Famous aphorisms emphasizing acquired hard work include:

1. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

2. Intelligence comes from diligence, and genius comes from accumulation. ——Hua Luogeng

3. Paint a piece of water in ten days, and paint a stone in five days. ---Du Fu

4. The work is accomplished by hard work, but the waste is by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness

5. Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning Otherwise