Experience is the best teacher but a tough and costly one whereas teachers are short cut to learning.
经验是最好的老师,但严厉而代价高,而真正的老师总是走捷径通向知识。
Whatever is worth doing at all,its worth doing well.
不管什么事,只要是完全值得去做,那也就值得做好。
Good beginnings make good endings.
好的开头会带来好的结果。
Plan your work,work your plan.When in doubt,ask.
计划你的工作,实施你的计划。当感到迷惑不解时,向人请教。
Take your stand,if you dont stand for something youll fall for anything.
站稳立场,如果你不采取鲜明的态度,你将会四处碰壁。
If your willpower doesnt work, try your wontpower.
如果你的意志力失去作用,那么就运用你的“否定”力。
It is better to be slow and do it right than be fast and do it wrong.
做一件事,要稳中求胜,不要忙中出乱。
What I see you do speaks louder than what I hear you say.
我看的是你的行动,而不是听你的言辞。
An ounce of example is worth a pound of advice.
一点点的实例等于一大堆的建议。
The lectures you deliver may be very wise and true,but Id rather get my lessons by observing what you do.Id rather see a sermon than to hear one any day.Id rather one would work with me than merely tell the way.
你的说教或许非常正确,明智,但我宁愿看你如何去做,并从中汲取经验。 我宁愿亲眼看一次布道的场面,而不愿每天只是听。我宁愿有人与我一同工作,而不愿他只是在旁指点。
Little problems usually lead to big problems.
微小的问题常会导致大的麻烦。
Great trials seem to be necessary preparation for great duties.
天将降大任于斯人也,必先苦其心志。
When things look darkest,dont look down,look up.Be not fearful,but believing.
当身处逆境时,不要灰心,要向前看。别畏惧困难,要相信未来。
The book has been mans greatest triumph.Seated in my library,I live in a time machine.In an instant I can be transmitted to any era, any part of the world,even to outer space.
拥有书籍是人类最大的喜悦。坐在自己的图书室里阅读时,就像置身于时间的车轮上。在一瞬间,仿佛能被送到人类所经过的一个时代,世界上的任何一个角落,以至于外层空间。
The trouble with being No.〖KG-*2〗1 in the world at anything is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position in the first place,and that is something of a driving,perfectionist attitude,so that once you do achieve No.1,you dont relax and enjoy it.
在这个世界上,无论做任何事,成为领先者的麻烦是:我们需付出一定的智力去达到第一的目标,这其中有些驱使的成分,和追求尽善尽美的态度,因此,一旦你成为领先者你便无法放松,无法充分享受其中的乐趣。
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
可能和不可能之间的不同只取决于一个人的决心。
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
通向理想的目的地没有捷径可走。
Everything looks impossible for the people who never try anything.Character is much easier kept than recovered.
对于不亲自尝试的人来说,任何事都是不可能的。
Half the failures in life arise from pulling in ones horse as he is leaping.
生活中,一半的失败,在于选错了时机。
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.
问题实际上不过是附满荆棘的机遇。
What isnt tried wont work.
没有尝试就不会成功。
The virtues of hard work are extolled most loudly by people without calluses.
好逸恶劳的人往往总是高声赞颂勤劳的美德,而不付诸任何行动。
Real courage is when you know youre licked before you begin,but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
在你开始之前就知道会失败,但无论如何你还是开始了,并坚持到底,这才是真正的勇气。
Good thoughts bear good fruit,bad thoughts bear bad fruit,and man is his own gardener.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆,人是自己的园丁。
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
因为某种需要我们才会抓住时机。
Man proposes,God disposes.
谋事在人,成事在天。
If your work interferes with pleasure,give up the work.
如果你所做的工作使你不快,那么就放弃这项工作。
Judge for yourself.
要自己做判断。
Lazy folks take the most pains.
偷懒的人常常吃大亏。
The man who tries to do as little as he can is always full of excuses.
懒人总是有借口。
Labour is often the father of pleasure.
劳动常是快乐之父。
He who dies for freedom,dies not for his country alone,but for the whole world.
为自由而献身,不仅是为祖国,也是为全世界。
Idleness is the rust of the mind.
懒惰会使大脑迟钝。
I am the captain of my soul.
我是我心灵的主宰。
If you want your dreams to come true,dont sleep.
如果你想使你的美梦成真,那么就别再睡了。
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
时间和耐心会使桑叶变成丝袍。
Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
在追求快乐的过程中,不妨试试时不时地停驻,快乐一下。
One thought driven home is better than three left on base.
有一种成熟的想法,要比有三种欠深思熟虑的想法强得多。
Failure is an event,never a person.
失败是就事而论的,没有失败的人。
He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
犹豫不决的人有时能幸免于难。
It pays to be obvious,especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
理解要付出代价的,尤其是在别人把你看成是难以捉摸的人的时候。
Dont aim for success if you want it,just do what you love and believe it in,and will come naturally.
如果你想成功,别一味地追求,只要去做你喜爱的和相信的事,成功自然会来到。
Todays opportunities erase yesterdays failures.
今天的机遇消除昨天的失败。
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than anything.
永远牢记,你坚持到成功的决心比什么都重要。
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
如果我们保持不变,就不能成为我们理想中的人。
If youre going to do something tonight that youll be sorry for tomorrow morning,sleep late.
如果你今夜要做让你明天早晨会后悔的事,那么就熬夜吧。
No pains no gains.
不辛劳,无所获。
Wealth got by labour is sweet in the enjoyment.
劳动得来的财富享受起来味甜美。
Diligence overcomes difficulties, sloth makes them.
勤劳克服困难,懒惰制造困难。
Difficulties strengthen the mind,as labour does the body. 困难磨炼意志,劳动增强体力。
Its only the idle will be tired.
只有懒人才会感到厌倦。
Idleness is the root of all evils.
懒惰是万恶之源。
Where there are industrious persons,there is wealth,for the hand of the diligent makes rich.
哪里人勤劳,哪里就富裕,因为勤劳之手创财富。
A thousand mile trip begins with one step.
千里之行始于足下。
The highest towers begin from the ground.
万丈高楼平地起。
Well begun is half done.
好的开始即完成了一半。
The beginning is not everything.
开头并不是事情的全貌。
If at first you dont succeed, try,try again.
开始不成功,要一试再试不放松。
Dispatch is the soul of business.
迅速是处事之本。
The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
Working without a plan is sailing without a compass.
工作无计划等于航海无罗盘。
The work of today,do not leave for tomorrow.
今天的工作不要留到明天做。
A wellprepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity.
遇事有准备的人逢逆境不失望,处顺境不大意。
It is right to be contented with what we have,never with what we are.
可以满足于所得,但不能满足于现状。
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.
最大的荣耀不在于从来不跌倒,而在跌倒了能够站起来。