A classical Chinese line for “Do not give up”

A time will come to ride the long wind and break the waves; I will set my cloudlike sail straight across the vast sea.

Plain meaningYour chance will come. Keep going toward the larger horizon.

Ground a thousand times and struck ten thousand, still it stands firm, whatever wind blows from any direction.

Plain meaningStay strong no matter how many setbacks come or where the pressure comes from.

In old age one should grow still stronger—how could a white-haired heart be changed? In hardship one should grow still firmer and never let high aspiration fall.

Plain meaningNeither age nor hardship should make you abandon a worthy ambition.

If you carve and give up, even rotten wood will not break; if you carve without stopping, metal and stone can be engraved.

Plain meaningPersistence makes even the hardest goal yield.

An old warhorse rests by the manger, yet its ambition remains a thousand miles; a person of spirit in later years does not let bold purpose cease.

Plain meaningAge does not have to end ambition or purpose.

To repair the pen after losing a sheep is not yet too late.

Plain meaningIt is still worth fixing a problem after something has gone wrong.