If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.
用黄金打造的船不能在波涛汹涌的江面上航行,用玉雕琢的马不能驰骋在千里路途上。
The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.