Motivational quotes about diligent study:

1. What you sow in youth, you will reap in old age. ——Ibsen

2. The ideal of life is for an ideal life. ——Zhang Wentian

3. To achieve a big cause, you must start from small things. ——Lenin

4. If you shed tears when you miss the sun, then you will also miss the stars. ——Tagore

5. Read for the rise of China. ——Zhou Enlai

Stories about diligent study and inspiration:

1. Sun Jing

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician. When he was young, he was diligent and studious. He often closed the door and studied alone. I read from morning to night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I was tired and didn’t rest. After a long time, I was so tired that I dozed off.

He was afraid that it would affect his study and study, so he came up with a special method. In ancient times, men's hair was very long. He found a rope and tied one end firmly to the beam. When he was tired from studying, he took a nap. When he lowered his head, the rope would hold his hair, which would hurt his scalp. He would wake up immediately and continue reading and studying.

2. Han Fu

Han Fu is a famous painter in history. When he was a child, he worked as a waiter in a hotel in Chang'an. Han We could see the sitting horses of drinking guests every day, and he felt a deep love for horses from the bottom of his heart, and had a strong desire to draw the shape of horses. So he took advantage of his free time to practice on the mud floor with bamboo sticks. He developed it based on the original material in his mind, and then applied some embellishments to the actual object.

Practice every day, month after month, and the meticulously painted horses have beautiful bodies and vivid expressions, and people praise them. Later, with the support of Wang Wei, Han On became a disciple of Cao Zhen. After long-term hard practice and the guidance of famous teachers, Han Yi became even more powerful. His painting talents were fully trained and developed, and he became a painter as famous as Cao Zhen.

3. Huaisu

Huaisu, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, was famous for his cursive script and was known as the "Sage of Cursive". His cursive writing is powerful and bold, with the potential of "sudden rain and strong wind". He became a monk when he was young. He planted more than 10,000 banana trees near the temple and picked banana leaves every day to practice calligraphy. When I ran out of banana leaves, I used a light-colored lacquer plate and a square wooden board to practice calligraphy. After the handwriting was full, I erased it and practiced again.

Over time, the paint tray and wooden board were worn through. The walls of the temple, the furniture, and even the cloth used by monks to make cassocks are all covered with writing. He practiced calligraphy diligently every day, used many bald brushes, piled them up and buried them at the foot of the mountain, called the "Bi Zhong".

4. Wang Mian

Wang Mian was eager to learn when he was young. Every time he herds cattle and passes by the gate of the rural school, he stops when he hears the sound of reading inside, ties the cattle to a tree, and listens attentively outside the door. Once, while listening to a class outside the township school gate, he heard it was getting dark and the cow ran away. When the father heard that the rich man's cow had been lost, he was frightened and angry, so he beat him severely.

But he did not "repent". When he went out to herd cattle and passed the school, he still listened to the teacher's lectures as intently as before. One day, Wang Mian's mother said to his father: "Since Wang Mian is so demented, just let him be!" His father nodded in agreement.

From then on, Wang Mian went to a temple and did some chores for the temple during the day to make a living; at night, he sat alone on the knees of the Buddha statue and read by the bright light in front of the Buddha statue. . Because Wang Mian devoted himself to studying hard, his knowledge improved rapidly, and he finally became an outstanding poet.

5. Sima Guang

Sima Guang was a child who loved to play and sleep. For this reason, he was often punished by his teacher and ridiculed by his peers. Under his teacher’s earnest instruction, he Determined to get rid of his bad habit of sleeping, in order to get up early, he drank a full stomach of water before going to bed. As a result, he did not wake up in the morning, but wet the bed.

So the clever Sima Guang made a warning pillow out of garden wood. When he turned over in the morning, his head fell on the bed, and he woke up naturally. From then on, he got up early every day to study. With perseverance, he finally became a scholar. The great writer who wrote "Zizhi Tongjian" is profound and knowledgeable.