There are many classic inspirational sentences in ancient times, let us take a look. Below are the inspirational sentences from ancient classics that I have compiled for your reference!

Selected inspirational sentences from ancient classics

1. A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. (Huainanzi·Human Lessons)

2. If you are envious of fish in the deep water, it is better to retreat and build a net. (Huainanzi·Shuo Lin Xun)

3. If the orange grows in Huainan, it will be orange, and if it grows in the north of Huaibei, it will become orange. (Yan Zi Chun Qiu · Nei Chapter 2)

4. Running water does not rot, and door hinges do not suffer from beetles. (Lu Shi Chun Qiu · All Counts) An embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed by ant nests. (Han Feizi·Yu Lao)

5. Use Zi’s spear to attack Zi’s shield. (Han Feizi·Nan Yi)

6. It is not too late to mend the situation after it has been lost. (Warring States Policy·Chu Ce)

7. The Tao does not pick up lost things, and does not close the door at night. (Warring States Policy·Qin Policy)

8. Never forgetting the past is a teacher for future generations. (Warring States Policy·Zhao Ce)

9. When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains. (Warring States Policy·Yan Ce)

10. All battles are victorious and all attacks are invincible. (Warring States Policy·Qi Ce)

11. A scholar will die for a confidant, and a woman will look good for a person who pleases herself. (Warring States Ce·Zhao Ce)

12. Belief is like the land of the five elements. It has no position and no fame, but water, metal and wood are all there to survive.

13. Scholars must first Will be suspicious. Zhu Xi

14. Ask the canal where you can get such clear water, because there is a source of living water. Zhu Xi

15. It is easy to recognize the east wind, and it is always spring with thousands of purples and reds. Zhu Xi

Classic inspirational quotes from ancient classics

1. It is better to gain knowledge by looking at it broadly than by reading it carefully and thinking deeply. Think carefully. (Zhu Xi, Song Dynasty, The Essentials of Reading)

3. Don’t say that if you don’t study today, you will have a future, and don’t say that if you don’t study this year, you will have a future.

4. To learn, one must first make a determination.

5. The method of reading is to study step by step, read carefully and think deeply.

6. Ask questions. If you get clear, you will have the source of living water.

7. If you have problems, you will correct them, and if you don’t, you will encourage them. Speaking harshly will be frowned upon.

9. There is no joy in being rewarded, and no fear in being frustrated. 10. Be open-minded and upright.

11. Don’t say that if you don’t study today, you will have a future, and don’t say that if you don’t study this year, you will have a future. The sun and the moon will pass, and the years will not last.

12. It is easy for a young man to learn, but it is difficult to learn in an inch of time. Don't take it lightly, not realizing the dream of spring grass in the pond, and the sound of autumn leaves in front of the steps.

13. Live until you are old and learn.

14. If you are not determined, you will not succeed. Naturally, scholars should abide by these four words.

15. It is easy to recognize the east wind, and spring will always be bright and colorful.

Recommended inspirational quotes from ancient classics

1. There are three aspects of reading, which are the understanding with the heart, the understanding with the eyes, and the understanding with the mouth. If the mind is not here, the eyes will not pay attention to it. The most urgent thing is that once the heart is there, the eyes and mouth are not there

2. Thinking is like digging through a well and you will get clear water

3. To learn, you must first make a determination

4. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain has long relationships. (The Analects of Confucius·Shuer)

5. When the year is cold, you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither afterward (The Analects of Confucius·Zihan)

6. Avoid its sharpness and attack its laziness (Sun Tzu's Art of War·Army Struggle)

7. Be as quiet as a virgin and move like a stray rabbit (Sun Tzu's Art of War·Nine Places)

8. Learn it carefully, think carefully, discern it clearly, and practice it diligently (The Doctrine of the Mean)

9. It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people (Guan Zi Quan Xiu)

10. A person with sufficient food and clothing knows honor and disgrace. (Guanzi·On Accumulation and Storage)

11. Treat others in their own way. Song Dynasty Zhu Xi·Zhongyong Annotation)

12. When reading a text, you must read it in large sections, raise your spirit, stand up your muscles, and don't be trapped. Just like if there is a sword behind you, you must penetrate a paragraph and strike it. The first one is the last one, and the last one is the first one. You can't just press the book and then forget it.

13. When the sun shines on the shore of Surabaya, the boundless scenery is new.

14. Ask the canal where you can get such clear water, because there is a source of living water.

15. When reading books, you must proceed step by step from the beginning. You can choose between shallow and difficult, and naturally mean detailed.

16. Reading must be thorough. Some people think that it is better to be detailed than brief, to be modest rather than high, to be clumsy rather than skillful, to be near rather than far.

17. The Bodhisattva is in the cold blue river at dusk, and the long road is lingering in the cold blue river. The sunset is setting in Huawu, and the flowers are setting in the setting sun. There is no guest to worry about, and there is no guest to worry about when there is victory. When you are awake, you feel drunk and full of passion. When you are drunk, you feel like you are awake.

18. The Bodhisattva is very late and flies red in the cold spring, and flies red late in the shallow cold spring. Zun wine is green and Yin is complex, Zun is green and Yin is complex. The old fairy has good poems, and the good poems make the fairy old. Long regret brings good years, and good years brings long regret.

19. Sincerity is the foundation of self-cultivation, and understanding kindness is the foundation of sincerity.

20. "The Great Learning" talks about cultivating oneself, managing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. Basically, it is just about integrity and sincerity.

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