1. The progress of a country depends on everyone’s diligence and hard work, just as the decline of a country depends on everyone’s laziness, selfishness and degeneration. ——Smaltz

2. Throughout the ages, those who have achieved success and made a difference to mankind are all the result of down-to-earth and hard work. ——Qian Sanqiang

3. On the peaks of career, there are streams of sweat flowing; in the pearls of wisdom, there are the flashes of diligent hard work. ——Anonymous

4. There are hundreds of people working hard on every road, so there are many famous people. The sea is already crowded with whales. ——Falaise

5. To be a proactive person, the most important thing is to have a fighting spirit, love life, be diligent and hardworking, and be open and enterprising. ——Anonymous

6. If I have any achievements, it is not the result of my talent, but the result of diligence and perseverance. ——Darwin

7. Genius is not trustworthy, intelligence is unreliable, and it is unimaginable to make great scientific inventions by chance. ——Hua Luogeng

8. Between genius and diligence, I choose diligence without hesitation. She is the midwife of almost all achievements in the world. ——Einstein

9. Not hearing is worse than hearing it, hearing it is worse than seeing it, seeing it is worse than knowing it, knowing it is worse than doing it, and learning stops when you practice it. ——Xun Kuang

10. If you are talented, diligence can play its role; if your intelligence is mediocre, diligence can make up for its shortcomings.

—— Joe Reynolds