Mottoes about cherishing time at home and abroad
Chinese part:
Ancient times:
The situation does not wait for others, and the old man's hair becomes silk.
——Li Bai
The prime years will never come back again, and it is difficult to come back to the morning every day. We should encourage you in time, and time waits for no one.
——Tao Yuanming
The deceased is like a man, never giving up day and night (Confucius)
In life, like a white horse passing through the gap between heaven and earth, it is all of a sudden. (Zhuangzi)
The sky can be mended, the sea can be filled, and the southern mountains can be moved. The sun and the moon have passed and cannot be traced back. (Zeng Guofan)
Tomorrow comes tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows, I live to wait for tomorrow, everything will be wasted. If the world is tired of tomorrow, spring will pass and autumn will come, and old age will come. In the morning, you can see the water flowing eastward, and in the evening, you can see the sun setting in the west. How many tomorrows can there be in a hundred years? Please listen to my song of tomorrow. (Wen Jia's "Song of Tomorrow")
Today is the same as today, how little today is! If you don’t do it today, when will this happen? It is a pity that today is not the day of a hundred years of life! If Yangu waits for the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, there will be Ming Dynasty affairs in the Ming Dynasty. I will compose today's poem for you. Please start working hard today. (Wen Jia's "Today's Poetry")
A saint does not value a foot of wall but an inch of shade.
--"Huainanzi·Yuan Daoxun"
Lao Ranran is approaching, and he is afraid that he will not be able to cultivate his reputation.
--Qu Yuan of Chu in the Warring States Period
The east corner has passed, and it is not too late to mulberry trees.
--Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty
The wind is blowing in the daytime, and the scenery is flowing westward.
--Three Kingdoms·Wei·Cao Zhi
What is lost in the east is gained in mulberry trees.
--"Book of the Later Han·Feng Yi Zhuan"
A man with lofty ideals cherishes the short days, but worries that others know the nights are long.
--Jin·Fu Xuan
How long is life? It passes like morning frost. When the time comes, the flowers are no longer sunny.
--Jin Luji
Winter is the remainder of the year, night is the remainder of the day, and rain is the remainder of the hour.
--"Three Kingdoms·Book of Wei·Biography of Wang Su" Pei Songzhi quoted from "Wei Lue"
After thirty years of emperorship, he failed to achieve success in both writing and swordsmanship.
--Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty
The mountains and rivers are full of tears, and the clothes are stained with tears. How long can the wealth and glory last? I can't see anything but the wild geese flying over the Fen River every autumn.
--Li Qiao of the Tang Dynasty
In terms of time, there are early, middle and late years; in terms of day, there are today, yesterday and Ming; in terms of body, there are young , Zhuang, Ai period.
--Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty
Don’t say that shortcomings are short, as it is difficult to gain them again. Don't call it a trace, it's hard to be white again.
--Qing·Zhu Jing
A man with lofty ideals cherishes his years, a wise man cherishes his days, and a sage cherishes his time.
--Qing Dynasty·Wei Yuan
Don’t rely on the young years of children, as my father-in-law once married you in the same year.
--Tang·Dou Gong
Modern times:
Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze, there is always time.
——Lu Xun
Time is accumulated in minutes and seconds. Only those who are good at using sporadic time will achieve better results.
——Hua Luogeng
Sail against the current with all your strength, and the force of a pole will retreat a thousand miles away; as the ancient saying goes, "This day is a pity," and we should cherish the second.
——Dong Biwu
I think the most precious thing in the world is "now", and the most easily lost thing is "now". Because it is the easiest to lose, it is even more precious.
——Li Dazhao
Time is life, time is speed, and time is power. (Guo Moruo)
If you want to build a career, you must cherish your time and make full use of it.
--Xu Teli
Saving time means making a person's limited life more effective, which means extending a person's life.
--Lu Xun
Time gives honor to the diligent and shame to the lazy.
--Gao Shiqi
Killing the "now" also kills the "future". ------The future is the era of descendants.
--Lu Xun
All successful people in ancient times took their lives very seriously. When they lived for a day, they always tried to work more, study more, and learn more. Don't waste your time, don't let time go to waste.
--Deng Tuo
You can’t bring back yesterday, and tomorrow is not certain. What you can be sure of is today.
--Li Dazhao
Time is life. Wasting other people's time for no reason is actually tantamount to seeking money and killing people.
--Lu Xun
Life is measured in time. Wasting other people's time is equal to seeking wealth and killing; wasting one's own time is equal to chronic suicide.
--Lu Xun
It is best not to fantasize about anything when the sun sets, but to get into work when the sun rises.
--Xie Juezai
Foreign part:
Those who abandon time, time also abandons him.
——Shakespeare
Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is the stuff of life.
——Franklin
The fastest and slowest in the world, the longest and shortest, the most ordinary and precious, the most overlooked and regrettable. It's time.
——Gorky
We must remember that our study time is limited. Time is limited, not only because life is short, but also because people are complicated. We should strive to do the most beneficial things with all our time.
——Spencer
The more a person knows the value of time, the more painful it is to lose time!
——Dante
Wasted time is equal to wasted life. (Kawabata Yasunari)
Of all critics, the greatest, most correct, and most genius is time. (Belinsky)
Find time to consider whether what you did during the day is a positive or negative sign. (Dimitrov)
The fastest and slowest thing in the world, the longest and shortest thing, the most ordinary thing but the most precious thing, the most easily ignored thing and the most regrettable thing is time. (Gorky)
Time is a great mentor. --Burke
Time is the soil for all achievements in the world. Time gives pain to dreamers and happiness to creators. --McKinsey
Time is the place where abilities and so on develop. --Marx
Those who forget today will be forgotten tomorrow. -- Goethe
The hard-working bees never have time for sorrow. -- Blake
There is no way to make the clock ring for me the time that has passed. -- Byron
Time is the most impartial, giving twenty-four hours to anyone; time is also partial, giving twenty-four hours to no one. -- Huxley
Any saving is ultimately a saving of time. --Marx
All human abilities are nothing more than a mixture of patience and time. --Balzac
Time is a great author, it will write a perfect ending for everyone. --Chaplin