1. Failure to be determined will ultimately lead to failure. ——Zhu Xi?

2. In order to learn, one must be firm and persistent. If one is not firm, one will become weak; if one is not persistent, one will retreat. ——Feng Zixian

3. When you are in a village, you must follow your own path; when you are in a humble place, you must not change your ways. ——Zhang Jiuling

4. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

5. As long as you continue to work hard and strive unremittingly, there is nothing that cannot be conquered. ——Seneca

6. Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. ——Mencius Translation

7. Sail against the current with all your strength, and the strength of a pole will retreat a thousand miles away. ——Dong Biwu

8. Mount Tai does not allow soil, so it can become as big as it is; rivers and seas do not accept small streams, so they can become deep. ——Li Si

9. If there is a will, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu; if a person works hard, God will not let him down; if he sleeps on his salary and tastes courage, three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu. ——Pu Songling

10. Although patience and persistence are painful things, they can gradually bring you benefits. ——Ovid

11. The rope cuts the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone.

12. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. ——Xunzi?

13. Therefore, 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 disturb his actions, so he is tempted. Endurance can help you gain what you can't. ——Meng Ke

14. The tree of patience bears golden fruit.

15. Without experiencing wind and rain, a tree cannot grow; without being tempered, it is difficult to become steel.

16. If you climb a mountain, climb to the end. If you fall, you will fall into the abyss.

17. Life is just like a marathon. Only those who persist to the end can be called winners. ——Daisaku Ikeda

18. Start doing something calmly, but once you start, stick to it. ——Beas

19. Great works are accomplished not by strength, but by persistence.

——Johnson