句子结构简洁有力，使用被动语态强调“Proficiency”作为主语受到的影响，对比了diligence和idleness两个反义词，逻辑清晰。
If I can benefit my country with my life, what should I care for fortune or misfortune? — Lin Zexu, 'Impromptu Verse to My Family on the Way to the Front'
The truly great thing about a real scholar is that they quietly do many great works without becoming famous during their lifetime. — Balzac
Dying for one's country in time of peril, one regards death as if returning home. — Cao Zhi, 'The White Horse'
Treat yourself as a fool; ask questions when you don't understand, and you will learn much more.
Let us replace pre-emptive worry with pre-emptive thinking and planning.
A foot has its limits, an inch has its strengths. Things have deficiencies, and wisdom has blind spots. — Qu Yuan, 'Bu Ju'
Those with ambition will find a thousand ways, while those without will see a thousand difficulties.
The decisive factor in forming genius is diligence; the amount of hard work is directly proportional to the result. — Guo Moruo
Proficiency comes from diligence and is ruined by idleness. — Han Yu, 'On the Advancement of Learning'
The most essential value in life is human independence. — Budyman
Do not attempt to live forever; you will not succeed. — Bernard Shaw
Life is like playing chess; one wrong move leads to losing the entire game, which is a sad truth. Moreover, life is even less forgiving than chess, as there is no second chance and no undoing moves. — Sigmund Freud
Without enthusiasm, there is no progress in the world.
Even the coldest stone will warm up after sitting on it for three years.
What is failure? It is nothing but a step closer to success. What is success? It is having walked all the paths leading to failure, with only one path left—that is the path to success.
苟利国家生死以，岂因祸福避趋之。——林则徐《赴戎登程口占示家人》
真正的学者真正了不起的地方，是暗暗做了许多伟大的工作而生前并不因此出名。——巴尔扎克
捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归。——曹植《白马篇》
把自我当傻瓜，不懂就问，你会学的更多。
让咱们将事前的忧虑，换为事前的思考和计划吧。
尺有所短；寸有所长。物有所不足；智有所不明。——屈原《卜居》
有志者自有千计万计，无志者只感千难万难。
构成天才的决定因素就应是勤奋，有几分勤学苦练是成正比例的。——郭沫若
业精于勤，荒于嬉。——韩愈《进学解》
最本质的人生价值就是人的独立性。——布迪曼
不好企图永远活下去，你不会成功的。——萧伯纳
人生就象弈棋，一步失误，全盘皆输，这是令人悲哀之事;而且人生还不如弈棋，不可能再来一局，也不能悔棋。——弗洛伊德
没有热忱，世间便无进步。
再冷的石头，坐上三年也会暖。
失败是什么？没有什么，只是更走近成功一步；成功是什么？就是走过了所有通向失败的路，只剩下1条路，那就是成功的路。
"Excellence comes from diligence and is lost through play."
"Success often comes from diligence, and the harder one works, the more likely they are to succeed."
"Navigating the sea of learning requires unremitting efforts to hoist the high sails of our ideals."
"Talent is the ability to be diligently and endlessly hardworking."
"Diligence can make up for clumsiness; diligence and frugality build a career."