Well begun is half done.
The first blow is as good as two.
The first blow / stroke is as half the battle.
临阵惊惶等于输了一半。
A man surprised is half beaten.
冒险方可成功。
Take venture, as many a good ship has done.
没有成功前不艰苦的事情。
There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe.
磨难是成功的阶梯。
Crosses are ladders to heaven.
Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven.
谋事在人，成事在天。
Man proposes, God disposes.
Man’s heart devises his way; but the Lord directs his steps.
耐心加专心，将会把我们带到成功的彼岸。
Patience an application（专心）will carry us through..
能忍者胜。
He that endures is not overcome.
能说服自己的人是优秀的演说家。
He is a good orator who convinces himself.
逆境往往导致成功。
Adversity often leads to prosperity.
怕吃苦则一事无成。
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
谦和稳重，前程远大。
Fair and softly go far in a day.
勤劳带来成功。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤劳是成功的可靠保证。
Diligence is a sure warrant of success.
勤劳是成功之本。
Industry is the parent of success.
让步有时是取得成功的最好途径。
Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.
人尽其力，神尽其意。
Man does what he can, and God what he will.
如果初试不成功，努力再试试。
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
三百六十行，行行出状元。
There are many ways to fame.
擅言者易成功。
Speak and speed, ask and have.
胜利属于最能坚持不懈的人。
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
失败都在薄弱环节。
The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.
The thread breaks where it is weakest.
失败首先在薄弱环节。
The worst spoke in a cart breaks first.
失败是成功之母。
Failure is the mother of success.
Failure teaches success.
失败是唯一通向成功的康庄大道。
Failure is the only high-road to success.
失败是勇士成功的阶石。
Failures are, with heroic minds, the stepping-stones to success.
失败往往是因为泄露了秘密。
The tail does often catch the fox.
事成都来居功，事败无人问津。
Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.
停止努力之时，就是完全失败之日
You make the failure complete when you stop trying.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
What we do willingly is easy.
为山九仞，功亏一篑。事情往往是功败垂成。
Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
There’s many a slip between / ‘twixt the cup and the lip.
Many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip. (‘twixt = between)
Many things fall between the cup and the lip.
未成功前，莫开庆功会。
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
Do not sell the bear’s skin before you have caught the bear.
我们失败的主要原因是缺乏自信。
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.
下决心成功的人已经成功了一半。
He who wills success is half way to it.
相信奇迹的人才会创造奇迹。
Miracles are to those who believe in them.
相信自己是成功的秘诀。
Believing in yourself is the secret of success.
许多伟人始于平凡。
Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings.
要求过高，反难成功。
The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good.
要让失败者讲话。
Give losers leave to speak / talk.
要想成功，必须跨过“说”和“做”之间这道沟壑。
If you want to succeed, you must bridge the gap between “talking” and “doing”.
要想有任何成功，都必须付出代价。
If one desires to succeed in anything, he must pay the price.
一事成功，事事顺利。
Nothing succeeds like success.
优柔寡断绝不会成功。
Hesitation never prospers.
优柔寡断者坐失良机。
He who hesitates is lost.
有成功的信心，就几乎成功了。
Confidence of success is almost success.
与其早慧早衰，不如大器晚成。
Better late ripe and bear than early blossom and blast.
欲当军官先服役。
He that would command must serve.
欲当作家先当学生。
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.
准备充足，成功一半。
A good lather is half a shave.
自信是成功的第一步。
Confidence in yourself is the first step o the road to success.
自信是成功的首要秘诀。
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
自信心是渐渐形成的。
Confidence is a plant of slow growth.