Ancient and modern Chinese and foreign allusions about self confidence

Guanyu lost Jingzhou, Pang Tong fell to Fengpo, Cao Cao's battle of Chibi, Napoleon Waterloo.

1. Napoleon gave encouragement to the soldiers.

Napoleon was the first consul of the First French Republic, and he was the most brilliant statesman and military strategist in French history. The self-confidence he showed has always been admired by future generations.

On one occasion, a soldier delivered a letter to Napoleon on horseback. Due to the urgency of the situation, the horses ran long distances and were too fast, so they fell to the ground and died when they reached Napoleon's barracks. Immediately upon receiving the letter, Napoleon wrote a reply to the soldier, asking him to mount his horse and deliver it back to the place at high speed.

When the soldier saw the sturdy horse, with its surprisingly rich ornamentation, he said to Napoleon: "No, General, this is just a mediocre soldier, and he is not worthy of riding this strong horse." Napoleon said:

There is nothing in the world that a French soldier does not deserve. ”

2. Self-recommendation.

During the Warring States period, the Qin army was on the front line of Changping and defeated the Zhao army. The Qin army's commander, Bai Qi, led his troops to pursue the victory and besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao. At present, the situation of Zhao is extremely critical.

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, was ordered by the king of Zhao to go to the state of Chu to ask for troops to relieve the siege. Pingyuanjun gathered the doormen and selected 20 doormen with all-round talents to go together.

After selection, there was still one person missing in the end. A man named Mao Sui stepped forward and recommended himself to Pingyuanjun: "I heard that Mr. is going to go to the Chu State to sign a 'Hezhong' covenant, and he has agreed to go with twenty people from the door, and he will not look for it outside.

But there is still one person missing, so I hope Mr. will set off with a sufficient number of people! Pingyuan Jun said: "How many years has Mr. been under Zhao Shengmen?"

Mao Sui said: "It's been three years. Pingyuanjun said

A virtuous person is in the world like an awl in a sac, and its tip is immediately revealed. Now, it has been three years under Zhao Sheng's door, and the people around him have not praised you, and Zhao Sheng has not heard praise, this is because Mr. has no talent.

So I can't go together, so please stay! Mao Sui said, "I only asked for it today."

If I had been in the bag, it would have been like an awl, and the whole edge would be exposed, not just the tip. "Pingyuan-kun finally took Mao Sui with him.

3. Einstein insisted on the theory of relativity - insisting on truth requires self-confidence.

After the publication of Einstein's "Theory of Relativity," someone created a book entitled "A Hundred People Refute the Theory of Relativity," which gathered a group of so-called celebrities to refute this theory with great vigour. But Einstein, confident that his theory would triumph, dismissed the refutation.

He said: "If my theory is wrong, one refutation is enough, and a hundred zeros add up to zero." He strengthened his belief in victory, persisted in research, and finally made the "theory of relativity" a great theory of the 20th century, which attracted worldwide attention.

In the face of adversity, it is not uncommon to see it at home and abroad: Zhang Haidi was a paraplegic due to illness when she was a child, she worked hard and became a writer and translator; Gao Shiqi, known as the "iron man" of science and technology, has created more than 600,000 words of scientific sketches and popular science, created more than 2,000 lines of poetry, and written more than a dozen new books when his condition continued to deteriorate, from half paralysis to full body paralysis and loss of ability to speak; Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote "Lisao"; After Sun Tzu was tortured, he wrote "Sun Bin Art of War"; Sima Qian was tortured by the palace to write "Historical Records"; Beethoven composed the "Heroic Symphony" after being deaf; Ostrovsky wrote "How Steel is Made" when he was blind and paralyzed.

Dedicated.

Once upon a time, there was an expert chess player named Qiu, and his chess skills were very superb.

Qiu had two students who were learning to play chess with him, and one of them was very attentive and focused on learning from the teacher. The other is not the same, he thinks that learning to play chess is easy, and there is no need to take it seriously. When the teacher explained, although he was sitting there, his eyes seemed to be looking at the chess pieces, but he thought to himself:

If you go out into the wild now and shoot a wild goose, it would be nice to have a good meal. "Because he was always cranky and absent-minded, he didn't listen to the teacher's explanations at all.

As a result, although the two students were taught by the same famous teacher, one made rapid progress and became a famous chess player, while the other did not learn any skills.