Inspirational quotes and aphorisms from the ancients

"If a young man does not work hard, he will be sad for his age. This famous saying is probably familiar to everyone. Let's take a look at some famous aphorisms from the ancients.

Classic inspirational quotes and aphorisms (ancient Chinese)

1. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ?Confucius

2. Diligence leads to excellence in work, and leisure comes from wastefulness. ?Han Yu's "Explanation of Jinxue"

3. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. ?"Zeng Guangxian Wen"

4. Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ?"Book of Changes? Qian? Xiang"

5. Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise. ?"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 Dynasty? Biography of Geng"

11. Hui Dang is at the top of the mountain, and you can see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance. ? Du Fu's "Wang Yue"

12. When the year is cold, you will 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 skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. ?"Mencius? Gao Zixia"

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 ground, but not red. ?"Lu's Spring and Autumn Period? Honesty and Integrity"

16. With sincerity, gold and stone are opened. ?"Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Biography 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 Lingguan"

19. The road is far away, and I will search up and down. ? Qu Yuan's "Li Sao"

20. I dare not forget to worry about the country despite my humble position. The coffin has to be sealed before the matter is settled. ?Lu You's "The Beginning of Disease"

21. A ruler is shorter; an inch is longer. Things are lacking; wisdom is unclear. ?Qu Yuan's "Bu Ju"

22. If you want to make a deep effort, grind an iron pestle into a needle. ?Cao Xue's "Guang Ji in Sichuan? Pengshan County, South Sichuan Road"

23. The rope saw the wood broken, and the water dripped through the stone. ? Luo Dajing "Helin Jade Dew"

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 Lian Bi? Dealing with Things"

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 Effect"

28. People are not sages, and no one can make mistakes. ?"Traditional Customs and Regulations"

29. Being determined and courageous is called firmness. Strength is the virtue of being a stranger. ?"Records of Military Training? Just Repeat the Harm"

30. If a person can do it once, he can do it a hundred times; if a person can do it ten times, he can do it a thousand times. ?"The Doctrine of the Mean"

31. Knowing shame is almost courageous. ?"The Doctrine of the Mean"

32. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. ?"Mencius"

33. A gentleman is most willing to be kind to others. ?"Mencius"

34. Everyone can be Yao and Shun. ?"Mencius"

35. An embankment of a thousand feet will burst with the holes of ants; a room of a hundred feet will be burned with smoke from the gaps. ?"Han Feizi"

36. Those who say it are not guilty, but those who hear it are enough to take warning. ?"Preface to Poetry"

37. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; loyal words are hard on the ears but good for action. ?"Family Sayings of Confucius"

38. A kind word can warm you up in three winters, but a bad word can hurt you in six months. ?Ming Dynasty Proverb

39. In thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ?"Zengguang Xianwen"

40. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and blessings are brought about by oneself. ?"Zengguang Xianwen"

41. Learning without thinking is a waste. To think without learning is to perish. ?"The Analects of Confucius"

42. To know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it, and to know it is to know it. ?"The Analects of Confucius"

43. The work is accomplished by hard work, and wasteful by play; actions are accomplished by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ?Han Yu

44. There are three ways to read: the heart, the eyes, and the mouth. ?Ming?Zhu Xi

45. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ?"The Analects of Confucius"

46. If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become a river. ?"Xunzi? Encouraging Learning"

47. If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the Zhegomatic Bird Tower"

48. The strongest has its own strong hand, so don't boast in front of others.

?"Words of Warning"

49. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. ?"The Book of Rites? The Book of Learning"

50. Black-haired people don't know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ?"Encouraging Learning"

51. Those who don't know enough are eager to learn, and those who are ashamed to ask are complacent. ?Lin Bu's "Saving Heart Record"

52. Learning is impossible. ? "Xunzi"

53. It is not a pleasure to learn and practice from time to time. "The Analects"

54. If you review the past and learn the new, you can become a teacher. ?"The Analects of Confucius"

55. Read thousands of volumes and write like a god. ? Tang ? Du Fu

56. If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad. ?"Han Yuefu? Long Song Xing"

57. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. ?"Three Kingdoms"

58. Learning without converting is not learning. ?Song Dynasty? Yang Wanli

59. Love to learn but never hesitate. ?"Zuo Zhuan"

60. If you don't learn enough, you are afraid of losing it.

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