Hard work will pay off.

1. Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II, was an outstanding speaker and was listed as one of the world's 10 famous speakers. However, when Churchill made a speech in Parliament for the first time, he made a big fall-halfway through, he suddenly forgot the following words, and he couldn't remember them clearly. He blushed and had to interrupt his speech and return to his seat awkwardly. However, he was not discouraged. He devoted himself to the study of speech skills and often exercised his oral expression ability. Churchill eventually became a famous orator and an outstanding politician in the 20th century.

2. Jian Zhen became a monk at the age of 18 and studied Buddhism diligently. In 742, Japan sent Rong He and Pu Zhao to China to invite monk Jian Zhen to preach in Japan. Jian Zhen China Eastern Airlines failed three times and the ship drifted to Hainan Island. In 753, the Japanese sent envoys to China for the tenth time. Things are eventful and Jian Zhen finally crossed to Kyushu, Japan with the Japanese mission.

Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. One day, while the teacher was not at home, he sneaked out to play.

He came to the river at the foot of the mountain and saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle on a stone. Li Bai was puzzled and asked, "Old woman, what are you doing grinding the iron pestle?"

The old woman said, "I am grinding the needle." Li Bai was surprised and asked, "Oh dear! As thick as a pestle, how can it be ground into a needle? " The old woman walked over and said, "As long as the pestle is always ground more and more finely every day, are you still afraid that it is not a needle?"

Li Bai, a clever man, was ashamed of himself after hearing this. He turned and ran back to the bookstore. From then on, he kept in mind the truth that "as long as kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle" and studied hard.

Cock crow and practice sword-diligence and self-discipline

Zu Ti in Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious person. But he was a naughty boy when he was a child and didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve his country without studying, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, so he began to study hard. I have learned a wealth of knowledge from it and made great progress in my study. He has been in and out of Luoyang, Kyoto for many times, and people who have contacted him say that Zu Ti is a talented person who can assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended as a lawyer, but he didn't agree. He still studies tirelessly.

Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun served as the main book of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only share the same bed, but also share the same lofty ideal: to make contributions, revitalize the state of Jin and become a pillar of the country.

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. After he woke Liu Kun up, he said to him, "Everyone else thinks it's unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night. I don't think so. How about we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed. So every day after the rooster crows, he gets up to practice his sword, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops. Many things happen. After long and arduous study and training, they finally became generalists who can write good articles and lead troops to win the battle. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country. Liu Kun became the commander-in-chief in charge of military affairs in Hebei and Youzhou, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military talent.

Lincoln, a bourgeois revolutionary, was the16th president of the United States, and was a world-famous great orator. His success lies in that he has been practicing his eloquence since his youth, watching and listening more. When he was young, he worked as a farmer, lumberjack, shop assistant, postman, land surveyor and so on. In order to become a lawyer, he often walks 30 miles to a court to listen to lawyers' arguments and see how they argue and gesture. He imitated politicians and speakers while listening to their impassioned speeches. He listened to the evangelists who traveled everywhere, waved their arms and shook their voices in the sky. When he came back, he followed their example and practiced his speech repeatedly in the Woods and cornfields. The success of the speech made Lincoln finally become an eloquent lawyer and finally entered politics.

"Everything comes to him who waits" is a famous saying, telling people that nothing can be done as long as they are diligent.

For example, Sun Jing, a Jin Dynasty man, tied a rope to his hair every night and tied the other end to the beam in order not to doze off. Every time his head droops, the rope will wake him up and continue reading after waking up. In this way, he became a celebrity who used a hanging beam to prevent himself from falling asleep. Su Qin, who is also a spy, has been looked down upon by others because he can't be an official in Qin. So he decided to fight for breath. From then on, he studied hard and forgot to eat and sleep. Whenever it's quiet at night, Su Qin is already dizzy and always wants to sleep. He immediately stabbed his thigh with an awl and felt pain, and people woke up. This is Su Qin, a celebrity who woke himself up by stabbing stocks.

Another example is Kuang Heng in the Western Han Dynasty. His family is poor, but he likes reading very much. However, at night, there was no oil lamp in his house, and a lamp was lit in his neighbor's room, so Kuang Heng dug a hole in the wall and read by the light coming out of the hole. This is the story of "digging a wall to borrow light".

There is also the modern Xu Beihong, whose paintings are well-known at home and abroad. When he was young, he inspired himself to learn painting, won glory for our country with his own efforts, and prevented foreigners from looking down on us in China.

From these celebrity stories, everyone must have learned a truth: only by persisting in the end can we make a difference.

You can't do anything half-heartedly, half-heartedly, but you must finish what you started and persevere. Only in this way can we make a difference and make due contributions to the people and society.