要写好一篇作文，仅仅语言通顺，表达连贯是不够的，还要出一些亮点，让人眼前一亮，印象深刻的。这个时候，名言警句就是不错的选择。
一些与写作相关的名言警句、谚语格言等都可以成为很醒目的亮点，起到增光添彩的效果。例如，在说明成功的途径时，可以使用“All roads lead to Rome”(条条大路通罗马);在表达一个人的成功需要依靠自己的努力时，可以使用“God helps those who help themselves” (自助者天助之);如果强调早晨对学习的重要性，可以使用“An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening” (一日之计在于晨);强调人要有志向时，可以借用名言 “where there is a will, there is a way.” (有志者，事竟成)等。学生在平时的学习过程中可以适当记忆部分常用名言警句，以下是笔者结合多年的教学经验，列出的中、高考写作中最常用到的名言警句。
奋斗篇
1.Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母
2.Drops of water outwear the stone. 水滴石穿
3.Where there is a will, there is a way /
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 有志者事竟成
4.Genius only means hard-working all one’s life. 天才只意味着终身不懈的努力
5.No pain, no gain. 不劳不获
6.Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母
7.You have to believe in yourself.That’s the secret of success.相信自己，这是成功的秘诀
8.All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难
9.God shuts one door but he opens another. 天无绝人之路。
10.If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. 凡值得做的事情都值得做好
11.Patient men win the day. 有耐心的人最终将会成功
12.A road of a thousand miles begins with one step. 千里之行始于足下
13.He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
14.If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun. 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
15.No sweet without sweat. 苦尽才能甘来
16.Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away. 水滴石穿
17.Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才
18.Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步
19. Never say die. 永不言败
20. Rome is not built in a day. 冰冻三尺非一日之寒
21. Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利
22.Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent of perspiration.天才是百分之一的灵感加上百分之九十九的汗水
23.There are only two creatures, who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.能够翻越金字塔的生物只有两种，一是雄鹰，一是蜗牛(毅力和天才在结果上有时候是相等的)