Deng Yaping
As we all know, Deng Yaping loved playing table tennis since she was a child, and she dreamed of one day being able to show her skills on the world stage. However, she was rejected from the national team because of her short stature and short arms and legs. But she was not discouraged, but turned her failure into motivation, practiced hard, and her persistent efforts finally gave birth to the bud of her dream - she stood on the podium of the world championship as she wished. In her sports career, she total*** won 18 world championship medals. Deng Yaping's outstanding achievements, not only for her own brought great honor, but also changed the world ping ping world only in the tall people in the traditional concept of selecting athletes.
Successful People Inspirational Story 2Newton
Newton was very dedicated to his studies. Once, a friend invited him to a party, during which he remembered that he had a bottle of wine at home, so he asked his friend to wait a little while, and went home to fetch the wine himself. The friend waited and waited, but did not see Newton back, had to go to see what happened. It turned out that Newton, on his way home, remembered an experiment, and when he arrived home, he plunged into the laboratory and did the experiment, forgetting all about entertaining his friend with wine. Another time, he was hungry, boiled eggs to eat, but while thinking about the problem, while the eggs into the pot, and so the problem solved, want to eat eggs, open the lid of the pot, fished up is actually their own pocket watch.
Sima Guang
Sima Guang was born in the Song Dynasty into a family of officials and eunuchs. He was born in a family of officials, and grew up with a great deal of ingenuity and diligence. He was a very smart and studious man, and at the age of twenty, he became a scholar. He was a clean official, often use the time to read after official business, and aspired to write a general history, as a reference for people. In order to grasp the time to read, he deliberately make a round wooden pillow, pillow is a wonderful sleep body as long as a flip, it will roll, people also woke up, you can continue to study the study, so called "police pillow". Whenever Sima Guang need to rest, will pillow "police pillow", so the result of learning, finally became a learned person.
Successful people inspirational story 4Chaplin
Chaplin can edit, can direct, can act, is rare all-round filmmaker. Once, when he held a meeting to make a movie, a fly flew in circles around him. At first he hit it with his hand, but when he didn't hit it, he asked for a fly swatter. While the meeting was in progress, he held the fly swatter in his hand and posed as if he were swatting the fly, his eyes looking hard at the fly. But after three swats, he couldn't hit it. Then the fly was on the table in front of him, and he slowly picked up the fly swatter and was about to make a fatal blow when he suddenly dropped the weapon and let the fly fly fly away. The guy next to him looked at him and said, "Why didn't you kill it? The harmonic star shrugged and said: This is not the one!
Johnson
Dr. Johnson, his father ran a big old bookstore. Once, there was a show not far away, everyone went to the market, it was raining, his father wanted Dr. Johnson to share a portion of the books, transported to the market place to sell. His father called to him three times in succession, asking him to go, but Dr. Johnson, who was at that time absorbed in reading a thick and large book, pretended not to hear or heed, and his father, with a sigh, had to go himself. At this time, Dr. Johnson was eighteen years old. Fifty years later, one day at eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the locals saw this old man with a bloated body, kneeling in the center of the street, he put his hat in the armpits, crutches on one side, kneeling in the sun with his head bowed, hot tears. At this time Dr. Johnson has become famous, everyone came to see him, he said to everyone: fifty years ago, the same day, the same moment, I disobeyed my father, and now I kneel here to repent!
Successful People Inspirational Stories 6Socrates
When Socrates, the great philosopher of ancient Greece, was still a single man, he lived with a few friends in a hut of only seven or eight square meters. Although life was very inconvenient, he was always happy all day long.
Someone asked him, "What's so joyful about so many people crammed together that it's hard to even turn around?"
Socrates said, "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends together, to be able to exchange ideas and feelings at any time?"
After a while, one by one, the friends started their own families and moved out. Socrates was the only one left in the house, but he was still very happy every day.
"I have many books! A book is a teacher. How can it not be delightful to be with so many teachers, and to be able to ask them for advice all the time?"
A few years later, Socrates also became a family man and moved into a building. The building had seven floors, and his home was on the bottom floor. The bottom floor was the worst environment in the building, and the top was always pouring sewage, throwing dead rats, broken shoes, and miscellaneous filth down below. The man saw that he still looked self-satisfied, and asked curiously, "Are you happy to live in such a house?"
"Yes! You don't know how many wonderful things there are about living on the first floor! For example, entering the door is home, do not have to climb a very high staircase; moving things is convenient, do not have to spend a lot of effort; friends visit easily, do not have to knock one floor after another to ask. Particularly satisfying to me 'is that one can raise clumps of flowers and plant beds of vegetables in the open space, these pleasures, ah, countless ah!" Socrates could not help saying.
After a year, Socrates put the first floor of the room to a friend, the friend's family has a hemiplegic old man, up and down the stairs is very inconvenient. He moved to the highest floor of the building... the seventh floor. He moved to the highest floor of the building, the seventh floor, but he was still happy every day.
The man deliberately asked him again, "Sir, aren't there many advantages to living on the seventh floor?"
Socrates said, "Yes, there are many advantages! Just to name a few: up and down a few times a day, is a very good opportunity to exercise, is conducive to good health; good light, reading and writing does not hurt the eyes; no one at the top of the interference, day and night are very quiet."
Later, the man met Plato, a student of Socrates, and asked, "Your teacher is always so fastidious and happy, but I have the feeling that the environment he is in every time is not so good!"
Plato said, "What determines one's mood is not so much the circumstances as the state of mind."
Inspirational Stories of Successful People 7Sinbad
During the reign of the monarchical Great King Caliph Khruna Rad, there was a footman named Sinbad in the city of Baghdad, who was very poor, and lived his life by carrying goods for others. One day the weather was very sultry, and the heavy load on his shoulders tired him to the point that he was sweating and panting. When he picked up the stretcher step by step trembling through the door of a rich merchant, really can not go, had to put down the stretcher, sitting in front of the door of the spacious, clean stone steps to rest for a moment.
Sinbad just sat down, smelled the fragrant fragrance of the house, heard a burst of beautiful silk and bamboo strings and melodious singing. He then listened carefully and heard the beautiful musical sounds of canaries, nightingales, mountain birds, turtledoves and partridges. So beautiful music, make his heart shaking, excited. He could not help but quietly walked to the door, stretched his neck curiously look inside, into his eyes is a very luxurious, grand garden, magnificent, servants and maids, magnificent, just like the emperor's palace. A breeze and sent the strong smell of delicious food, more intoxicated, can not help but salivate. He raised his head to gaze at the sky, and could not help but murmur and sigh:
"Lord! You are the deity who created the universe, the lord who gives food and clothing to whom you will, and whoever you will, you will feed and clothe in abundance. O my Lord! Forgive my sins and accept my confession! You are the Almighty, the Supreme, the unrivaled Sage. How I adore You and praise You! Whom Thou wilt make rich, he is rich; whom Thou wilt make poor, he is poor; whom Thou wilt make noble, he is noble; whom Thou wilt make low, he is low. Thou art the only Lord, how great art Thou! How authoritative! Whoever you like among your subjects enjoys your gifts to the fullest, just like the master of this house, who wears silk and silk, eats the delicacies of the sea, and enjoys all the glory of the earth. In short, you are the god of people's destiny, letting some of them run around in poverty all their lives, some be comfortable and idle all their lives, some enjoy often and be lucky at times, and some, like me, toil and be humble all their days."
Then he chanted, mournfully and sadly: "How many are the poor?
How can they stand on their own feet?
I, one of the poor, weary and sold out, the misery of life, the burden on my shoulders, unabated.
How have I ever been as happy as others?
How have I ever been happy?
The same people, the same body, but, the gap is so huge, heh, heh!
I hope, just judge, to judge."
Sinbad, the footman, having chanted, picked up his burden, and was about to go, when suddenly there came out of the house a young servant of fine appearance, dignified figure, and splendid dress, and said to him, "Our master has something to say to you; come in with me."
The footman hesitated for a moment, put down his burden, and went in with the servant.
The house was lofty and magnificent, and filled with joy, solemnity, and harmony. Seated on the seat, it seems to be a number of dignitaries, the seat is full of a variety of exotic fruits, mellow wine and delicacies of the sea, a variety of flowers pungent aroma, and a variety of food delicacies mixed together, intoxicating, musicians and artists holding musical instruments, indulgence in blowing, pulling, playing and singing. Sitting in the chief is a cranky old man, a look know is a pampered enjoyment of the people.
Sinbad, the footman, was amazed at the sight and thought, "Swear to Allah, this must be a paradise, or else an emperor's palace." He greeted and blessed them according to the rules and knelt down and kissed the ground, then stood humbly with his head bowed.
The host invited him to sit by his side, and talked to him affectionately, and entertained him with great hospitality. After Sinbad had drunk his fill, he praised Allah some more, stood up, washed his hands, and thanked his master respectfully.
The host said, "We welcome you and wish you all the best and good fortune. What is your name? What is it?"
"My name is Sinbad and I am a porter."
Hearing this, the master smiled and said, "We both happen to have the same name, my name is Sinbad the Navigator. The poem you recited at the door just now, please repeat it for me."
Sinbad, the footman, was anxious and ashamed on hearing this, and replied reverently, "Swear by Allah, for I mustache a few lines because of my momentary fatigue, and I beg my master to forgive me."
"I have come to regard you as my brother; there is no need to be shy, chant to your heart's content. I was very much interested in the poem you chanted at the door."
Sinbad, the footman, had to comply with the order and recite his exclamatory poem. Hearing this, the master was deeply moved and said to him, "Brother, you do not know that I have had a legendary life experience and I will tell you how I have attained the position I am in today and enjoy this happy life. I have traveled by sea seven times, and the hardships and dangers I encountered on each of these voyages were thrilling and unimaginable. In short, everything that has happened in my life has been predestined and no one can escape fate."
The first sailing trip my father was originally a businessman, he was very rich, business is booming, the family wealth of ten thousand, coupled with charity, in our hometown is one of the rich businessmen and philanthropists. When I was very young, my father died, leaving me a large inheritance. When I grew up, I began to manage these properties by myself. I thought that these properties were enough for me to enjoy for the rest of my life, and therefore, I lived a lavish life with nothing to worry about. I was profligate and unprofessional, indulging in a life of pleasure. However, as I sat on my hands and ate, my living conditions deteriorated day by day. When I realized that I was so confused and stupid, my money had been squandered and I was left alone and empty-handed.
Successful people inspirational story 8Jet Li
Jet Li first came to Hollywood, almost no one looked at him, it was hard to have a movie company is willing to ask him to star, but the pay is very low, only 1 million U.S. dollars, and is to play a villainous role. Jet Li was hesitant, saying that he would only reply after careful consideration. However, when he agreed to act, the other party changed his mind and the fee was reduced to 750,000 dollars. Money is not the most important thing, but in the 1990s in Southeast Asia's film market, "Jet Li" three words have long been the gold standard, from the "Kung Fu Emperor" "down" to the present Jet Li found it difficult to accept the situation. But he considered again and again, or decided to act, but, I did not expect the other side but "fell on the well": "500,000 dollars, do not act to pull down." 500,000 U.S. dollars, including lawyers, brokers, publicity companies and other costs, and then deducted taxes, there is little left.
Jet Li promised very quickly: "I act." In this way, Jet Li made his first Hollywood film, although the film is full of superstars, but on the opening night of the film, Jet Li received 7. 5 points, becoming the runner-up in the actor list. The next day, the boss of the movie company personally came to his door and said respectfully, "How about asking you to play the lead role in the next movie?" When strength proves everything, it's Jet Li's turn to talk, and his fourth Hollywood film was offered at $17 million. Jet Li has succeeded in knocking on the door of Hollywood by retreating.
He talked about the past, a lot of feelings, read a philosophical poem: "hands of green rice seedlings inserted in the field, look down and see the sky in the water; six roots of the pure side of the road, backward step is forward." Instead of complaining about the sky, a great man should respect the reality and move forward in a roundabout way.
Successful People Inspirational Story 9Guo Degang
He was 21 years old when he came to Beijing from abroad to learn the art from a master, but he hit a wall everywhere. Soon after, he and a few friends set up a small club and made a living by selling their skills on the streets.
Whenever night falls, other people return home early, and he still stands on the empty stage to practice the new paragraph over and over again, until the practice of some hoarse voice, tongue can not stop. The friends can't stand it, privately advised him, is not just to make a living, as to so desperate?
The friends of the heart he appreciated, but he still desperately record, memorize, practice a variety of traditional paragraph. The whole year, he did not see a movie, did not go shopping once, and did not even sleep properly. After all, the sweat he had put in was duly rewarded. In just one year, he was able to perform more than 600 traditional paragraphs freely, and became famous in his circle of friends.
But fate always seems to love to joke with people who work hard, failures come again and again, success has become a distant goal. The days of silent cultivation and unattended work were extremely miserable. Once, he was still practicing as usual until late at night before riding his bicycle home. But not far out, the bike broke down. The buses had stopped running on the streets at midnight, and he didn't have money for a taxi, and he had an important performance the next afternoon. He stomped his feet, bit his teeth, threw his bike on the side of the road, and walked stiffly toward his rented house on the outskirts of the city.
In the rainy season of autumn, he returned to his place at dawn, dripping wet. Dizziness, he fell headlong on the bed, started a high fever, he knew in his heart, this must be an accident. So, barely support the body, rummage through the box to find a broken pager, to the street to sell more than ten dollars, bought two buns and a few packets of cold medicine, hard to get through.
In the afternoon, when he arrived at the performance venue, his partner was shocked and asked him what happened. He smiled and told what had happened to him last night. Looking at his haggard face, his partner's tears welled up in his eyes. Partner in his shoulder gently patted, did not say anything, assisted him to walk up to the front desk.
With nothing to lose, he relied on this stubbornness to gain a foothold in the fiercely competitive Beijing. A few years later, in a competition, his confidence and calm, witty humor attracted the attention of the famous comedian Hou Yaowen, Hou Yaowen through other people politely expressed his intention to accept him as a student. When he heard the news, he asked his partner Yu Qian to slap him twice. When Yu Qian slapped him twice, his tears suddenly fell, and the two big men hugged each other tightly and let out a child-like cry.
A few years later, he - Guo Degang has been a big hit. A reporter dug up these stories of his back then and asked him why he had lasted until now. He smiled and replied: "When I was a kid, my family was poor, and when it rained in school, other kids stood in the classroom and waited for umbrellas. But I knew my family didn't have an umbrella, so I ran home in the rain. If you don't have an umbrella, you have to run as hard as you can! Like us with no background, no family, no matter, no money with nothing, you still do not work hard and run hard, then what is the point of living?"
Successful People Inspirational Story 10Vartan
"You can lose your wealth, but you must not lose your character" The former president of Brown University, the current chairman of the Carnegie Foundation, Vartan Gregorian's childhood was very unfortunate, in the His mother died of an illness when he was six years old. His grandmother raised him in the mountains of Iran.
Gregorian's grandmother was also an unfortunate woman. She lost all her children due to war and disease. Although fate was very unfair to her, she did not lose her faith in life.
In order for Gregorian to come out from the shadow of losing his loved ones and grow up healthy and happy, his grandmother often taught him, "Son, there are two things you must remember. The first is fate, which is beyond your control; the second is your character, which is within your grasp. You can lose your beauty, or your health and wealth, but you must never lose your character, for it is in your own hands." These words from his grandmother played a very crucial role in Gregorian's path.