"Only if you suffer can you surpass others." The ancient sages have left many a pithy phrase to inspire us to greater heights. They articulate the line of thinking in Chinese culture which argues that learning is the only path to respectable success.
「萬般皆下品，唯有讀書高」、「吃得苦中苦，方為人上人」，古人留下來許多鼓勵人奮發向上的名言，在在表示我國文化裡鼓勵人努力讀書，好出人頭地的思想。