As one door closes, another door opens.
Each day brings its own bread.
God never shuts one door but he opens another.
When one door shuts, another opens.
条条大路通罗马。
Every road leads to Rome.
听天由命。
Give hostages to fortune.
完全虚度的日子是你一次也没有笑过的日子。
The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed.
微笑着面对世界。
Look at the world through rose-colored glasses.
伟大出自平凡。小水滴和小沙粒，构成了浩瀚的海洋和欢愉的大地。
Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
伟大始于平凡。
Every oak must be an acorn.
From small beginning come great things.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Great things gave small beginnings.
Many small make a great.
The greatest oaks have been little acorns.
The highest towers begin from the ground.
The lofty oak（橡树）from a small acorn（橡子）grows.
The whole ocean is made up of single drops.
为德而死，永垂不朽。
He who dies for virtues does not perish.
为国捐躯愉快而光荣。
It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s country.
为人民事业而死，死得其所。
Death for a common cause is beautiful.
为自己活着的人不值得活着。
He is unworthy to live who lives only for himself.
未经考验就轻信，不到瞑目必悔恨。
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.
未来属于懂得怎样等待的人。
The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
未知水深浅，涉水有危险。不懂得社会的人，涉世有危险。
No safe wading in an unknown water.
It’s no safe wading in an unknown water.
Wade not in unknown waters.
温室里的花朵没有强大的生命力。
Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant（茁壮的）vitality.
我已不再是昔日的我了。
I am not now that which I have been.
I an not what I used to be.
无官一身轻。
Small riches hath most rest.
无所求者有福，因其不为失望而苦。
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
无所事事，等于作恶。
Doing nothing is doing ill.
无所事事者一无所知。
He who does nothing knows nothing,
无需借贷也不必奉承的人，应该心满意足了。
He may be well contented who needs neither borrow nor flatter.
希望对青年人是美好的，对老年人是苦涩的。
Hope is good breakfast, but a bad supper.
希望迟迟未实现，令人心烦受熬煎。
Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
希望就是人生，人生离不开希望。
Hope is life and life is hope.
希望是悲伤最好的良药。
Hope is grief’s best music.
希望是清醒者的梦。
Hope is but the dream of those that wake.
希望是穷人的面包。
Hope is the poor man’s bread.
希望永远会从人们的胸中涌出。
Hope springs eternal (in the human breast).
希望总是比现实好。
Expectation is better than realization.
现实不像想象的那样容易。
If wishes were horses, beggars might / would ride.
信其祸则祸，信其福则福。
A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.
性格决定命运。
Character is the first and last word in the success circle.
寻求智慧、真理和心灵的美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。
To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honor and reputation.
雁过留声，人过留名。
A man dies, his name remains.
A tiger leaves a skin behind him.
Where the horse lies down, there some hair will be found.
要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
要尽力而为。
Do one’s level best.
要让生命真实、诚挚，那么坟墓就不是终点。
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal.
要为今日而活，不要为明日而忧。
Take no thought for the morrow.
要想知道人生真谛的秘密，就到悲伤和欢乐中去寻找。
If you would know secrets, look for the in grief and pleasure.
要自力更生。
Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
Let every tub stand on its own bottom.
一次成无赖，永远是无赖。
Once a knave, ever a knave.
一次偷盗，一生做贼。
Once a thief, always a thief.
一次做魔鬼，永远是魔鬼。
Once a devil, always a devil.
一分运气抵得上十分才气。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.
一技在手，吃穿不愁。
Trade is the mother of money.
一技之长者，四海可谋生。
He that learns a trade / an art has a purchase made.
He who has an art, has everywhere a part.
一生中有三次，一次做成人，两次当孩子。
Once a man and twice a child.
一生作恶，难有善终。
He that lives wickedly can hardly die honestly.
一失足成千古恨。
A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
A thousand years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
From short pleasure long repentance.
One false step will make a great difference.
一死百了。
Death pays all debts / scores.
Death quits all scores.
Death square all accounts.
He that dies pays all / debts.
一着不慎，满盘皆输。
One false move may lose the whole game.
依靠别人总要后悔。
Depend on others and you always repent.
依靠他人过不了好日子。
He who depends on another dines ill and sups worse.
艺多不压身。
Cunning is no burden.
Knowledge is no burden.
Skill is no burden.
应该在人降生时哭泣，而不是在死亡时。
We should weep for men at their birth and not at their death.
有生必有死。
Dying is as natural as living.
He that is once born, once must die.
It is natural to die as to be born.
有追求就有收获。
He that seeks finds.
He who will seek, may find.
愉快不仅使人长寿，也能带给人们名利双收。
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. (圣经)
与其抱怨邪恶，不如为做好事而奋斗。
It is better fight for good than to rail at the ill.
与其活得耻辱，不如死得高尚。
Better to die in glory than live in dishonor.
与其闲死，不如忙死。
Better wear out than rust out.
与其咒骂黑暗，不如点燃明烛。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
与世无争乐悠悠。
Few desire, happy life.
与世无争者最富有。
He is rich enough that wants nothing.
He is richest that has few wants.
欲望将主宰你的命运。
Want will be your master.
在人生严肃的战场上，只有日日进取、不甘失败的人才能获得胜利。
In life’s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and ever say fail.
在我们懂得人生时，人生已经过了一半了。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
早成名者容易不思进取。
Who has once the fame to be an early riser, may sleep till noon.
峥嵘岁月的一小时，胜过默默无闻的一生。
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
只要代价不太高，挫折都是好事情。
Experience is good, if not bought too dear.
只要活着，就有希望。
While we breathe, there is hope.
只要有一线阳光照耀，白昼依然尚存。只要还活着，就有希望。
It is day still while the sun shines.
只有了解了一个人的全部历史，才能评价他。
You cannot judge of a man till you know his whole story.
只有昨天和明天是美好的，但绝不是今天。
Jam tomorrow and Jam yesterday – but never today.
追求希望不能放弃保障。
Never quit certainty for hope.
自己活，也让别人活。
Live and let live.
自掘坟墓。
He has made a halter to hang himself.
走自己的路，让别人去说吧。
Never mind what the people say.
最苦的生活莫过于没有面包。
There is no ill life that is not worse without bread.