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What are some famous aphorisms that express a person’s lofty ambitions?

1. The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan. ——Chen She

Interpretation: How can a sparrow know the lofty ambition of a swan, which is a metaphor for how ordinary people can know the ambition of a hero.

2. Reading for the rise of China - Zhou Enlai

3. When you are old and strong, you would rather move your heart with a white head. If you are poor, you will become stronger and your ambition will not fall into the blue clouds. ——Wang Bo

Interpretation: Although you are old, your ambition should be stronger. How can you change your mood when you are old? Although the situation is difficult, one's integrity should be firmer and one should never abandon one's ambition.

4. Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. - Zhou Wen Wang Jichang

Interpretation: The universe is constantly moving, and people should follow the example of heaven and earth and keep moving forward forever.

5. Life is short. This sentence should inspire everyone to do everything he wants to do. Although diligence cannot guarantee success, and death may destroy a prosperous career, those who fail in their achievements at least have the honor of joining the army. Even if they do not win, they have fought. —— Johnson

6. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will. - "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan".

It means that the leader of the army can be changed, but the ambition of the man (a man with ambition) cannot be changed.

7. Only by devoting oneself to society can one find the meaning of that short and risky life. —— Ji Hongchang

8. Life should be like a candle, burning from top to bottom, always bright. ——Guo Xiaochuan

9. Therefore, 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. Therefore, Move your heart and forbearance to gain what you can't do. ——Mencius of the Warring States Period

Interpretation: Therefore, when God is about to place a great responsibility on such a person, he must first make his heart suffer, make his muscles and bones tired, make him suffer hunger, and cause his skin to become thin. Make him suffer from poverty, make what he does confusing and always unsatisfactory, and use these to make his heart alert, make his character firm, and increase the talents he does not possess.

10. The road is made by feet, and history is written by people. Every step a person takes is writing his or her own history. ——Montesquieu