1, Lincoln

1832, Lincoln lost his job and made up his mind to be a politician. But he lost. It is undoubtedly painful for him to suffer two blows in one year.

Then, Lincoln started his own business, but less than a year later, the business closed down again. In the following 17 years, he had to work for.

Enterprises closed down and ran around to pay their debts. Lincoln didn't give up, and he didn't say, "What if I fail?" 1846, he ran for congress again, and he again

I ran for parliament once and was elected in the end.

2. Li Bai

Li Bai studied in Elephant Trunk Mountain in Sichuan when he was a child. He doesn't study hard and wants to give up halfway. One day, he met a white-haired old woman grinding an iron pestle by the stream at the foot of the mountain. Li Bai asked her what she was doing, and the old woman replied, "Grind the iron pestle into a needle."

Li Bai doesn't believe it. He smiled and said to her, "Can an iron pestle be ground into a needle?" "As long as you work hard, the iron pestle is ground into a needle," the old woman told him.

Li Bai immediately took over the martial arts. Since then, he has worked hard and finally understood the truth that "success comes naturally".

3. Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan studied hard in the cave. When Qu Yuan was a child, he hid in a cave and secretly read the Book of Songs, regardless of the opposition of his elders. For three years, he familiarized himself with 305 Poems of the Book of Songs, and gained rich nutrition from these folk songs, eventually becoming a great poet.

4. Zhan Tianyou

In the late Qing Dynasty, China sent the first batch of overseas students. They are all teenagers. There is a boy named Zhan Tianyou who is only 12 years old. He is very clever, eager to learn and determined to serve his country. Later, he returned to China after graduating from engineering, but the Qing government did not trust local talents. Just like building a railway, foreigners are allowed to be responsible. Although Zhan Tianyou is brilliant, he can only be an assistant.

5. Land tour

Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was diligent, sensitive and studious since childhood. In his family, there are books on the desk, books in the cupboard and books on the bed. This is called a book nest. He is diligent in writing, leaving more than 9000 poems in his life and becoming an outstanding great writer in the history of our country.

6. Sima Guang

Sima Guang is a playful and sleepy child, so he has been punished by his husband and laughed at by his peers. Under his inculcation, he is determined to get rid of the bad habit of sleepiness. In order to get up early, he drank a full stomach of water before going to bed.

As a result, he didn't wake up in the morning, but peed on the bed. Smart Sima Guang made a police pillow out of logs. When I turned over in the morning, my head fell on the bed board and I woke up naturally. From then on, he got up early every day to study, persevered, and finally became a knowledgeable writer, writing "Zi Tongzhi Jian".

7. Zu Ti

There was a good general named Zu Ti in the Jin Dynasty. He is a very respected person, witty, loyal and patriotic. However, Zu Ti was a naughty boy when he was a child. He doesn't like reading books or practicing martial arts. He just likes fooling around all day.

When Zu Ti grew up, he saw the decline of the country and years of war, and people's lives were very difficult. But his strength is meager and his knowledge is shallow, so he can't help. In order to change the present situation of the country, Zu Ti began to study hard, learned a wealth of knowledge from books, and made great progress in learning.

Zu Ti often went to Luoyang, then the capital, to consult learned people. Everyone who knows him said, "Zu Ti will be the pillar of the country in the future." When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended to be an official, but he felt that his knowledge was not enough, so he didn't agree, but continued to study hard.

Zu Ti has a good friend named Liu Kun. Every time two people talk about state affairs together, they talk very late and rest in the same bed unconsciously. One night in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard a cock crow in his sleep, so he got up and said to Liu Kun, "The cock woke us up. How about practicing sword now? " Liu Kun readily agreed.

From then on, Zu Ti and Liu Kun agreed to get up and practice sword every day when they heard the cock crow. No matter the wind and rain, no matter the heat and winter, it never stops. Many things happen. After a long and arduous practice, Zu Ti and Liu Kun have both become all-rounders in civil and military fields, who can not only write good articles, but also lead troops to win battles.

8.vance

Wan Sitong, a famous scholar and historian in the early Qing Dynasty, participated in the compilation of Twenty-four History, an important historical book of China. But Wan Sitong was also a naughty boy when he was young. Wan Sitong was criticized by the guests because he was naughty and lost face in front of them.

In a rage, Wan Sitong overturned the guest's desk and was put into the library by his father. Wan Sitong went from being angry and disgusted with reading to thinking behind closed doors. Inspired by the Book of Tea, he began to study hard. In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Wan Sitong has read many books in the library. His father forgave his son, and Wan Sitong understood his father's kindness.

After long-term efforts, Wan Sitong finally became a well-known scholar who was familiar with history books, and participated in the compilation of Ming History in Twenty-four History.

9. Lu Xun

Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When I was a teenager, I attended Jiangnan Naval Academy and got excellent results in the first semester. The school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the street of Nanjing Gulou and sold it. Then he bought some books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it's cold at night and he can't stand reading at night, he picks a pepper and chews it in his mouth, making his forehead sweat. He used this method to drive away the cold and insisted on studying. Thanks to his hard work, he finally became a famous writer in China.

10. Be possessed

Dickens, a famous British writer, usually pays great attention to observing and experiencing life. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, he insists on going to the streets to observe and listen every day, recording the odds and ends of pedestrians and accumulating rich living materials. In this way, he wrote a wonderful description of the dialogue between characters in david copperfield and left a vivid description of the social background in A Tale of Two Cities, thus becoming a generation of British writers and achieving great success in his literary career.