Zeng zhenggong said: the world ancient and modern mediocre, all with an inert word to defeat, the world ancient and modern talent, all with a proud word to defeat.

In fact, no matter "mediocre" or "talented", the fire of life can not withstand the "lazy" wet wood, also can not stand the "proud" rain. Diligence is the key to life.

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Life is accomplished by diligence and destroyed by idleness

Anyone who knows about zeng's life knows that zeng was not a "wise man" or even a "stupid" person. Liang qichao also said in his evaluation of zeng zhenggong: "wen zhenggu is not superior to the unsurpassed genius, in the time of all the sages said the most blunt. Zeng guofan also admitted that he was not a talented person, and his comments on himself are "short life than talent" and "sexual dullness". In the late qing dynasty, zeng guofan was known for his "blunt material".

When zeng guofan was young, his father taught him to be diligent. When he was eight, his father began to teach him to read. Zeng guofan is not talented, reading reaction is slow, usually read a time still do not understand, but zeng guofan is not a person who does not understand, read a time do not understand, read twice, after two times still do not understand to continue to read. Walking on the road during the day, sleeping on the pillow at night, thinking over and over again, until I understand.

Legend in the process of zeng guofan study hard also happened such an interesting story: one day, zeng guofan at home to endorse, encountered an article die not back down. At this time, a thief was hiding under his eave, ready to wait for zeng guofan, after reading books to sleep before stealing. But zeng guofan repeated this article many times, but has been refused to go to sleep. Finally, the thief jumped out and said, "you stupid fool, I have listened to you. "Said, after reciting once and then walked away. this

Although the story has exaggerated elements, not necessarily true, but it also reflects in a side, diligence has become the creed of zeng guofan, efforts have become a habit of his.

Not smart is not terrible, terrible is that he knows his talent is not enough but not diligent. We have all heard the story of zhong yong's injury, and fang zhongyong is a natural genius. However, with only a little "talent", the road of life is not far, the once gifted youth finally disappeared.

Most ordinary people have little difference in "talent". Diligence is the only way to success. People are like a machine, lazy will only let the machine rust, shorten the service life of the machine, and diligence will make this machine more clever. Laziness consumes more energy than diligence.

Many people today have what they call "procrastination" -refusing to do something until the last minute, then hurrying to hurryat it until the deadline arrives. Do not do well and began to complain about the lack of time, in fact, you do not do well, just you do not want to do, not enough time, is that you do not cherish your precious time. You can't have your cake and eat it at the same time.

Time is the most fair and reasonable, it never takes sides. For the industrious, time is left to them to reap the fruits. For the lazy, time offers only a head of white hair.

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Life is accomplished by respect, destroyed by pride

When zeng guofan was young, his heart was full of vigor and vitality. After the death of his father, emperor xianfeng deprived zeng guofan of military power, let him go home to keep filial piety. During the two years of keeping filial piety, zeng guofan's thought changed a lot. He began to reflect on himself, to see the good in others, and to understand the importance of humility.

In a letter to his brother, zeng guofan, zeng guoquan, zeng guofan, zeng guofan, said, "one must learn to be modest. Pride is long, but never makes any progress, so it's a poor life, and no progress." Guo songtao said of zeng guofan: "since ancient times, there are only two kinds of talents, one is arrogant, the other is modest. Zeng wenzheng belongs to the latter."

Before the change of zeng guofan's thought, although he often regarded himself as a sage and often gave people an embarrassing speech, he could still find the shadow of modesty. Xianfeng three years (1853) wrote to zuo zongtang, zeng guofan training XiangYong inviting zuo zongtang to help himself, he said in the letter "brother (zeng guofan) insight, independent Zhi hard, desire about mount Kilimanjaro, wild crested, unique I, talked about lian yong." This year zuo zongtang first exposed, and zeng guofan has been two product senior.

After being a filial son to his father, zeng guofan was even more modest, and his modest attitude made hunan officials admire him. Before he returned to hunan, he sent a humble letter to all the generals and officials in hunan, pleading for guidance. After arriving in changsha, he went to visit all the yamen in person.

Life is far less complex than we imagine, life is a step forward process. We look forward to luck, little do we know that "diligence" is the mother of luck. Luck usually comes to those who have the determination and action, when the lazy, luck will be when the farewell. If you have an empty mind and a lazy mind and body, you have nothing.

"Diligence" and "respect" such as the wings of the bird, the two work together, into a great weapon. An open mind makes all things possible. Put the heart low, more to see their own shortcomings, more to see the merits of others, let the arrogant heart become respectful. People's ability can be increased in diligence, people's learning can progress with an open mind.

Life, need to avoid the "lazy" "pride", keep the "diligent" "respect", to walk a good journey, see the scenery.