If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable.

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

The prime years will never come again, and the morning will never come again.

It is timely to encourage yourself, time waits for no one.

Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.

When the flowers bloom again, people will no longer be young.

If you don’t eat, you will be hungry; if you don’t study, you will be stupid.

If you don’t move forward, you won’t know how far you have to go; if you don’t study hard, you won’t understand the truth.

If a tree is not cultivated, it will not grow straight; if a person does not learn, he will have no knowledge.

It is better to enrich yourself with knowledge than to decorate yourself with pearls.

Bees pluck hundreds of flowers to make sweet wine, and people read books to understand the truth.

Labor is the source of knowledge; knowledge is the guide to life.

Knowledge is the torch of wisdom.

A sword that is not sharpened will become rusty; a person who does not learn will fall behind.

Lush seedlings need water; growing teenagers need to learn.

Stars make the sky dazzling; knowledge enables people to increase their talents.

Make candles to seek clarity, and read books to seek reason.

Food nourishes the body, and books enrich wisdom.

The three most precious things in the world are knowledge, food and friendship. (Burmese proverb)

Books that are kept but not read are like waste paper. (British proverb)

It is better to accumulate knowledge than to accumulate gold and silver. (European proverb)

Humility is the friend of learning

Mountain Tai is not built on mountains, and knowledge is not just for boasting. The sky does not say anything about how high it is, and the earth does not say anything about how high it is.

When the water is full, it will overflow; when the moon is full, it will suffer losses; when you are complacent, you will be defeated; when you are conceited, you will be foolish.

The buns have meat, not the skin; people are knowledgeable and don’t talk about it.

If you are not honest, you will not achieve anything, and if you are not humble, you will not know anything. Those who are not self-righteous will be knowledgeable, and those who are not complacent will benefit.

A humble person always thinks about his own shortcomings; a proud person always praises his own strengths.

To praise oneself is to belittle oneself. Complacency is the end of wisdom.

If having a beard means you are knowledgeable, then a goat can also give lectures.

Achievement is the ladder for the humble to advance, and the slide for the proud to retreat.

Those who brag about their knowledge are tantamount to promoting their ignorance.

Exaggerating is of no use. The shallower the knowledge, the deeper the confidence.

A person who is quiet and taciturn may not be stupid, and a person who is eloquent may not be wise.

The broad river is calm and the learned man is humble. Scholars are not afraid of their clothes being torn, but they are afraid that their stomachs will be empty.

The mountains never get too high and the water never gets too deep. Pride is the precursor to failure.

Pride comes from shallowness, and arrogance comes from ignorance. Pride is the beginning of failure, and complacency is the end of wisdom.

People who tell lies are like firecrackers, they go off once and they're done. Only when it is difficult to discern clearly can one be able to illuminate things; only when balance is balanced can one be able to weigh things.

Humility is the friend of learning, and complacency is the enemy of learning.

The enemy of rushing is laziness, and the enemy of learning is complacency.

Modility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind. A person with modesty will learn ten things as ten, and a proud person will learn one thing as ten things.

The strongest among the strongest, the stronger among the strongest. Don’t boast in front of others. Being satisfied with present achievements suffocates the future.

A person who likes to brag is like a big drum that sounds loud and hollow.

Only when people are empty can they know others. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. If you are full, you will overflow; if you are arrogant, you will be defeated.

Knowledge is stored in the ocean of humility. (Korean proverb)

Don’t be satisfied no matter how profound your knowledge is, and don’t ignore your mistakes no matter how small they are. (Mongolian proverb)

Understanding your ignorance means you have gained something. (Latin American proverb)

If you are knowledgeable, ask questions if you don’t understand.

A dull knife will be sharpened by a stone, and a stupid person will learn from it. Learning from others can make progress.

It is not a punishment to try, and there is no disadvantage to asking. People who are good at asking questions are rich in knowledge.

Do not listen to instructions and make many detours. Pretending to understand if you don't understand will always be a loser.

A wise man will lose something if he thinks a lot; a fool will gain something if he thinks a lot.

If you can’t learn something, if you don’t know it, ask questions. If you are ashamed to ask others, you will never make progress.

A knowledgeable person will ask even if he understands; a person with shallow knowledge will not ask even if he does not understand.

If you wash out wells three times and eat good water, you will have high martial arts skills from the third division.

Fingers may be long or short, knowledge may be high or low. There is no before or after in learning, and those who have mastered it are the teachers.

Only by asking questions while learning can you become knowledgeable. If you want to know more, listen to others.

As long as it is beneficial, children should also listen to their words.

You must learn from bees to pick hundreds of flowers, and ask hundreds of experts to become an expert.

Old ginger is spicy and the elderly have more experience. Ask others for advice without breaking the bank and rolling your tongue.

Afraid of asking for directions and getting lost. Be diligent and never take the wrong path.

Books that are kept but not read are like waste paper. (British proverb)

Those who do not ask will always be together with ignorance. (East African proverb)

Ears without bottom can hear from morning to night. (African proverb)