1. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——The ancient Chinese Yuefu poem "Long Song Xing"

2. Diligence leads to excellence in work, and play leads to wastefulness. ——Han Yu's "Explanation of Jinxue"

3. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

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

5. Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise enough. ——"Mozi · Self-cultivation"

6. Green, taken from blue and green from blue; ice, water for which it is cold from water. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

7. Aim high. ——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Admonitions to Foreign Students"

8. My husband's ambitions are all over the world, and he is still close to his neighbors thousands of miles away. ——Cao Zhi's "Giving the White Horse to Wang Biao"

9. Where there is a will, there is a way. ——"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Geng"

11. Hui Dang is at the top of the mountain, and you can see all the small mountains at a glance. ——Du Fu's "Looking at the Mountains"

12. When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Zihan"

13. 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. . ——"Mencius Gaozi Xia"

14. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the gold and stone can be carved. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

15. Stones can be broken, but not strong; elixirs can be ground, but not red. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu·Integrity"

16. With sincerity, gold and stone are opened. ——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biographies of the Ten Kings of Guangwu"

17. Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, but leisure can destroy one's life. ——"New History of the Five Dynasties·Preface to the Biography of Lingguan"

19. The road is far away, so I will search up and down. ——Qu Yuan's "Li Sao"

20. I dare not forget about my country even though I am in a humble position. ——Lu You's "The Beginning of Disease"

21. A ruler is shorter; an inch is longer. Things are lacking; wisdom is unclear. ——Qu Yuan's "Bu Ju"

22. If you want to make a deep effort, grind an iron pestle into a needle. ——Cao Xue's "Sichuan Guangji·Pengshan County, South Sichuan Road"

23. The rope saw the wood and cut it, and the water dripped through the stone. ——Luo Dajing, "Helin Jade Dew"

24. If you walk every day, you are not afraid of thousands of miles; if you do it often, you are not afraid of thousands of things. ——"Proverbs Lianbi: Dealing with Things"

26. Things in the world are often accomplished by difficult agreements and defeated by extravagance. ——Lu You

27. Accumulating soil becomes a mountain, accumulating water becomes a sea. ——"Xunzi·Ruxiao"

28. People are not sages, and no one can make mistakes. ——"Traditional Customs and Regulations"

29. Being determined and courageous is called firmness. Strength is the virtue of being a stranger. ——"Records of Military Training: Just Reinjured"

30. Sacrificing one's life to go to the national disaster, treating death as if returning home.

——Cao Zhi's "White Horse"