Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 书籍如朋友，应该少而精

Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋，带来好运气。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和决心是美德的灵魂。

Diligence is near success. 勤奋近乎成功。
Diligence is the mother of success. 勤奋是成功之母。
Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前进中的第一步。
Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日毕。
Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证。
Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。

Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验。

Experience teaches. 经验给人教训。

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。

Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。

Fair and softly go far in a day. 谦和稳重，前程远大。

Faith will move mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。

Good for good every man can do, good for bad only a noble man can do. 以德报德，人人都能做到；以德报怨只有高尚的人才能办到。
Good health is above wealth. 健康重于财富。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps. 知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。
Knowledge comes from experience alone. 知识来自经验。
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托；但如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是一座宝库，实践是打开宝库的钥匙。
Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生有涯，而知无涯。
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

知识有两种，一种是我们自己知道的东西，另一种是知道哪里可以找到有关的资料。
Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed. 知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。
Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge will not be acquired without pain and application. 不花力气，不下功夫是得不到知识的。
Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. 只有知识而无实践，只能造就半瓢水的艺术家。

 

Where there is a will, there is a way.  有志者事竟成。

When I walk along with two others, I may be able to learn from them.

三人行，必有我师焉。

What you know, you know; what you don’t know, you don’t know. 知之为知之，不知为不知。

He who learns but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not learn is in danger. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

Isn’t it a pleasure that friends come to see you from far away?

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？

Learn the new while reviewing the old.   温故而知新。

Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

  

1. Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a bittle bit more.   成功的密诀就是简单的四个字：多一点点。

2. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.   读书可以使我们思想充实，交谈使其更臻完美。

3. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.   困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

4. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.   吃一堑，长一智。

5. Remember that the man who can shoulder the most risk will gain the deepest love and the supreme accomplishment.   记住：那些敢于承担最大风险的人才能得到最深的爱和最大的成就。

6. Remember the three "respects". Respect yourself, respect others, stand on dignity and pay attention to your behavior.   记住三“尊”：尊重你自己；尊重别人；保持尊严，对自己的行为负责。

7. Live a noble and honest life. Reviving past times in your old age will help you to enjoy your life again.   过一种高尚而诚实的生活。当你年老时回忆过去，你就能再一次享受人生。

8. He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.   少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

 

 

* A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。

* A light heart lives long. 静以养身。

* A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth. 缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。

* A little body often harbors a great soul. 知音难觅。 

* A faithful friend is hard to find. 浓缩的都是精品。

  

Familiar Quotations

1.      A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

2.      Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

3.      The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

4.      Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

5.      If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

6.      Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

7.      He, who seizes the right moment, is the right man.

8.      All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

9.      Goals determine what you are going to be.

10.  Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

译文：

1.      教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。----亚当斯H.B.

2.      教育不是注满一桶水，而是点燃一把火。---叶芝B.W.

3.      对一个人的教育，至死方止。---李R.E.

4.      只有有耐心园满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。

                                                         ---席勒F.

5.      如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。---爱迪生T.

6.      生命不止，奋斗不息。---卡来尔T.

7.      谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。---歌德

8.      人类所有的智慧可以归纳为两个词-----等待和希望。---大仲马

9.      目标决定你将成为什么样的人。---欧文J.

10.  生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。---富勒T.

 

 

Sayings and phrases:

1.The shortest answer is doing.                                    最简短的回答就是行动。

2. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.                       心之所愿，无事不成。

3. All things in their being are good for something.               天生我才必有用。

4. For man is man and master of his fate.                         人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

5. Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.                    人往高处走，水往低处流。

6. A burden of one's choice is not felt.                           爱挑的担子不嫌重。

7. A good beginning makes a good end.                              善始者善终。

8. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.  一本好书，相伴一生。

9. All things are difficult before they are easy.                 凡事总是由难而易。

10.A mother's love never changes.                                  母爱永恒。