur in the blink of an eye, and his deskmate also Ignore me. It’s time for the midterm exam again. Because I got high scores in the previous few quizzes, this made me even more arrogant. I didn’t care about the exam at all, thinking that I would get high scores. I only scored 81 points on the math test and was not even ranked among the top 30 students in the class. I only scored 90 points on the "Chinese Strong" test and was ranked in the upper 20s. The teacher asked me to go to the office for a talk. As soon as he entered the office, the teacher spoke: "Zhang Chen, what's wrong with you? You weren't like this before. Something happened from time to time. Can you sue the teacher?" After listening to the teacher's words, I felt ashamed: The teacher still trusts me. So, I told everything about my half-semester study situation. The teacher listened and said meaningfully: "The teacher gave you a famous saying, I hope you remember it and don't violate it. You should have heard of this sentence, which is: 'All things can be accomplished with an open mind, but nine things will be empty if you are complacent.' You Do you know what it means?" I nodded and said, "As long as you are modest, you can succeed in everything; if you are proud, nothing will succeed." The teacher nodded with satisfaction.

"Everything can be accomplished with an open mind, but nine things will come to nothing if you are complacent." This saying has stayed with me throughout my life and I have benefited a lot from it.