The famous sayings of famous people who strive for self-improvement are as follows:

1. When Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body. Xing Fu messes up what he does. ——Mencius Source: "Mencius Gaozi Xia" Explanation: If God wants to place a heavy responsibility on someone, he must first make his mind distressed, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry, his body empty and weak, and his body tired. Every action is unsatisfactory, so as to stimulate his will, make his temperament persevering, and increase the abilities he does not possess.

2. If you strengthen yourself through self-cultivation, you will be worthy of Yao and Yu. ——"Xunzi·Cultivation of the Self"

3. The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. ——Qu Yuan Source: "Li Sao" Interpretation: The road is narrow, long and endless, and I must work hard to find the sun in my heart. Combined with the context, it expresses Qu Yuan's positive attitude of "exploring the road while the sky is still dark".

4. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ——"Book of Changes·Qian·Xiang"

5. Be able to make every choice and everything as perfectly as possible. No matter how difficult the journey is, we still have to keep going forward.

6. When Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. ——"Mencius·Gaozi Xia"

7. The strong can easily become strong, just as the weak can easily become weak. ——Emerson

8. Don’t complain about God or blame others. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen"

9. A gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ——"The Book of Changes"

10. If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Chang Ge Xing"

11. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. ——"Mencius·Gaozi Xia"

12. Even after many hardships, you are still tenacious, no matter how windy you are, east, west, north or south. ——Zheng Banqiao

13. When you are old and strong, you would rather have a gray-headed heart? Be poor and strong, and don't fall into the clouds. ——"Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng"

13. If you strengthen yourself through self-cultivation, you will be worthy of Yao and Yu. ——Xunzi Source: "Xunzi·Cultivation of the Body" Interpretation: If you achieve self-improvement through moral cultivation, your reputation will be as good as that of the ancient sage Yao.

14. He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong. ——"Laozi" Chapter 33

15. He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong. ——Laozi Source: "Laozi"

16. A gentleman respects those who are in himself, but does not admire those who are in heaven. This is how the sun advances. ——"Xunzi's Theory of Heaven"

17. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

18. Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Therefore, Tempting one's heart and forbearance has helped one's ability. "Mencius"

19. Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement - King Wen of Zhou Dynasty Jichang Source: "Book of Changes" means: The universe is constantly moving, and people should follow the example of heaven and earth and move forward forever.

20. The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. ——Qu Yuan