Stupid birds fly first, and diligence makes up for it.

the whole sentence means that since you are like a clumsy bird, you fly out ahead of other birds; Since I am a clumsy person, I will make up for it with diligence.

stupid birds fly first, a Chinese idiom. The pinyin is bèn niǎo xiān fēi i, which means that slow-flying birds have to act first. It is a metaphor for people who are slow in doing things and poor in ability. If they are afraid of falling behind, they will leave one step ahead of others, which is often used as a courtesy.

from Yuan Guan Hanqing's Chen Mu Jiao Zi.

The idiom "Stupid birds fly first" mainly tells that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Le Yangzi's wife was a virtuous woman. Once, Le Yangzi picked up a piece of gold and happily took it back to his wife. The wife said: "ambitious people will be strict with themselves, and taking home what they have picked up will ruin their reputation." "

Le Yangzi was deeply ashamed, so he put the gold back, and then said," You are stupid. You want the stupid bird to fly first and go out to study. " So Le Yangzi went out to study. But a year later, Le Yangzi returned home because he missed his wife. Her wife led him to the loom and said, "This cloth is woven inch by inch and foot by foot. It takes a long time to grow into a horse." If I cut it, all my efforts will be wasted.

Learning is the same as weaving. You can't give up in the middle of learning. " Le Yangzi was deeply moved and went back to school. He didn't go home for seven years.

Stupid birds fly first. Similar inspirational quotes are as follows:

1. A gentleman is always striving for self-improvement.

2. You can't take ten steps in one leap; It's a great contribution to the success of Xu Ma. Perseverance, rotten wood does not fold; Perseverance, the stone can be carved.

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

From the ancient book "Warnings, Sages and Diligence"

4. There is no limit to learning from the sea, and it is hard to make a boat.

Source: Augmented Scholar

5. The industry is good at diligence, but it is barren of fun; What is done is thought, but it is destroyed.

This sentence comes from Han Yu's "A Solution to Learning".