This document contains a collection of Chinese proverbs and sayings about life, success, and personal growth. It conveys that all people have inherent value and are masters of their own destiny. Difficult times provide learning opportunities. Having purpose and motivation are important for a meaningful life. Success comes from striving to be a valuable person, having self-confidence, and maintaining hope in the face of setbacks. Major accomplishments start with small, consistent steps. Those who achieve do so by creating or seizing opportunities themselves. Failure is not defined by outcomes but by refusing to take responsibility. An open heart allows one to see further in life.

1. 天生我才必有用。 All things in their being are good for something.

2. 人就是人， 是自己命運的主人。 For man is man and master of his fate.

3. 困難坎坷是 人們的生活教科書。 Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

4. 沒有了目的， 生活便鬱悶無光。 What makes life dreary is the want of motive.

5. 驚濤駭浪， 方顯英雄本色。 The good seaman is known in bad weather.

6. 不要為成功而努力， 要為做一個 有價值的人 而努力。 Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

7. 人必須有自信， 這是成功的秘密。 You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.

8. 我們必須接受失望， 因為它是有限的， 但千萬不可失去希望， 因為它是無窮的。 We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

9. 千里之行，始於足下。 A thousand-mile journey is started by taking the first step.

10. 在這個世界上取得成就的人，都努力去尋找他們想要的機會，如果找不到機會， 他們便自己創造機會。 The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them.

11. 一個人可以失敗很多次，但是只要他沒有開始責怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。 A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

12. 生活的地平線是隨著心靈的開闊而變得寬廣的。 The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.