1. Treat every day of your life as your last day. ——Helen Keller

2. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t reach a river. ——Xunzi

3. In the morning, he was a farmer, and in the evening he ascended to the Emperor’s Hall. Generals have no seeds at all, and men should strengthen themselves. ——"Poems of a Child Prodigy"

4. Dao is enough to forget things and achieve spring, and ambition is enough to rise and fall in one spirit. ——Su Shi

5. There are three ways to read, namely, the heart, the eyes, and the mouth. ——Zhu Xi

6. I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all my gold is gone. ——Li Bai

7. Only the strong know how to fight; the weak are not even qualified to fail, but are born to be conquered. ——Sweet Cheney

8. Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-headed people regret studying late. ——"Encouraging Learning"

9. He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong. ——Laozi

10. 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 skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. ——Mencius

11. A gentleman respects those who are in himself, but does not admire those who are in heaven. This is how the sun advances. ——Xunzi

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

13. Black-haired people don't know how to study early, and white-headed people regret studying late. ——"Encouraging Learning"

14. If you don't work hard, you will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Chang Ge Xing"

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

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

17. Self-improvement is the health of the world, and ambition is the way of a great king. ——Kang Youwei of the Qing Dynasty

18. Resilient despite hardships, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south. ——Zheng Banqiao

19. If you are ambitious and sincere, you can strengthen yourself in a timely manner. ——Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty

20. I am determined to delete the description and reflect it for thousands of years. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

21. Life is about hard work, what will you get if you don’t ask for it? ——Zhang Heng

22. The tiger is thin and ambitious, but the man is poor and ambitious. ——Old Man Wan Song

23. A man has a thousand-year ambition, but my life has no end. ——Wen Tianxiang

24. A gentleman is determined to choose the world. ——Liu Yan

25. Lianjun’s head turned gray early, but his ambition never faded. ——Bai Juyi