The flower of success is often admired for its current brilliance, yet its buds were once soaked in the fountain of struggle's tears and saturated with the blood-rain of sacrifice. (Bing Xin)
I pounce on books as a starving man pounces on bread. (Gorky)
It is not enough to just talk; what matters is action. (Lu Xun)
God gave me talent for a reason. (Li Bai)
To test jade, one must burn it for three full days; to discern talent, one must wait seven years. (Bai Juyi)
Knowledge is as precious as blood to the human body. (Gao Shiqi)
A soul lacking wisdom is a dead soul. If enriched with learning, it regains vitality, just as rain revives barren land. (Ispahani)
Inspiration is a guest who refuses to visit the lazy. (Chernyshevsky)
Genius develops through passion for one's cause. In essence, genius is nothing more than a love for work and dedication. (Gorky)
Genius is simply this: lifelong effort turns one into a genius. (Mendeleev)
Only the herbalist who fears no climb, and the surfer who fears no wave, can reach the peaks to gather divine herbs and dive deep to find the dragon's pearl. (Hua Luogeng)
So-called genius refers to those who possess perseverance, diligence, obsession, and selflessness. (Kimura Hisao)
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. (Albert Einstein)
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. (Thomas Edison)
Clever aptitude, internal drive, a diligent work attitude, and tenacious spirit. These are the other conditions required for success in scientific research. (W.A. Beveridge)
Natural ability must be aided by systematic knowledge. Intuition can do much, but not everything. Only when genius marries science can the best results be achieved. (Herbert Spencer)
If you hope to succeed, make perseverance your good friend, experience your advisor, and caution your brother! (Thomas Edison)
Human talent is like a spark; it can either extinguish or burn. The only way to force it to blaze into a roaring fire is work, and more work. (Gorky)
For a year's plan, plant grain; for a ten-year plan, plant trees; for a lifetime's plan, cultivate people. (Guan Zhong)
Because the banyan tree roots itself in deep soil, its life canopy grows ever more lush. The barnyard grass enjoys the same treatment as the rice seedling, yet it bears no grain.
Arrogance is a kite with a snapped string, fleeting by; inferiority complex is a bird with clipped wings, unable to reach the sky. Both are great obstacles to achieving talent.
A mind without wisdom is like a lantern without a candle. (Tolstoy)
