Two famous aphorisms that lead to success through hard work are: Life depends on hard work, and you will get nothing if you don’t know what to ask for. ——Zhang Heng from "Zuo Zhuan-Xuan Gong Twelve Years" Explanation: Life should be pursued diligently, otherwise there will be no harvest. It shows Zhang Heng’s diligent and enterprising pursuit of life. If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable. ——Han Yuefu from "Yuefu Poems·Long Song Xing" Explanation: If you don't work hard when you are young and strong, it will be useless to be sad when you are old.