句子使用了 because of 引导原因状语，强调了缺乏努力是导致事情不顺利的直接原因。
Without dreams, why talk about poetry and distant places?
Because of a lack of effort, nothing goes well.
Sometimes silence is good; it allows you to pretend you know nothing. Though you see clearly that words may cause loss, you know you cannot express this aversion or let it show in your expression. Thus, you use silence to prevent trouble. Speaking too much is worse than staying silent.
The reason people suffer is that they pursue the wrong things.
In life, there are no eternal sorrows. Don't be hard on yourself. Learn to let go, to release, to see things clearly. Tomorrow will still be bright!
Cherish everyone around you. Regardless of their role in their own lives, they add new strokes and colors to our lives. Through tea, we see harmony; without harmony, we cannot understand the principle of tea. Through tea, we see emptiness; without emptiness, we cannot grasp the meaning of tea. Through tea, we see width; without width, we cannot gain the knowledge of tea. Through tea, we see truth; without truth, we cannot follow the law of tea.
When I am with you, the world looks beautiful from every angle.
Life is a rope that always tugs at our noses. For the sake of living, we endure, retreat, distort, or even betray ourselves. Do not think this is normal. Often, the things we are accustomed to quietly change our character. It is not life that determines me.
Greed is the truest poverty, and contentment is the truest wealth.
没有梦想，何必去谈诗和远方。
因为不够努力，所以一切都不顺利。
有时候沉默真好，可以假装什么都不知道。心里明镜似的，知道言多必失的厉害，但更知道不能把这种反感说出来，神情中更不能流露出来，于是，便用沉默来防患未然。说太多，不如沉默。
人之所以痛苦，在于追求错误的东西。
人生，就没有永远的愁绪，别为难自己，学会放开，放下，看开想开，明天依旧阳光灿烂！
把握好我们身边的每一个人吧，无论他们在自己的生活里是充当什么角色，他们都让我们的生活增添了新的一笔，新的色彩。以茶见和，非和不能得茶理；以茶见虚，非虚不能得茶意；以茶见宽，非宽不能得茶识；以茶见真，非真不能得茶律。
和你在一起，世界从哪个角度看，都那么美好。
生活是根绳子，总是牵着我们的鼻子走。为了生活，我们忍让、退缩、扭曲甚至出卖自己。不要以为这是正常的，很多时候我们习惯的东西，就这样偷偷地改变着我们的性格。不是生活决定我。
贪婪是最真实的贫穷，满足是最真实的财富。
"Passionate enthusiasm, practical knowledge, and unwavering perseverance lead most directly to success."
"I strive for improvement, learn humbly from others, and lead by example."
"There is no shortcut in life; without earlier effort, later gains are impossible"
"Dreams are not unreachable illusions, but treasures that require our effort and sweat."
"Hard work and perseverance lead to success."