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1. Leonardo da Vinci painted eggs

Leonardo da Vinci, a famous painter during the European Renaissance, loved painting since he was a child. His father sent him to Florence, a famous city in Italy at that time, to learn from the famous painter Frochio. The teacher asked him to start by painting eggs. He painted one after another for more than ten days. Seeing that he was a little impatient, the teacher said to him: "Don't think that drawing eggs is easy. You must know that there are never two identical eggs in 1,000; even if it is the same egg, just change the angle to see the shape." It would be different, and the oval outline of the egg would be different. Therefore, to perfectly express it on the drawing paper, Da Vinci had to work hard." From then on, Leonardo da Vinci studied sketching carefully and worked hard for a long time. With his artistic practice, he finally created many immortal paintings.

2. Sun Kang Yingxue Night Reading

Sun Kang, a native of Jin Dynasty, came from a poor family but loved reading. At night, although I had time, I couldn't afford lamp oil, so I had to silently recall and digest the knowledge I learned during the day. One winter, he woke up in the middle of the night and felt that the room was not completely dark, and he could vaguely see some things. It turned out to be caused by the reflection of the white snow. This inspired him: why not use the snow light to read a book? So snowy nights, especially snowy nights illuminated by moonlight, became a good time for Sun Kang to study hard. Because of his diligence and studious, he finally became a famous scholar and became a censor.

3. The head cantilever cone is bone-piercing

During the Warring States Period, Su Qin and Wei Zhang Yi learned from Mr. Guigu. He studied at night and studied painstakingly. When he was sleepy, he pricked his thigh with an awl, and blood flowed to his steps.

Sun Jing of the Han Dynasty was eager to learn. When he was studying, he tied his hair with a rope to the roof beam to prevent him from dozing off and to urge himself to study hard.

4. Scientists who are considered fools

Einstein, the most famous physicist of this century, was not very smart when he was a child. He did not learn to speak until he was 3 years old. His parents therefore Think he is a fool. After going to school, a teacher said to his father: "Your child will achieve nothing" and even ordered him to drop out of school. When he was 16 years old, he applied for the University of Zurich, but failed due to poor grades. But he was not satisfied. Through diligent study, he became an outstanding founder of physics. A young man once asked him how he succeeded, and he wrote down a formula: A=X+Y+Z (A represents success, X represents diligent study and work, Y represents good learning methods, and Z represents less nonsense) .

5. Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize twice, finally succeeded in extracting a few grams of "radium" from thousands of tons of ore.

6. Hua Luogeng, the famous Chinese mathematician, came from a poor family, had no diploma, no tutor, and was located in a remote country, but he succeeded. What does he rely on? It is this spirit of perseverance! He could testify by staying in bed for three months and turning over books.

7. Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty dabbled in books when he was young, determined to inherit his father's business. Just when his writing of "Historical Records" was progressing smoothly, he was implicated in the "Li Ling Incident" and suffered castration. Faced with this great shame and humiliation, he did not sigh or sink, but forged ahead with determination, "quietly and angry". He had been wronged for decades and finally wrote the "Historical Records", which "understands the changes of ancient and modern times, and becomes a family story", which will be remembered by future generations. .

8. Marx, the mentor of the world proletarian revolutionary movement, spent more than 40 years writing "Das Kapital" and read a large amount of materials in the British Museum. A piece of material was worn off the concrete floor under the seat where he sat. layer of cement. Through his unremitting efforts, Marx finally wrote the "Das Kapital" needed by the proletarians around the world.

9. Wu Jichang, a Chinese farmer scientist, conducted cotton experiments at the request of Premier Zhou. He "eats and sleeps with cotton." During the 10 years of catastrophe, he was not allowed to conduct experiments in his own home. Do it secretly. Finally, new cotton varieties were developed and contributed to the agricultural development of the motherland.

Quotes

The youngest among the children who do not have the right to inherit the inheritance, often achieve good development through their own efforts. But those who sit back and enjoy success rarely achieve great things. ——Bacon

In order to live successfully, a young person must learn to be self-reliant, eliminate obstacles lurking everywhere, and educate him at home so that he has an independent personality that is recognized by others. ——Dale Carnegie

Wherever there is genius, I spend all the time others spend drinking coffee on work. ——Lu Xun

The so-called genius is the power of hard work. ——Dwight

Without double diligence, there is neither talent nor genius. ——Mendeleev

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent diligence. ——Edison

The tragedy of genius is that he is bound by small and comfortable fame. ——Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Rest and rest, your brain is rusty. ——German proverb

God bless those who get up early. ——Spanish proverb

He who is lazy will suffer poverty; he who is diligent will be rich. ——"Bible"

Praise weakens diligence. ——Samuel Johnson

The busier we are, the more strongly we feel that we are alive and the more aware we are of the existence of our lives.

——Kant

Although a diligent person may damage his insights or spiritual freshness and creativity because of his diligence, he will still be praised. ——Nietzsche

Boredom is a serious problem for moralists, because more than half of human sins stem from the fear of it. ——Russell

Laziness and poverty are always shameful, so everyone will try their best to hide their wealth from others and their laziness from themselves. ——Samuel Johnson

The struggle itself to reach the top is enough to enrich the human heart. People must believe that there is more to the mountain than happiness. ——Camus

When I was young, I noticed that nine out of ten things I did failed, so I tried ten times harder.

——Bernard Shaw

It would be a mistake to think that only strong passions such as ambition and love can suppress other emotions. Although laziness is as weak as water, it often conquers us: it penetrates into all goals and actions in life, eroding and destroying passion and virtue. ——La Rochefoucauld

Idle people have the least leisure. ——Sertis

For me, one thing that has not yet been realized is the biggest spur in my life. ——Erwin White

Hardworking alone is not enough, ants are also very hardworking. What are you working on? There are two fundamental faults from which all other faults arise: impatience and laziness.

——Kafka