Classic aphorisms: inspirational chapters

1 A young man who does not work hard will become an old man in sorrow.

——An ancient Chinese Yuefu poem "Long Song Xing"

2 Diligence leads to excellence in work, and play leads to wastefulness.

—— Han Yu's "Explanation of Jinxue"

3 An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

——"Zengguang Xianwen"

4. The sky is healthy, and a gentleman keeps improving himself.

——"Book of Changes Qian·Xiang"

5 Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise enough.

——"Mozi · Self-cultivation"

6 Green, taken from blue and green from blue; ice, water for it and cold from water.

——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

7 Aim high.

—— Zhuge Liang's "Book of Admonitions to Foreign Students"

8 My husband's ambitions are all over the world, and he is still close to his neighbors thousands of miles away.

—— Cao Zhi's "Giving the White Horse to Wang Biao"

9 Where there is a will, there is a way.

——"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Geng"

10 If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level.

——Wang Zhihuan's "Climbing the Stork Tower"

11 From the top of the mountain, you can see all the small mountains.

—— Du Fu's "Looking at the Mountains"

At the age of 12, it is cold, and then I know that the pines and cypresses will wither.

—— "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan"

13 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 body and skin, and deplete his body. Xing Fu messes up what he does.

——"Mencius Gaozi Xia"

14 If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.

——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

15 Stones can be broken, but not strong; elixirs can be polished, but not red.

——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu·Integrity"

16 With sincerity, gold and stone are opened.

——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biographies of the Ten Kings of Guangwu"

17 Worry and labor can rejuvenate a country, but leisure can destroy one's life.

——"New History of the Five Dynasties·Preface to the Biography of Ling Guan"

18 Those who accomplished great things in ancient times not only had extraordinary talents, but also must have perseverance.

—— Su Shi's "Chao Cuo Lun"

19 The road is still far away, so I will search up and down.

—— Qu Yuan's "Li Sao"

20 I dare not forget to worry about my country.

—— Lu You's "The Beginning of Disease"

21 A foot is shorter; an inch is longer. Things are lacking; wisdom is unclear.

—— Qu Yuan's "Buju"

22 If you want to make a deep effort, grind an iron pestle into a needle.

—— Cao Xue's "Sichuan Guangji·Pengshan County, Shangchuan South Road"

23 The rope saw the wood broken, and the water dripped through the stone.

—— "Helin Jade Dew" by Luo Dajing

24 If you walk every day, you are not afraid of thousands of miles; if you do it often, you are not afraid of thousands of things.

——"Proverbs Lianbi: Dealing with Things"

25 It is not advisable to belittle oneself when one has a great spirit of lofty ideals.

—— Zhuge Liang's "Shi Shi Biao"

26 Things in the world are often accomplished by difficult agreements and defeated by extravagance.

—— Lu You

27 Accumulating soil becomes a mountain, accumulating water becomes a sea.

——"Xunzi·Confucianism"

28 People are not sages, and no one can make mistakes.

——"Traditional Customs and Customs"

29 Being determined and courageous is called firmness. Strength is the virtue of being a stranger.

——"Records of Military Training: Just Reinjured"

30 Sacrifice one's life to go to the national disaster, and regard death as a sudden return.

——Cao Zhi's "White Horse"

31 Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world.

—— Gu Yanwu

32 If a husband does not serve the country, he will eventually become a stupid bitch.

—— Chen Gongyin's "Shooting Tigers and Shooting Stones"

33 In times of crisis, integrity is revealed, and in times of chaos, loyalty is revealed.

——Bao Zhao's "Dai Chu from Jibeimen Xing"

34 If you want to benefit the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings?

—— Lin Zexu, "On the Way to the Army, Divination to the Family"

35 Don't be shaken by external forces, don't be moved by things, and then you can let the world's major events take over.

—— Lu Kun's "Moaning Language·Yingshi"

36 The real person is the most sincere. If you are not sincere, you will not be able to move people.

——"Zhuangzi Fisherman"

37 Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. Only those who are virtuous and virtuous can obey others.

——Liu Bei

38 Pride cannot last, desire cannot be indulged, happiness cannot be extreme, and ambition cannot be fulfilled.

——Wei Zheng

39 Only when you are not arrogant can you be arrogant, not by favoring others.

——Zhuge Liang

40 The journey of life has a long and dark future. But don't be afraid. Only those who are not afraid have a way.

—— Lu Xun

41 Life is like climbing a mountain, and finding a way out is a learning process. In this process, we should learn to be stable, calm, and how to Find life in panic.

—— Xi Murong

42 We cannot live like the grass and trees rotting together, we cannot live in drunken dreams and die in vain, we must make a difference.

—— Fang Zhimin

43 A person should be like a candle. In his limited life, he will emit some heat and light, giving people light and warmth.

—— Xiao Chunv

44 The so-called genius is just using the time that others spend drinking coffee on work.

—— Lu Xun

45 The hope of mankind is like an eternal star, the dark clouds cannot cover its light. Especially today, peace is not an ideal or a dream, it is the wish of all people.

——Ba Jin

46 We are the masters of the country and should always consider the country.

——Lei Feng

47 We love our nation, which is the source of our self-confidence.

——Zhou Enlai

48 The road is made by feet, and history is written by people. Every step a person takes is writing his or her own history.

——Ji Hongchang

49 The spring silkworms will not stop running out of silk until they die, but the silkworms will not stop until they are pregnant. As long as there is still a breath left, you must work hard and leave it as a good area for youth.

—— Wu Yuzhang

50 The enemy of learning is one's own satisfaction. If you want to study something seriously, you must start from not being complacent. We should adopt this attitude towards ourselves, "never tired of learning" and "never tired of teaching" towards others.

—— Mao Zedong

51 Mistakes and setbacks teach us and make us smarter, so we can handle things better. Mistakes are inevitable for any political party or individual, and we ask for fewer mistakes. If you make a mistake, you need to correct it. The faster and more thorough the correction, the better.

—— Mao Zedong

52 Being complacent every minute and second, he stops absorbing life and excreting life in this minute and second. Only by accepting criticism can all the dregs of the spirit be excreted. Only absorb other people's opinions. Only then can I add new spiritual nourishment.

—— Xu Teli

53 Knowledge comes from hard work, and any achievement is the result of hard work.

——Song Qingling

54 The decisive factor in forming genius should be diligence. ...there is a direct proportion to the amount of hard work and study.

—— Guo Moruo

55 Self-consciousness is the mother of progress, and self-abasement is the source of degradation. Therefore, self-consciousness is indispensable, and self-abasement is indispensable.

——Zou Taofen

56 Working hard is the mother of all inventions. By working hard at everything, you can get the truth of things.

—— Tao Xingzhi

57 The most valuable revolutionary quality is to remain unstained in the mud and not corroded by the sugar-coated bullets of the bourgeoisie.

—— Zhou Enlai

58 People who know a little about things are often immodest; people who are well-informed and capable must be humble.

——Xie Juezai

59 Pride and complacency are a terrible trap for us; moreover, this trap is dug by ourselves.

—— Lao She

60 Don’t boast even a little bit, pride and complacency will lead to overturning. Looking at many things in ancient and modern times, success has been caused by humility and failure has been caused by extravagance.

——Chen Yi

61 No matter what happens, please accept life quietly and happily, bravely, boldly, and always smile.

——Luxembourg

62 If a person is afraid of pain, afraid of various diseases, afraid of unexpected events, afraid of life danger and death, he will not be able to endure anything.

——Rousseau

63 There are always ups and downs in a person's life. It will not always rise like the rising sun, nor will it always be miserable. Repeated ups and downs are training for a person. Therefore, those who float above do not need to be proud; those who sink below do not need to be pessimistic. We must be frank and humble, optimistic and enterprising, and move forward.

—— Konosuke Matsushita

64 A person's life may burn or decay. I cannot decay, I am willing to burn.

—— Ostrovsky

65 Laziness is like rust, consuming the body more than hard work; keys that are often used are always shiny.

——Franklin

66 Life is like an anvil, the more it is struck, the more sparks it can emit.

—— Galileo

67 All those who have struggled are like gold and are not afraid of fire; no disillusionment can shake their faith: because they know the path of faith from the beginning It is completely different from the road to happiness, and they cannot choose. They can only go this way, and everything else is a dead end. Such self-confidence cannot be developed overnight. You should never expect this from a kid of fifteen or so. Before you can achieve this belief, you must first suffer all the sorrow and shed all the tears. But this is good, it should be like this...

- Romain Rolland

68 A person who is the most miserable, the most humble, and the most humiliated by fate, as long as he still has hope , there will be no resentment or fear.

——Shakespeare

69 Adversity can test a person’s character, and only extraordinary circumstances can reveal extraordinary integrity; on a calm sea, all ships can compete together to win. .

When the iron fist of fate strikes the vital point, only the brave and wise can remain calm;...

- Shakespeare

70 When everything seems hopeless, I look at The stone cutter struck his stone hundreds of times without any cracks appearing. But in the 101st time, the stone was split in two. I realized that it was not that blow but the previous knock that made it crack.

——Jacques Reis

71 Melons are the sweetest when grown in nutrient fertilizers, and geniuses are the best when grown in malignant soil.

—— Bacon

72 Those who lose their property suffer a great loss, those who lose their friends suffer even greater losses, and those who lose their courage lose everything.

—— Cervantes

73 Don’t regard the past as lonely, because it will never look back. Find ways to improve the present, because that's who you are, and have the courage to move forward into the future without fear.

—— Longfellow

74 A pessimist is alive and dead, but an optimist is immortal.

—— Byron

75 A person with a strong mind may have his property robbed, but his courage will not be taken away.

——Hugo

76 Faith is a great emotion and a creative force.

—— Gorky

79 Optimism is a passionate and beautiful march, always inspiring you to move forward bravely on the road of career.

—— Alexandre Dumas

80 Tenacious perseverance can conquer any peak in the world!

—— Dickens

81 Ambition and perseverance are the wings of a career.

——German proverb

82 Life is like an ocean, only those with a strong will can reach the other side.

——Marx

83 Gold is indeed precious, but energetic and brave patriots are more precious than gold.

—— Lincoln

84 We have to eat, sleep, play, and love, that is to say, we have to be exposed to the sweetest things in life, but we must not succumb to these things.

——Marie Curie

85 A trickle of water can eventually wear away a boulder, not because of its power, but because of its constant dripping day and night. Those skills can only be acquired through diligent and unremitting efforts. Therefore, we can accurately say: If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles.

—— Beethoven

86 It is not a bad thing, let alone a shame, for a person to take detours and make mistakes on the road of scientific exploration. He must be brave in practice Admit and correct mistakes.

——Einstein

87 When a human learns to walk, he must also learn to wrestle, and only through wrestling can he learn to walk.

——Marx

88 Our ideals should be noble. We couldn't get to the top, but we could get halfway up the mountain, which was much better than staying on the flat ground. If our hearts are illuminated by the light of love and we have ideals in front of us, then there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome.

—— Premchand

89 It is not a bad thing, let alone a shame, for a person to take detours and make mistakes on the road of scientific exploration. Have the courage to admit and correct mistakes in practice.

—— Einstein

90 Success cannot be measured by the status a person has achieved, but by how many difficulties and difficulties he has overcome in the process of achieving success. obstacle.

——Booker T. Washington

91 Ideals are guiding lights. Without ideals, there is no firm direction, and without direction, there is no life.

——Tolstoy

92 Success is born from the soil of failure.

——Germany

93 Don’t throw away a pot of butter just because you fell into a handful of hairs, and don’t throw away your life’s work just because you made a mistake.

——Mongolia

94 The sea of ??danger, doubt and denial surrounds people’s small islands, while faith spurs people to face the unknown future bravely.

—— Rabindranath Tagore

95 Regardless of fate, man is not born a savage, nor a beggar. Man is surrounded by true and noble wealth - wealth of body and soul.

—— Horace Mann

96 If only fire can awaken sleeping Europe, then I would rather be burned to death and let the light shine from my pyre Light up this long dark night, open those closed eyes, and introduce mankind into the bright palace of truth.

——Bruno

97 The slowest person, as long as he does not lose his goal, can walk faster than the person who wanders aimlessly.

—— Lessing

98 The height of a fountain will not exceed its source; the same is true for a person's career, his achievements will never exceed his own beliefs.

——Lincoln

99 Walking towards a certain goal is "ambition", working hard and never stopping in the middle is "qi", and the combination of the two is "ambition". The success or failure of all careers depends on this.

—— Carnegie

100 No matter what I do, I always think that as long as my energy allows me, I must first serve my motherland.

——"Selected Works of Pavlov"

Traditional virtue maxims: Pragmatism

Pragmatism

Pragmatism means being practical and seeking truth from facts. , which is a national spirit formed earlier in China’s farming culture. Confucius did not talk about "weirdness, power, chaos, and gods", but he already focused on social life. Wang Fu's "Qian Fu Lun" said: "The adults are not flashy, but the gentleman is pragmatic." Wang Shouren's "Chuanxi Lu" said: "Name and reality are in harmony. If you are more pragmatic, you will be less concerned with fame." Thought is the embodiment of Chinese culture’s emphasis on reality and advocating the spirit of hard work.

It rejects illusions, rejects utopias, despises flashiness, pursues a fulfilling and dynamic life, and created the splendid civilization of ancient Chinese society. As a traditional virtue, pragmatism still shines brightly in our contemporary life.

Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, this is knowing.

Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng".

To the effect that if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, you don’t know. This is a wise attitude.

It reminds me that the ancients required honesty in life, which is reflected in learning, that is, if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, you don’t know. Moreover, this kind of honesty is wisdom. Knowing what you don’t understand is a kind of progress in itself. If you pretend you don't know, you will not only be dishonest, but it will also affect your own progress.

A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions.

Source: "The Analects·Xianwen".

It is a shame for a careless gentleman to talk too much and do too little.

Tips: In daily life, you should pay attention to making your words and deeds consistent. If you just talk but accomplish nothing in action, you will be regarded by others as a "giant in words and a dwarf in actions."

Although a scholar has knowledge, his conduct is fundamental.

Source: "Mozi·Cultivation of the Self".

Although scholars may be knowledgeable, personal practice is the foundation.

It reminds me that among the hundreds of scholars in the pre-Qin period, Mozi was the one who paid the most attention to practical actions. He and his disciples all implemented Mohist governance ideas in practice. Since ancient times, many thinkers and scholars have made useful explorations on the issue of knowledge and action. Li Shizhen traveled to many provinces in the south, collected folk prescriptions, verified them one by one, and wrote the immortal pharmaceutical masterpiece "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is difficult for a person who only relies on book knowledge and lacks practice to become a scholar.

Although the road is short, it cannot be done if it is not done; although the thing is small, it cannot be accomplished if it is not done.

Source: "Xunzi · Self-cultivation".

Although the journey is short, you will not reach your destination if you don’t walk; although the thing is small, you will not succeed if you don’t do it.

Reminder that any undertaking must be completed through practice. The road to success lies at your own feet. If you cannot walk down-to-earth and always be immersed in wonderful fantasies, you will achieve nothing.

If you hear it but don’t see it, even if you know it, you will be wrong; if you see it but don’t know it, your knowledge will be delusional; if you know it but don’t act it, even if you are diligent, you will be trapped.

Source: "Xunzi·Ruxiao".

If you have heard but not seen with your own eyes, even though you have heard a lot, many of them are definitely wrong; if you have seen but cannot understand, even though you have remembered, many of them are definitely false; know If you don't implement it, even if you have rich knowledge, you will definitely encounter troubles.

Tip: According to the ancients, hearing, seeing, knowing, and doing are the four ways to understand things, but "doing" is the most important. Because "practicing" can not only test the knowledge acquired through the first three ways, but also further promote the understanding and grasp of the knowledge learned.

Those who are good at speaking about the past will certainly have a lesson in the present, and those who are good at speaking about heaven will certainly be able to conquer others.

Source: "Xunzi·Evil Nature".

To the effect, people who are good at talking about ancient times must look for evidence in the present, and people who are good at talking about the way of heaven must look for proof in human affairs.

Tip No matter what you say, if you want others to believe you, you must have sufficient evidence. Evidence often shows the correlation of things, so we must look at problems from a developmental and dialectical perspective.

Be careful in your words and careful in your actions.

Source: "Book of Rites·缁衣".

Be careful in your words and cautious in your actions.

Tip: This sentence warns people that a well-educated and moral person should be responsible for his own words and deeds. Therefore, he must think carefully before "speech" and "deed", and must not act recklessly on impulse. act.

A gentleman learns hard and practices hard.

Source: Yang Xiong's "Dharma Preface: Self-cultivation".

Careless and ethical people encourage themselves to learn and work hard to act.

Reminder that both learning and practicing require perseverance. To study hard, you need to have the perseverance to delve into it and apply the knowledge you have learned into life practice. At the same time, you must think carefully and organically combine what you have learned with what you have applied. Therefore, learning is not the ultimate goal, but applying what you learn is more important.

Seek truth from facts.

Source: "Book of Han·The Biography of King Liu De in Hejian".

Carefully study from objective facts and derive rules.

Tips that Liu De, the king of Hejian, was the younger brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He is eager to learn all his life and does not like to boast. His biggest hobby in life was collecting ancient books. Whenever rare books were given to him by the people, he would find someone to copy them. Then he would give the copied books to others and keep the originals himself. Yan Shigu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, commented on his behavior of "securing facts and seeking truth every time", which means that the ancient books he collected were all really good books, and the contents in the ancient books he obtained were also in line with ancient facts. This is the original meaning of "seeking truth from facts." Later generations extended this sentence to mean that facts should be respected in everything, proceed from reality, and speak based on facts.

Seeing once is worth hearing a hundred times.

Source: "Book of Han·Biography of Zhao Chongguo".

It is better to see it with your own eyes than to listen to others say it a hundred times.

Tips: Although "hearing" and "witnessing" are the main ways for humans to acquire knowledge, the authenticity of hearing is questionable in many cases, because they are often deceived by rumors and only know with their own eyes. Seeing talents is more accurate. "Hearing with the ears is false, seeing with the eyes is true", this is exactly what is said.

It is better to retreat and build a net if you are envious of fish in the abyss.

Source: "Hanshu Biography of Dong Zhongshu".

If you are carelessly standing on the edge of a deep pool hoping to catch the fish inside, you might as well go back and quickly weave a fishing net.

It is pointless to imagine without practice, just like wanting to taste the delicious fish but not weaving a fishing net, but just standing by the water and admiring it. The best way is to start from small things, start from now, move towards the ideal goal, strive for it down-to-earth, and finally achieve the goal.

Nothing can be understood until it is effective, and no theory can be determined without evidence.

Source: Wang Chong's "Lunheng·Bo Burial".

To the effect, the best proof for something is to see whether it is valid, and the best test for a theory is to see whether it has evidence.

Tips that Wang Chong was a philosopher of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he paid the most attention to empirical evidence. He would never believe something without sufficient evidence, even if it was said to be magical. In "Lunheng", he went to great lengths to argue that there is no such thing as ghost. This kind of thinking was unique in ancient times.

The name must be worthy of the name, and the deeds must be successful.

Source: Xun Yue's "Shenjian·Susuan".

Reputation must be matched by facts, and actions must be confirmed by results.

Tip: This sentence reminds people that sometimes a person has a great reputation, but it may not be worthy of the name; sometimes he has a good original intention to do something, but he may not necessarily have a good intention. result. Therefore, when observing people or things, you must look at their real situation or actual effects, and do not listen to false names.

Play a thousand tunes and then hear the sound, watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon.

Source: Liu Xie's "Wen Xin Diao Long·Zhiyin".

Only after you have practiced a thousand pieces of music can you understand music, and only after you have observed a thousand swords can you know how to identify swords.

Tips: It is not easy to learn a skill; to be a connoisseur, you must also observe more physical objects. Talking about it on paper will not work. You need to read thousands of volumes before you can write with divine help. If you do anything without a certain amount of experience, you will not have high attainments.

The ancients spared no effort in their knowledge, and only when they are young and old can they achieve success.

I only know that this matter needs to be carried out in detail.

Source: "Winter Night Reading to Show Ziyu" by Lu You.

To the effect, the ancients spared no effort in learning, and they studied hard when they were young until they achieved something. Things learned from books always feel superficial, and if you want to truly understand them, you have to practice them yourself.

It reminds Lu You that he was inspired by reading in the winter night and wrote eight poems to his youngest son. This is the third of them. On the one hand, this poem emphasizes the importance of perseverance in learning, and on the other hand, it emphasizes the importance of social practice. Because even if the knowledge learned from books is true and correct, it may still be alienating to oneself. Without personal practice, the knowledge in books cannot be well understood. Therefore, in the process of learning, personal practice is extremely important.

The more clearly you know, the more earnestly you practice; the more earnestly you practice, the more clearly you know.

Source: Volume 14 of Zhu Xi's "Zhu Zi Yu Lei".

The clearer the general understanding, the more solid the practice; the more solid the practice, the clearer the understanding.

Tip: This sentence illustrates the relationship between understanding and practice. Understanding and practice are two aspects that are interdependent and mutually reinforcing. Understanding is the premise and guide of practice, and practice in turn will further promote the in-depth development of understanding. Only by combining the two aspects can one's understanding be closer to the truth and progress faster.

Traditional virtue maxims: Diligence and thrift

Diligence and thrift

Diligence and thrift are hard work and thrift, including two important aspects: hard work and cost savings. Since ancient times, our country has regarded diligence and thrift as a virtue for self-cultivation, family governance, and country governance. "Shangshu" said: "As long as you work hard day by day, you will not dare to relax." "Zuo Zhuan" quoted an ancient saying: "People's livelihood depends on diligence, and diligence will not lead to shortage." "Book of Changes" He put forward the theory of "frugal virtue to overcome difficulties", and "Mozi" said that "frugality leads to prosperity, and immorality leads to ruin". The ancients believed that being diligent and thrifty was a major matter related to survival and failure and should not be ignored.

In modern society, the concepts of economic growth and material consumption have developed