The story of Roosevelt
A little boy almost thinks that he is the most unfortunate child in the world. Because of polio, he became lame and his teeth were uneven. He seldom plays games or plays with his classmates. When the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always kept his head down and said nothing.
In an ordinary spring, the little boy's father asked his neighbor for some saplings. He wants to plant them in front of the house. He told his children to plant one each. Father told the children that whoever planted the best sapling would buy a favorite gift. The little boy also wants to get a gift from his father. However, when I saw my brother and sister skipping around watering the tree, I somehow came up with a cold idea: I hope the tree I planted will die soon. So after watering it once or twice, I never paid attention to it again.
A few days later, when the little boy went to see the tree he planted again, he was surprised to find that it not only did not wither, but also grew a few new leaves, which looked greener and more lively than the trees planted by his brothers and sisters. Father fulfilled his promise, bought a favorite gift for the little boy, and told him that judging from the trees he planted, he would be an excellent botanist when he grew up.
Since then, the little boy has gradually become optimistic.
One night, the little boy lay in bed and couldn't sleep. Looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, he suddenly remembered what the biology teacher once said: plants usually grow at night, so why not go and see the little tree he planted? When he came to the yard softly, he saw his father throwing something under the tree he planted with a spoon. Suddenly, he understood everything. It turns out that his father has been secretly fertilizing the young trees he planted! He went back to his room and let the tears flow freely. ......
Decades later, the lame boy did not become a botanist, but he became the president of the United States. His name is franklin roosevelt.
Love is the best nourishment in life, and a spoonful of water can also make the tree of life thrive. Maybe that tree is so ordinary and unremarkable; Perhaps the tree is so thin and even withered, but as long as it is watered with this nutrient, it can flourish and even grow into a towering tree.
Lincoln who refused to give up
Perhaps the best example of staying the course is abraham lincoln. Want to know who has never given up, don't look!
Lincoln, who was born in poverty, faced setbacks all his life. He failed in eight elections, failed in business twice and even had a nervous breakdown. Many times, he could have given up, but he didn't, and it was because he didn't give up that he became one of the greatest presidents in American history. The following is Lincoln's resume before he entered the White House:
18 16, his family was driven out of their place of residence, and he had to work to support them.
18 18 years, my mother died.
183 1 year, business failed.
1832, running for state legislature but losing!
1832, I'm unemployed, too. I want to study in law school, but I can't get in.
1833, he borrowed money from his friends to do business, but went bankrupt at the end of the year. It took him 16 years to pay off his debts.
1834, I won the re-election of the state legislature!
1835, when he was about to get married after his engagement, his last wife died and his heart was broken!
1836, he had a complete mental breakdown and was ill in bed for half a year.
1838, trying to become the speaker of the state legislature failed.
1840, failed to become an elector!
1843, I lost the parliamentary election!
1846, participated in the parliamentary election again and was elected this time! Go to Washington, DC, and the performance is very wonderful.
1848, seeking re-election of members of Congress failed!
1849, the land director of his own state was rejected!
1854, he lost the election of the United States Senate!
1856 won less than 100 votes in the vice presidential nomination at the National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
1858, he ran for the United States Senate again and lost again.
1860 was elected president of the United States. ([America] Jack)
Comments: The road is hard and muddy. One foot slipped and the other foot was unstable; But I took a deep breath and told myself, "This is just a slip, not death and I can't get up." -Lincoln said after losing the Senate election.
Hunting with eagles
Hawking, a scientist, seems to have a weak learning ability when he was a child. He learned to read very late. After school, he never got into the top 65,438+00 in his class. Moreover, because his homework is always "untidy", his teachers think he is "hopeless" and his classmates regard him as the object of ridicule. When Hawking 12 years old, two boys in the class took a bag of candy and bet that he would never succeed. The classmates ironically nicknamed him "Einstein". Who knows, after more than 20 years, the little boy who was not outstanding in those days really became a master of physics. What is the reason?
As it turns out, with the growth of age, Hawking became interested in how everything works. He often takes things apart to get to the bottom of them, but when he reassembles them, there is nothing he can do. However, his parents didn't punish him for it, and his father even gave him a "coach" in math and physics. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Hawking found himself very interested in the study of physics. Although middle school physics is too easy and simple, it is particularly boring, but he thinks it is the most basic science, which is expected to solve the problem of where people come from and why they are here. Since then, Hawking has started a real scientific exploration.
Drill a hole in the wall to get some light from the neighbor's house (study very hard)
During the Han Dynasty, Kuang Heng was very studious as a teenager. As his family is poor, he has to do a lot of work during the day to earn money. Only at night can he sit down and read. However, he can't afford candles, so he can't read when it is dark. Kuang Heng was heartbroken at this time-wasting behavior, and his heart was very painful. His neighbor's family is very rich. At night, light candles in several rooms to make them bright. One day, Kuang Heng summoned up his courage and said to his neighbor, "I want to study at night, but I can't afford candles. Can I borrow an inch of your house? " Neighbors have always looked down on people who are poorer than their family, so they said viciously and sarcastically, "Since you are too poor to buy candles, what books are you reading?" Kuang Heng was very angry, but he decided to read the book well.
When Kuang Heng came home, he quietly cut a small hole in the wall, through which the neighbor's candlelight came in. With this faint light, he eagerly began to read books and gradually finished reading all the books at home.
After reading these books, Kuang Heng felt that his knowledge was far from enough, and his desire to continue reading more books was even more urgent. There is a big family nearby with many books. One day, Kuang Heng rolled up his bedding and appeared in front of a big house. He said to his host, "please take me in, and I will work for you at home for free." Just let me read all your books. " The host was moved by his spirit and agreed to his request to borrow books.
This is how Kuang Heng studied diligently. Later, he became the prime minister of the Han and Yuan emperors and became a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty.
The story of Song Lian.
Song Lian liked reading when he was a child, but his family was poor. I have no money to buy books, so I have to borrow them from others. Every time I borrow a book, he tells me the deadline, returns it on time and never breaks the contract. People are willing to lend them to him.
Once, he borrowed a book, and the more he read it, the more he couldn't put it down, so he decided to copy it. But the deadline for returning the book is coming. He had to copy books overnight. It's the middle of winter and the twelfth month, dripping into ice. His mother said, "Son, it's midnight. It's cold. Copy it at dawn. People are not waiting for this book to read. " Song Lian said, "No matter how many people are waiting to read this book, it must be returned before the deadline. This is a question of credit and a sign of respect for others. If you are dishonest in what you say and do, how can you get the respect of others? "
Once again, Song Lian is going to consult a famous person in the distance and make an appointment to meet. Who knew it would snow on the day of departure? When Song Lian picked up her luggage and was ready to go on the road, her mother said in surprise, "How can you travel far in this weather?" Besides, the teacher has closed the mountain in heavy snow. Your old cotton-padded jacket can't resist the cold in the mountains! Song Lian said, "Mom, if you don't start today, you will misunderstand your apprenticeship and you will miss your appointment. "To stand up is to disrespect the teacher. No matter how heavy the snow is, I will go. "
When Song Lian arrived at the teacher's house, the teacher was deeply praised and said, "Young people, keep promises and study hard, and will definitely achieve something in the future!" "
Before Einstein became famous, he lived in poverty and dressed casually. A friend once advised him to buy a coat, otherwise it would be difficult to enter the society. He smiled and replied, "I am unknown. No one knows me even if I dress beautifully." A few years later, Einstein, who became a great scientist, dressed simply as before. His friend once again reminded him to make a decent coat, commensurate with his status. He still smiled and replied, "Even if I dress more casually now, someone will know me."
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Celebrity short stories
Once, Socrates was walking in the street, and someone hit him on the back with a stick, which made him unable to stand up and squat down, but soon, he stood up casually. Seeing that he didn't respond, others who witnessed the whole process asked him curiously: You were beaten, why didn't you fight back? Socrates replied with a smile: the wild donkey kicked you, did you return it?
* Bernard Shaw loved riding a bike when he was young. Once he broke his leg bone, his female classmates took good care of him. Bernard Shaw was worried that he was weak-willed and would propose to this female classmate, so he decided to slip away. But he accidentally fell down the stairs and broke his legs. As a result, he really asked her if she would marry him. Bernard Shaw fainted when the female classmate nodded.
A lady said to Mao Mu, I've been with a man for a long time, but I'm not sure if I'm in love with him. This famous writer has a very unique view on the test of love. He said: there is only one way to test whether you really love him. Would you like to brush your teeth with his toothbrush?
Someone asked Dumas: Why can you enter your old age with great composure? He retorted disapprovingly: It took me all my life to live today.
* Fang Lingxuan, a famous figure in the Tang Dynasty, was seriously ill when he was not an official. He said to his wife Lu: If I die of illness, don't be widowed and remarry. Lushi went to the room and dug out an eye to show that he would never change his mind. Later, Fang recovered from illness and rose to the high position of prime minister, always showing great respect for his wife.
Agatha christie's husband is an archaeologist. Once, at a party, a friend asked him: How do you feel when an imaginative woman like you marries an antique player? Detective novelists say: archaeologists are ideal husbands. You see, the older things get, the more he likes them.
Voltaire visited England on 1727. He found that the British hated the French very much. A group of Englishmen shouted at him: Kill him and hang the Frenchman! Voltaire said: English! You want to kill me because I'm French. Isn't it hard enough to be punished because I'm not English? The Englishman smiled and sent him all the way back to the apartment.
Chaplin is a rare all-round filmmaker who can compose music, direct and act. Once, he held a film production meeting and a fly flew around him. At first, he hit it several times with his hand, but he missed it, so he asked for a fly swatter. During the dinner, he took a fly swatter, posed as a fly swatter and looked at the flies viciously. But he called three times. The comedian shrugged his shoulders and said, this is not the one just now!
* After Li Bai's death, his body was buried at the head of the quarry river, and poets from all walks of life wrote poems in front of his grave. Someone wrote a quatrain: the stone quarrying river is a piece of rotten soil, and Li Bai's poems are famous throughout the ages; Come and go to write two lines, and drop a big axe in front of Lu Ban.
* In his later years, Ouyang Xiu painstakingly revised the words written in his life every day. His wife told him not to modify them, saying, why do you torture yourself like this? Are you still afraid of being scolded by the teacher? Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: I am not afraid of being scolded by the teacher, but I am afraid of being laughed at by future generations.
Lincoln once dreamed that he was attending a meeting. When he walked, everyone made way for Lincoln. At this time, in a large group of people, one whispered: He is just an ordinary-looking person. Lincoln listened and said, friend, God likes ordinary people, so he gave birth to many ordinary people.
Carnegie, the American steel magnate, talks about the secret of his success: I think my greatest advantage is that I can arouse people's enthusiasm. The best way for people to do their best is to appreciate him and praise him. The boss's criticism is the easiest way to destroy the confidence of deployment. I have never seen a person do things better when he is blown on cloud nine than when he is praised.
* Eliot, president of Harvard University in the United States, said: I think Harvard can really be called a treasure house of knowledge now. But I'm thinking that Harvard can become a treasure house of knowledge because freshmen bring knowledge, while senior students leave school with only a little knowledge.
* Curtis, a famous German doctor, once gave a banquet and stood on the host's side. He wanted to cut the roast pig on the table and give it to the guests. He cut the pig's chest straight with a knife, then cut it horizontally, and then pulled the cut mushrooms and other fillings into the pig's stomach in a quick and unique way. Then he took out a suitcase from his pocket, a surgical needle and thread from the suitcase, and sewed up the cut chest.
Kate Ritchie, a famous professor at Harvard University in the United States, is an authority on Shakespeare studies. Once, when he was teaching Shakespeare on the pulpit, he accidentally stepped on the air and fell under the pulpit. He stood up and said to the students with great momentum: I have been teaching for forty years, and for the first time I fell to the same level as the audience!
Once, a performance competition imitating Chaplin was held in a certain place, with as many as thirty or forty participants. Chaplin himself participated anonymously and won the third place. Chaplin thinks this is the biggest joke of his life!
* A female student of Smith Women's University in the United States once dated her boyfriend and returned to the dormitory very late, so she had to climb in through the window. But the window is too heavy for her to lift. Suddenly someone came to help her at the window and whispered to her, don't let others see it. When she climbed in, it was President Wilson smiling.
* Dr. Johnson, whose father runs a big second-hand bookstall. Once, there was a program not far away, and everyone went to the market. It is raining. His father wants Dr. John to distribute some books and transport them to the market. His father called him three times, but Dr. Johnson was absorbed in reading a thick and big book at this moment, but he pretended not to hear him and ignored him. His father sighed. Dr Johnson is eighteen years old. Fifty years later, one day at eleven o'clock at noon, the local people saw the bloated old man kneeling in the street. He put his hat under his arm, put his crutch aside, bowed his head in the sun and burst into tears. At this time, Dr. Johnson became famous and everyone came to see him. He said to everyone: Fifty years ago, on the same day and at the same time, I did not listen to my father, and now I am kneeling here to confess!
A bartender in Paris said: I can tell the nationality of a customer after drinking two double martinis. The French fall in love, the Spanish dance, the Germans brag, the Italians sing, the Irish fight, and the Americans stand up and give speeches.
Joey Brown traveled to the East during the Pacific War and met with General MacArthur. They took a picture together. The famous movie star Lian said: I am very lucky to take a photo with you! But General MacArthur said: This photo was taken for my youngest son. He often hoped that his father could take photos with celebrities.
* In his later years, Ouyang Xiu painstakingly revised the words written in his life every day. His wife told him not to modify them, saying, why do you torture yourself like this? Are you still afraid of being scolded by the teacher? Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: I am not afraid of being scolded by the teacher, but I am afraid of being laughed at by future generations.
Mark Twain worked in a newspaper when he was young. Six months later, the editor told him not to come back tomorrow. Mark Twain asked why. The editor-in-chief said: Because you are too lazy. Mark Twain smiled and replied: It will take you six months to find out that I am lazy, but I knew it the first day I entered the newspaper.
Yang Xiu was a trusted minister of Cao Cao in the later Han Dynasty. He was very clever when he was nine years old. One day, his father visited Kong Ping and was received by him. He prepared bayberry to entertain him. Kong Ping saw him and jokingly asked, Is this the fruit of your family? Yang Xiu immediately replied: I have never heard that peacocks are your poultry!
* When Su Shi was the magistrate of Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty, there was a villager who made a living by fans, but it was cold, so he owed taxes. Dongpo asked him to draw dead wood and bamboo stones with fans, and drew more than 20 fans. Only when the county headquarters walked out of the county gate, someone came to buy it. So all the taxes owed were paid off.
Raphael, an Italian Renaissance painter, painted a portrait of Maria holding her son Jesus. On her right is an old man and on her left is a maid. But there is a big blank below, and he is thinking about what to fill. At this time, he saw two children from the window of a nearby bakery. The older one is about four or five years old, holding his chin up, looking up at the sky and talking to his younger brother. The younger brother leaned his head on his arm, looked at the sky and listened to his brother.
Someone asked Raphael how he could paint such beautiful works. He replied: I had many dreams, and then I painted around them. Fantasy can make people see intangible things, while will can turn intangible things into tangible entities.
* Einstein put forward his views on success in life at the press conference. He used a mathematical formula to express it: assuming that A represents a person's success, I can write the following formula: A = X+Y+Z, X represents work, and Y represents games. The reporter asked: What does Z stand for? Einstein smiled and replied: Z is to keep your mouth shut.
* Finnish conductor Boris Sebo and his wife came to the United States to perform. It is said that the house where they live is often haunted. One day, they were really awakened by the sound of a ghost. Mrs. Sebo asked her husband to see it, but the conductor said, No, honey, you'd better go because your English is better than mine.
When Mozart was six years old, he gave his first concert in the palace in Munich, Germany. As soon as the floor in the palace was smooth, he slipped as soon as he entered the palace door. At this moment, a little princess came to help him up and kissed his hand. Mozart was so grateful that he didn't know how to thank him. He said, when I grow up, I must marry you as my bride. Everyone burst into laughter.
* 1948 In the American general election, President Truman rushed to his hometown from the White House to vote. A group of reporters followed him to the president's house, but they didn't see him. Later, when they met the president, a reporter asked him what happened along the way. President Truman replied: A police car stopped us. It seems that an important person will pass through this town today.
Once, a reporter asked Kennedy: How did you become a hero in World War II? Kennedy replied: They sank my ocean patrol boat, and I became famous. We know that Kennedy was sunk by the enemy in the small boat DT-O 8, and he was injured.
Socrates' wife is fierce. Once, she lost her temper and called Socrates. Before Yunu stopped breathing, she took a big bucket of water and poured it on her husband's head. Socrates scratched his wet hair and said with a smile, there will be heavy rain after thunder. This is the law of nature and the truth.
Newton was very absorbed in his studies. Once, a friend treated him. During the dinner, he remembered that there was a bottle of good wine at home, so he told his friends to wait and go home to get the wine himself. Friends were waiting around, but Newton didn't come back, so we had to investigate. It turned out that Newton thought of an experiment on his way home. When he got home, he plunged into the laboratory and started the experiment, completely forgetting about entertaining his friends with wine. On another occasion, when he was hungry, he boiled eggs to eat, but while thinking about the problem, he put the eggs in the pot. The problem was solved. When he wanted to eat eggs, he opened the lid and picked up his pocket watch.
* Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty was born in an official family. Wit and studious since childhood. Just turned 20, admitted to Jinshi. He is an honest official, who often studies in his spare time and is determined to write a general chronicle for people's reference. In order to seize the time to study, he specially made a log pillow. The magical function of the pillow is that when sleeping, the body will roll as soon as it rotates, and people will wake up to continue learning knowledge, so it is called "police pillow". Whenever Sima Guang needs a rest, he puts a "police pillow" on the pillow. As a result of this study, he finally became a knowledgeable person.
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* After Li Bai's death, his body was buried at the head of the quarry river, and poets from all walks of life wrote poems in front of his grave. Someone wrote a quatrain: the stone quarrying river is a piece of rotten soil, and Li Bai's poems are famous throughout the ages; Come and go to write two lines, and drop a big axe in front of Lu Ban.
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A cherry tree, a blackbird and a little photographer.
Strange rock, I can't break my word. Zhuge Liang feeds chickens.
Study for the rise of China.
(I'm in Grade Three)
Respondent: Wang Yuting 123- first grade of probation111120:16.
The story of Lu Ban inventing the saw.
Legend has it that one year, Luban accepted the task of building a huge palace. The palace needed a lot of wood, so Lu Ban sent his disciples up the mountain to cut down trees. Since there was no saw at that time, his disciples had to use axes to cut, but the efficiency was very low. The craftsmen had to work hard every morning. I'm exhausted. I can't cut many trees, which is far from meeting the needs of the project. The progress of the project has been delayed again and again. Seeing that the project deadline is getting closer and closer, I am anxious for Luban. To this end, he decided to personally go up the mountain to see the situation of cutting trees. When going up the mountain, he accidentally caught a handful of weeds growing on the mountain, but suddenly cut his hand. Lu Ban wants to know why a grass is so sharp. So he picked a leaf and observed it carefully. He found many small teeth on both sides of the leaf. These little teeth are very sharp when he touches it gently. He knew that his hand had been cut by these small teeth. Later, Lu Ban saw a big locust eating leaves in a meadow. The two large molds are very sharp. As soon as they opened and closed, they quickly ate a big piece. This also aroused Lu Ban's curiosity. He caught a locust and carefully observed the structure of its teeth. He found that locusts also had many small teeth on their two big dies, which were used by locusts to bite grass leaves. These two things left a deep impression on Lu Ban, and also gave him great inspiration. He fell into deep thinking. He thought, if the tool for cutting wood is serrated, isn't it sharp? It will be much easier to cut down trees. So he made a bamboo with many small serrations from a big bamboo, and then went to a small tree to do experiments. The result is really good. After a few quick tugs, the bark was torn, and after a few more tugs, a deep ditch was made in the small tree stem. Luban is very happy. However, bamboo can not be used for a long time because of its softness and poor strength. After pulling for a while, some small serrations are broken and some are dull, so it is necessary to replace bamboo. This affects the speed of cutting down trees, and it is also a great waste to use too many bamboo chips. It seems that bamboo is not suitable for making sawtooth, so we should find a material with higher strength and hardness to replace it. At this time, Lu Ban thought of the iron sheet. So they immediately went down the mountain, and the blacksmith helped to make small serrated iron pieces, and then went up the mountain to continue their practice. Lu Ban and his apprentice each pulled one end and pulled it up on a tree. I saw them coming and going, and soon I sawed off the tree, which was quick and labor-saving, and the saw was invented. Before Luban, many people must have been cut off by Mo Ye. Why only Luban was inspired by it and invented the saw is undoubtedly worthy of our consideration. Most people just think that this is a trivial matter in life and it is not worth making a fuss about. After the wound heals, they tend to forget it. However, Lu Ban has strong curiosity and correct ideas. He paid great attention to observing, thinking and delving into some small things in life, from which he found ways and ideas to solve problems and even obtained some creative inventions. This tells us a truth. Paying attention to many trivial things in life and thinking seriously will increase a lot of wisdom. After inventing the saw, Lu Ban invented many woodworking tools, which are recorded in ancient books.