Quotes and aphorisms about striving for excellence in learning - Perpetual Calendar 1. The best of one's work comes from hard work and the waste from play, and success comes from thinking and failure from following. 2. Three feet of ice does not freeze in one day. 3. Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing can do it. 4. Striving for excellence in doing things is a virtue. 5. Everyone has potential. Whether the potential can be tapped and turned into outstanding talents depends on how to cultivate it. 6. The situation is constantly changing. To adapt your thoughts to the new situation, you have to learn. 7. Even though you have endured countless blows, you will still be strong, regardless of the wind from east to west, from north to south. 8. Life is a never-ending factory, and there is no place for lazy people there. 9. There is no best, only better. 10. If a tree is not cultivated, it will not grow straight; if a person does not learn, he will have no knowledge.