1. The road must be walked by yourself to make it wider and wider. ——Marie Curie

2. I would like to be independent and live my life according to my own wishes; I will gladly accept whatever I need, and I will never ask for anything I don’t need. ——Chernyshevsky

3. Only I am the only legal owner of my life and my soul. ——Gorky

4. There are too many people to rely on. You have to rely on yourself to survive. ——Napoleon

5. People are strongest when they are alone. ——Yoshida Genjiro

6. There are many difficulties in front of you. Since ancient times, men should strive for self-improvement. ——Li Xianyong

7. When the sky is healthy, a gentleman will strive to strive for self-improvement; when the terrain is weak, a gentleman will be virtuous. ——"The Book of Changes"

8. The strongest person in the world is an independent person. ——Ibsen

9. Whoever plays games with life will accomplish nothing; whoever does not master himself will always be a slave. —— Goethe

10. As long as a person has a belief and pursuit, he can endure any hardship and adapt to any environment. ——Ding Ling

11. Self-improvement, like honor, is an island without beaches. ——Napoleon

12. People who do not have an independent spirit must rely on others; people who rely on others must be afraid of others; people who are afraid of others must flatter others. ——Fukuzawa Yukichi

13. I would rather sit on a big pumpkin and have it by myself than squeeze in with others on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride an ox cart and come and go freely than take a fancy tour bus to go to heaven and breathe filthy air along the way. ——Thoreau

14. Sweat your own sweat and eat your own food. Doing your own thing and relying on people, heaven and ancestors is not considered a true man. ——Tao Xingzhi

15. Everyone should have self-respect, self-confidence, and independence, otherwise he will be a slave. But self-esteem is not contempt, self-confidence is not complacency, and independence is not independence. ——Xu Teli

16. As long as you have one breath left, don’t let anyone lead you by the nose. Make your own decision in everything. Don't let anything tarnish your reputation. To persist until the last breath of life.

——"Biblical Code: Wisdom of Ben Sirah"