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Quotes, idioms, and stories about persistence

1. Yu Minhong: Have a life of hard work and finally pass the college entrance examination to Peking University in three years

2. Robert the Bruce, the ancient King of Scotland, was defeated by invading enemies six times. Lost confidence. One rainy day, while lying in the hut, he saw a spider spinning its web. The spider tried to wrap a piece of silk around the opposite wall, but failed six times, but after the seventh try, it finally achieved its goal. Robert jumped up excitedly and shouted: "I want to come for the seventh time too!" He organized his troops, fought back against the invaders, and finally drove the enemies out of Scotland.

3. Wang Xizhi began practicing calligraphy at the age of seven. He practiced calligraphy assiduously and continuously for decades. Sometimes he would walk on the road, sit on a chair, and ponder the calligraphy of famous calligraphers. He kept practicing calligraphy on his clothes with his fingers. Over time, he even scratched his own clothes. It is precisely because of this that he developed the writing power of "penetrating into the wood three-thirds". His pen is strong and his words are like flying dragons, and he became an epoch-making calligrapher.

4. The famous geographer Xu Xiake has traveled among strange mountains and rivers for many years. During the inspection, he encountered robbers who cut off the path, his clothes were robbed, and his body was injured. In the desperate situation of "looking to the west, there are mountains of life and death, and to the east, there are no companions to come and go." He did not lose heart, did not retreat, and persisted. Front

5.●Li Shizhen was determined to write a masterpiece on medicine. To this end, he traveled over mountains and ridges, visited famous doctors, and collected herbal medicines from various places. During this period, he encountered various obstacles, but he was not afraid of hardship or suffering. He remained consistent for twenty-seven years and finally wrote the masterpiece of medicine "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Progress, and finally wrote "Xu Xiake's Travels".

6.●The Curies continued their research and discovered radium.

At this time, Madame Curie's husband unfortunately died in a car accident, but she did not remain depressed for long and started experiments again. Finally, she used the most primitive means to extract pure radium from several tons of uranium, and obtained the chemical recognized by the world

14. Try again - what is harder than stone, or softer than water? However, soft water penetrates hard stone and persists.

A young man applied for a job at Microsoft, but the company had not published any recruitment advertisements. Seeing that the general manager was puzzled, the young man explained in less than proficient English that he happened to pass by and came in rashly. The general manager felt that It was very new, so I made an exception and let him have a try. The result of the interview was unexpected, and the young man performed poorly. His explanation to the general manager was that he had not prepared in advance. The general manager thought that he was just looking for an excuse to get down the stairs, so he casually said: "Waiting for you." Come and try again when you are ready."

A week later, the young man walked into the door of Microsoft again. This time he still failed. But compared to the first time, his performance was much better. And The general manager's answer to him was still the same as last time: "Try again when you are ready." In this way, this young man stepped into the door of Microsoft five times, and was finally hired by the company and became the company's key training target.

Warm reminder: Maybe, our life journey is full of swamps and thorns; maybe the scenery we pursue is always full of mountains and rivers, and no bright flowers are visible; maybe, our steps forward are always heavy and staggering; maybe, We need to grope in the darkness for a long time before we can find the light; perhaps, our devout beliefs will be entangled in the dust and mist of the world and cannot fly freely; perhaps, our noble souls cannot find a pure land in reality for the time being... ...So, why can’t we say to ourselves firmly and confidently with the courage of a brave man, "Try again!"

Try again, and you may reach the other side of success!