The following is the most classic argumentative essay material. 1. Determination refers to setting one's ambition. Everyone has hopes and plans for the future. Determination is the starting point for success. With ambition and unremitting efforts, we can move towards success. 1. Ambition usually comes at a young age, but Su Xun, a writer in the Song Dynasty, began to work hard at the age of 27 and determined to study day and night. As a result, he became a late bloomer and finally became one of the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. 2. my country's Ming Dynasty painter Wang Mian, when he was herding cattle as a boy, determined to paint the beautiful lotus scene vividly. He painted day and night with unswerving determination, and later became a famous painter at that time. 3. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was defeated by the Wu army. He endured great humiliation and became a slave to Fu Chai, the king of Wu. Three years later, he was released and returned to China, determined to avenge his humiliation and endure hardships. Finally defeated Wu State and achieved hegemony. 2. Fighting refers to risking one's life and engaging in fierce fighting. It is a metaphor for trying your best and working extremely hard to achieve your goals. 1. Sail against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. 2. How many times can we fight in life? If we don’t fight now, we will fight when. ——Rong Guotuan 3. Live as a hero, and die as a ghost. ——Li Qingzhao 4. Beethoven struggled to grow up. The great composer Beethoven was unable to go to school due to family poverty when he was a child. After contracting typhoid fever and smallpox at the age of seventeen, lung disease, arthritis, yellow fever, conjunctivitis, etc. followed one after another. Unfortunately, he lost his hearing at the age of twenty-six and suffered repeated setbacks in love. Under such circumstances, Beethoven vowed to "strangle the throat of life." In his tenacious struggle with life, his will prevailed, and his fire of life burned more and more strongly in his music creation career. 5. Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records" In the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian inherited his father's business and determined to write historical books. He traveled widely and read many books. Unexpectedly, when he was writing "Historical Records", he was implicated in Li Ling's disaster. However, he remained determined, endured humiliation, endured corruption and torture, and worked hard. After more than ten years of hard work, he finally wrote a masterpiece - "Historical Records". The nectar of the soul, diligence is the ladder to realize your ideal. 1. Work is accomplished by hard work but wasteful by playfulness; success is achieved by thinking but destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu 2. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——"Collection of Yuefu Poems" 3. Don't wait for a while, the young man's head will turn gray, and he will feel empty and sad. ——Yue Fei 4. No matter how hard you work, no matter how much you gain. ——Xu Teli 5. ①The head cantilevers and the thorns are conical. ② Chisel the wall to borrow light. 6. Wang Xizhi and "Ink Pool" Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He insists on practicing calligraphy every day, and after finishing practicing, he washes his pen in a pond near his home. This day after day, the water in the entire pond was dyed black, like ink. So people called this pond "Ink Pond", also called "Inkstone Washing Pond" and "Brush Washing Pond". 7. Leonardo da Vinci painted eggs (specific events omitted)... From then on, Leonardo da Vinci studied sketching attentively. After long-term diligent and arduous artistic practice, he finally created many immortal paintings. 8. Sima Qian started writing "Historical Records" when he was 42 years old and completed it when he was 60 years old, which took 18 years. If the collection of historical materials, field interviews and other work after he was 20 years old were added together, this "Historical Records" took him a full 40 years. 9. Genius comes from hard work. Edison made more than a thousand inventions during his lifetime. In order to invent the electric light, he read a lot of information, with more than 40,000 pages of notes alone. He tested thousands of substances and conducted tens of thousands of experiments before he invented the electric light. 10. "Wherever there is a genius, I use all the time that others spend drinking coffee on work." - Lu Xun Counter example: 11. Fang Zhongyong turned from a genius to a mediocre person because he did not study diligently. 4. Perseverance refers to a strong and lasting will. The flowers of victory bloom in blood and sweat, and the laurels of honor are woven with thorns. Overcome all difficulties and persevere. Success belongs to those with determination. 1. Tenacious perseverance can conquer any peak in the world. ——English Dickens 2. People must have perseverance, otherwise they will achieve nothing. ——Marie Curie 3. There is no smooth road in science. Only those who are not afraid of hard work and climb the steep mountain road can hope to reach the glorious peak.

——De Marx 4. Zhang Haidi is determined to become a successful person. Zhang Haidi has suffered from severe high paraplegia since she was a child. She has been on the verge of death several times. Her body is considered weak. However, over the past 20 years, she has learned 4 foreign languages ??and translated more than 160,000 words. He has written foreign works, obtained a master's degree in philosophy, taught himself acupuncture techniques, and treated more than 10,000 people, making great contributions. Compared with Zhang Haidi, what should we healthy people do? 5. Achievements and sweat ① Wang Xianzhi, a famous calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty, used up 18 tanks of water to write and finally became a calligraphy master. ② Li Shizhen spent 31 years, read more than 800 books, wrote tens of millions of words of notes, traveled to 7 provinces, and collected thousands of prescriptions. In order to understand the detoxification effect of some herbs, she swallowed some The violent poison was finally written into the glorious masterpiece of Chinese medicine - "Compendium of Materia Medica". ③Marx spent 40 years writing "Das Kapital" with painstaking efforts. ④British biologist Darwin spent 22 years studying the theory of evolution and wrote the book "The Origin of Species". ⑤The famous French physicist Marie Curie, after 12 years of experiments, was not afraid of setbacks and failures, and extracted a few grams of radium from dozens of tons of minerals. 6. Beethoven "grabbed the throat of fate"; Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei was not afraid of ridicule and tried to correct his stuttering; Li Bai "grinded an iron pestle into a needle" when he met an old woman; the case of Sima Qian. 5. Adversity refers to difficulties, mostly refers to unsatisfactory, even very bad and unfortunate situations. It makes people sad and painful, but it can also temper the will. Almost all outstanding talents have experienced hardships and obstacles and become strong men in life. 1. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. ——Mencius 2. Therefore, heaven will give great responsibilities to people... and they will benefit what they cannot do. (ibid.) 3. Examples cited in "Born in Sorrow, Die in Peace". 4. King Wu Fu Chai was determined to avenge his father and defeated the powerful country Chu; he was greedy for pleasure and was defeated by the small country he had defeated - Yue. 5. Only by enduring training can one be able to "become the king". After the football king Pele became famous, a reporter interviewed him: "Will your son become a football king like you in the future?" Pele replied: "No. Because. His living environment was different from mine. My childhood living environment was very poor, but it was in this harsh environment that I developed my strong fighting spirit, which enabled me to become the best player in the world of football. But he lived a comfortable life. Without enduring difficult training, he would not be able to become the world champion." 6. The edge of a sword emerges from the grinding process, and the fragrance of plum blossoms emerges from the bitter cold. 7. The case of Paul Korchagin 6. Success or failure refers to success or failure. Success refers to achieving the expected results in a career or work; failure refers to encountering setbacks or being defeated by an opponent in a struggle or competition. Everyone wants to succeed, but don't be discouraged when you fail. 1. Failure is the mother of success. 2. Success or failure is not eternal, but can be transformed. 3. Don’t be arrogant when you win and don’t be discouraged when you lose. 4. Failure is often the darkness before dawn, followed by the dawn of success. ——Hodges 5. Edison invented the electric light and went through tens of thousands of failures, but he never gave up and finally invented the electric light. 6. Wellington was not discouraged by his defeat and regrouped to defeat Napoleon. ("Failure is an Unknown") 7. Time Our lives are made up of time, and wasting even a little bit of time is a waste of part of life. 1. Time is life, time is speed, and time is power. ——Guo Moruo 2. Time is life. Wasting other people's time for no reason is no different from seeking money or killing someone. ——Lu Xun 3. Don’t wait for a moment, as the young man’s head turns gray and his sorrow is empty. ——Yue Fei 4. Don’t let the day pass by idle, time will never come again. ——Tao Yuanming 5. Do you love life? So please don't waste time, because time is the stuff of life. ——Franklin For the specific incidents, please refer to several examples in "Diligence", or organize them yourself. 8. Accumulation refers to the gradual accumulation of things. "Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day." Learning requires accumulation over time, and achieving a career also requires accumulation and unremitting hard work. Accumulation is a kind of perseverance, the only way from small to great, the prerequisite for success, and the process from quantitative change to qualitative change. 1. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——"Xunzi" (can also prove "perseverance") 2. If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't reach a river.

——"Xunzi" 3. The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest grain; the platform that is a hundred feet starts from the base soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ——"Laozi" 4. Water drops penetrate the stone, and the rope cuts the wood. 5. A thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest. 6. Disasters often accumulate in the slightest, while wisdom and courage are often trapped in drowning. ——Ouyang Xiu 7. Although Li He only lived to 27 years old, he left many excellent poems. His success lies in accumulation. He carries a bag of tips with him. Whenever he has an idea, he writes it down on paper and puts it in the bag. He takes the pieces of paper out and organizes them at night. In this way, he accumulated a lot of creative materials and eventually became a famous poet. 8. In order to write "Das Kapital", Marx read more than 1,500 books and left more than 100 reading notes. He mastered the languages ??of almost all European countries, and he accumulated inexhaustible information and materials in his mind. 9. Unity refers to the alliance or combination in order to concentrate efforts to achieve the same ideal or complete the same task. When people unite, Mount Tai will move. Unity is life, unity is strength, and unity is victory. Unity is the guarantee for overcoming difficulties. 1. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. ——"Mencius" 2. One chopstick is easy to break, but one chopstick will never break. 3. The lyrics of "Everyone Rows the Boat". 4. The story of general harmony. (Lian Po and Lin Xiangru) 5. Fable: The swan, the barracuda and the shrimp came together to transport a small car that was loaded with luggage but not very heavy. The three of them pulled hard, but the car didn't move at all - the swan kept flying into the sky, the barracuda fought hard to drill into the water, and the shrimp dragged behind it hard. 10. Self-esteem refers to respecting oneself, not bowing to others, and not allowing others to discriminate or insult. Self-esteem and self-confidence complement each other. People without self-esteem will never have self-confidence. Self-esteem is the soul of being a human being and the support for self-confidence and self-improvement. Only by respecting others can the weight of self-esteem be strengthened. 1. Go your own way and let others tell you! ——Dante 2. It is not advisable to belittle oneself and use metaphors unjustly. ——Zhuge Liang 3. The poor are not allowed to eat. 4. Tao Yuanming did not "bow down to the villagers for five buckets of rice" and resigned from office. 5. Shevchenko is a famous Russian poet. Once when the Tsar summoned him, everyone else bowed, but he stood solemnly. The Tsar was furious and questioned him. He answered without fear: "It's not that I want to see you, but that you want to see me. If I bend down deeply in front of you like the people around me, how can you see me clearly?" * Self-esteem You must have a standard and face your own mistakes. When others point out or criticize you, don't stick to your mistakes for the sake of "self-esteem" and "face." 11. Confidence means believing in yourself. Confidence is the essence of heroism. Self-confidence is simply a miracle for your career. With it, your talents can be inexhaustible and create miracles. *Confidence is the cornerstone of success and a necessary condition for success in career and winning in competition; self-confidence is a calm self-assessment rather than arrogance. 1. My talents are destined to be useful. ——Li Bai 2. A ruler is short and an inch is long. 3. There is no greater sorrow than death. ——"Zhuangzi" 4. Confidence is the first secret of success. ——Edison 5. If life deceives you, don’t be sad or impatient. You need to be calm in gloomy days. Believe it, those happy days are coming. ——Pushkin 6. The sum of a hundred zeros is still zero. After Einstein's "Theory of Relativity" was published, someone concocted a book "Hundred People Refuting the Theory of Relativity". Einstein dismissed it: "Suppose my theory is wrong. Yes, one person's refutation is enough, a hundred zeros add up to zero." 7. Ozawa Seiji dared to say "no". The famous conductor Ozawa Seiji once went to Europe to participate in a conductor competition and discovered the music score during his performance. An error has occurred. But the musicians, composers, and judges present all solemnly stated that there was no problem, saying that it was his own illusion. He thought twice and insisted that his judgment was correct. It turned out that this was a test question deliberately set by the judges, and he won the first prize because he insisted on his correct views. In life, it seems to be the easiest to be submissive in everything. It takes a lot of courage for people to say "no" unequivocally on many occasions.

8. Galileo's "two iron balls hit the ground at the same time"; Marie Curie firmly believed that radium could be extracted; Edison invented the electric light; which of the achievers in Chinese history did not achieve their achievements with the support of confidence? 12. Ask questions actively and ask questions that you don’t understand. Diligence and inquisitiveness always go together. 1. Learn to know, ask to know. 2. Don’t be ashamed to ask questions. 3. Be knowledgeable and easy to ask, and then you can become a talented person. 4. The word "knowledge" needs to be taken apart. Learning is learning, and asking is asking. ——Zheng Banqiao 5. Dai Zhen, a great scholar in the Qing Dynasty, was good at asking questions when he was a child. 6. "The Spirit of Questioning".

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