If you are young and don’t learn, you will be incompetent. If you don't study well when you are a child, you will become an incompetent person when you grow up---"Xunzi·Fa Xing Pian"

The running water makes a stirring sound when it hits the reef

People inspire One's own ambitions, that is, having great ambitions, can accomplish great things - Qiu Jin

People are afraid of not having ambitions, and those who have ambitions can't succeed

People are afraid of not having ambitions. If you have ambitions and things come true---(Lu Jiuyuan of the Song Dynasty)

If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the gold and stone can be carved.

After carving it, you will give up, even if it is rotten The wood cannot be broken; if you carve and persevere, even gold and stone can be carved. ----Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning"

Being courageous will never defeat you, and perseverance will never defeat you.

Having a courageous spirit can defeat everything, but a resolute spirit cannot conquer anything - Alexandre Dumas

Three armies can win the commander, but a single man cannot win the ambition

An army can be deprived of its commander, but a man cannot be deprived of his ambition. ----"The Analects of Confucius, Zihan"