MymottosofLife IgotmyinspiringmottoswhenIwasjustajuniorstudent,accidentallyfromnewspaper。IhadbeenendowedwitheverythingIwantedbeforethattimeincludingmybelovedparentswhotreatmeastheirtreasure。MyoutgoingcharacterwhichmademegetalongwithdifferentpeopleeasilyandthefactthatIwasmostproudofwasthatIcouldalwaysachievewhatIdesiredthroughdiligence。Ithoughtthatitwasmyfuture,brightandpromisinguntilIenteredmyjuniormiddleschool,thesocalledeliteclass。Godprobablywantsmetoknowthatlifeisnoeasywork。ThereIfoundmyselflostbecausenomatterhowhardItried,Icouldneversqueezemyselfintothetop10。Ifelthelpless,astrangefeelingIhadnevertasted,andthendepressed。SinceIcouldntchangethefact,whyshouldIstrive?Thus,Ibecamelazyandmystudybecameworse,untilIfoundthissentence:DontbeproudwhenyoufulfillyourgoalanddontloseyourwillwhenareinadversityInChinese,itis得志时莫得意,失意时莫失志ISaidyestomyself,thatwasjusttheadviceIneeded。 WhenIfirstenteredthatclass,IdidnttakeeverythingseriouslysinceIthoughteverythingwouldbemine。ButasthesayinggoesFailurealwaysfollowspride。Beingproudwillloseonesmorale。Peopletendtobelazyandenjoythecomfortablesafelife。Sinceonehasbeensatisfiedabouthislife,hewillstophisstepstochaseafterhighergoals。Insteadhewillbeindulgedinthestatusquoandtastehispastexploit。Thegoaliswhatsetyouout,makeyousucceed。Withoutit,wherewillyougo?The onlywayistostandstillandletotherspassyou。Besides,pridemakesyourudetowardsotherssinceyouthinkalltherestpeopleareinferiortoyou,whichisridiculous。Li,Zicheng,thefamousfarmerrevolutionistwascitedasanegativeexamplebyMaoZedong。TheMingDynasty,infact,wastakenoverbyhimbuthedidntkeephispowermorethanhalfayear。Why?Becausehelosthisalertnesstoothers。Insteadhehurriedtoenjoytheluxuriousroyallife,thuswhentheQingArmyattackedthecapital,hefoundhisarmyunabletofight。 Themottoissuitablefornotonlygeniusbutalsoordinarypeopleasyouandme。Maybewecannotdothingsaswellasthegeniusbutatleast,everyday,wearestridingforward,makingprogressandchallengingourselves。 SinceIgotthemotto,Ibecamediligentagainandsetupmymindtogobeyondmyselfanduptillnow,IcangetwhatIwant,perhapsnotcompletely,butatleastpartially。 WhenIachievewhatIdesire,IllalwayssethigherstandardstomyselfandwhenIaminadversity,IcanclearlyhearMariahCassaysingtome。 Holdon。Therellbetomorrow。Intime,youllfindtheway。 简评 一句箴言,一段警句给人的影响有多大?足以使人醒醐灌顶、重新振作。作者用亲身经历告诉了我们这个道理。 得志时莫得意,失意时莫失志。年少时的少年轻狂,学习上的暂时挫折,在遇到这句话时作者翻然醒悟。本文以亲身经历作为佐证,有很强的说服力。作者联想丰富、文笔流畅,其中不乏语言闪光点,如:Ihadbeenendowedwitheverything描述当初的得意;HowhardItried,Icouldneversqueezemyselfintothetop10,描述进入中学的失意;andsetupmymindtogobeyondmyself描述想要超越自我的豪气等等。这些语言为全文增色不少。 总的来说,本文因其立意、布局及精确的语言不啻为一篇佳作。 MymottosofLife