1. Husband’s ambitions should be high.
——Three Kingdoms·Shu Han·Zhuge Liang
Interpretation: ambition: ambition. Save: embrace. It means that people should have lofty aspirations.
2. Scholars must be determined, but if they are not determined, nothing will be achieved.
——Warring States Period·Mencius
Interpretation: People must establish lofty ambitions. Without lofty ambitions, they cannot succeed. It means that only those with ideals and ambitions can succeed.
3. A man should die in the wilderness, wrapped in horse leather and buried with his ears. How can he lie in bed in the hands of his son and daughter?
——Han Ma Yuan
Interpretation: A man should die in the wilderness on the frontier, wrap the body with horsehide, and transport it back to his hometown for burial. How can he lie in bed and die of old age? Around the children? It means that a good man should die in battle.
4. A big roc rises with the wind in one day and soars up to 90,000 miles. If the wind stops and comes down, it can still win away the water.
——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Explanation: When the wings of a roc flap down into the water, it reaches three thousand miles, and it soars up to ninety thousand miles. Even without the help of the power of wind, it can blow away the water with just one flap of its wings.
5. There is no greater failure than a dead heart, and no greater sorrow than a lack of ambition.
——Warring States·Zhuangzi
Explanation: The greatest sorrow is to be depressed and depressed to the point of being unable to extricate yourself. The greatest sorrow is having no ambition and being so depressed that you cannot extricate yourself.