名 言 荟 萃
A Selection of Famous Quotations



 我思，故我在。 ——（法国）数学家 笛卡尔
I think ,therefore I am. ——Rene Descartes，French mathematician

 人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。
——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ,German poet and dramatist

 有三种质朴而又十分强烈的激情一直支配着我的人生——对爱之渴望，——对知识的求索，——对人类苦难的无限怜悯。 ——（英国）哲学家 罗素
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly controlling my life: the longing for love,
the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
¬ ——Bertrand Russell, British philosopher

 天生的才干如同天生的植物一样，需要靠学习来修剪。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.
——Francis Bacon, British philosopher.

 精神的浩瀚、想象的活跃、心灵的勤奋，就是天才。
——（法国）思想家、哲学家、文学家 狄德罗
Vast spirits, active imagination and diligent mind are talent.
——Denis Diderot, French thinker and philosopher and writer.

 天才是将心里想到的东西付诸行动的能力。 ——（古罗马）演说家、政治家 西塞罗
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind, thing at a time.
——M.T.Cicero, Ancient Roman orator and statesman.

 工作随着志向走，成功随着工作来，这是一定的规律。——（法国）化学家 巴斯德
It is a law that work goes with aspirations and success comes with work.
——Louis Pasteur, French chemist

 生活的大秘密是怎样把拦路石造成向上登攀的台阶。
——（ ） 杰克•佩恩
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.
——Jack Penn,


 不要为成为一个成功者而努力，而要为做一个有价值的人而努力。
—— （美国）科学家 爱因斯坦
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
——Albert Einstein, American scientist.

 人生的真正欢乐是致力于一个自己认为是伟大的目标。——（英国）剧作家 肖伯纳
The real pleasure of one’s life is the devotion to a great objective of one’s
consideration. ——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

 人类所有智慧可以归结为两个词——等待和希望。 ——（法国）作家 大仲马
All human wisdom is summed up in two words —— wait and hope.
——Alexandre Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie), French writer

 诚实与勤勉，应该成为你永久的伙伴。 ——（美国）总统 富兰克林
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president.

 生活的悲剧不在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。
——（英国）散文家、历史学家 卡莱尔
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
——Thomas Carlyle, British essayist and historian

 如果你想走到高处,就要使用自己的两条腿!不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。 ——（德国）哲学家 尼采
If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft;
do not seat yourselves on other people’s backs and heads.
——F. W.Nietzsche, German philosopher

 不论前途如何，不管会发生什么事情，我们都不失去希望：希望是一种美德。
——（法国）作家 雨果
No matter what future may be and what will happen, we will never lose hope: hope
is virtue. ——Victor Hugo, French writer

 勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。 ——（美国）剧作家 卢斯
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
——Glare Boother Luce, USA dramatist

 一切知识的终极目的就是理解该做什么。了解曾经发生、正在发生和可能发生的一切，也就是为了达到这个目的。 ——（英国）作家 塞缪尔•巴特勒
The end of all knowledge is to understand what to do. To know all that has
happened, that is happening and happen is for reaching this end .
——Samuel Butler, British writer

 世界像一面镜子：你朝它皱眉，它也朝你皱眉；你微笑，它也微笑。
——（英国）哲学家、作家 塞缪尔The world is like a mirror: Frown at it and it frowns at you; Smile , and it smiles too. ——Herbert Louis Samuel, British philosopher and writer

 教育最主要的目的，不是教你挣得面包，而是使每一口面包都香甜。
——（美国）心理学家 安吉尔
The primary purpose of education is not teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter. ——J.Angell, American psychologist

 最杰出的才智，是最深切地感到自己能力有限的那种才智。——（法国）作家 纪德
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own
limitations. ——Andre Gide, French writer

 人的思想是伟大的，只要专注于某一项事业，就会做出使自己感到吃惊的业绩来。
——（美国）作家 马克•吐温
Human mind is great，for so long as it concentrates on some cause，it will produce
surprising achievements. ——Mark Twain ,American writer

 只要持续地努力，不懈地奋斗，就没有征服不了的东西。
——（古罗马）政治家、哲学家 塞内卡
There is nothing unsurmountable so long as one makes constant efforts，and
struggles unremittingly. —— Seneca，Ancient Roman statesman and philosopher

 缺乏进取精神的民族意味着堕落。唯有开拓和竞争，才能立于不败之地。
——（英国）哲家、数学家 怀特海
A nation that lacks the spirit for progress means degeneration. Only through
pioneering and competition can it stand undefeated.
——Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and mathematician

 只有执着追求并从中得到最大快乐的人，才是成功者。 ——（美国）作家 梭罗
Only those who pursue unswervingly and gain the biggest pleasure from it are
successor. ——Henry David Thoreau, American writer

 不要因一次挫折就放弃你原来决心要达到的目标。 ——（英国）剧作家 莎士比亚
Do not , for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.
——William Shakespeare, British dramatist

 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。 ——（英国）诗人、批评家 洛威尔
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
——James Russell Lowell, British poet and critic



 竞争是一个人愿意得到别人所有的一种烦恼。 ——（希腊）哲学家、数学家 芝诺
Competition is trouble that one is willing to get from others.
——Zeno, Greek philosopher and mathematician

 我从不等待情绪的来临。如果你一味等待，就将一事无成。你必须牢记，只有动手才能有所得。 ——（美国）作家 赛珍珠
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must
know it has got Down to work. ——Pearl Buck ,American writer

 天生的能力必须借助于系统的知识，直觉能做的事很多，但是做不了一切。只有天才和科学结了婚才可能得到最好的结果。 ——（英国）哲学家 斯宾塞
Inborn knowledge must depend on systematic knowledge. Intuition can do many
but not all. Only when talent and science are married can one get the best result.
——Herbert Spencer, British philosopher

 我走得很慢，但是我从不后退。 ——（美国） 林肯
I am a show walker, but I never walk backwards. ——A.Lincoln, American

 天才的职责不是给出新的答案，而是提出时代和常人能解决的新问题。
——（ ） 罗珀
The function of genius is not to give new answers, but pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve. ——H.R.Treror Roper，

 真正的智慧是知道那些最值得知道的事，去做那些值得做的事。
——（美国）舞蹈家 汉弗莱
The real wisdom is to know those most worthy to know and to do those most
worthy to do. ——D.Humphrey ,American

 智慧和目标是相辅相成的概念：崇高的目标能提高智慧的身价。
——（ ） 鲍里索夫
Wisdom and aim are complementary concepts: a lofty aim may raise the value of
wisdom. ——

 人类的使命在于自强不息地追求完美。 ——（法国）作家 罗曼•罗兰
Man’s mission is to pursue perfection in the way of unremittent self—reliance.
——Roman Rolland ,French writer

 风景属于看风景人。 ——（美国）思想家 爱默生
The landscape belongs to the man who looks at it.
——Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker



 如果我比大多数人看得远些，那只是因为我是站在巨人的肩膀上。
——（英国）物理学家、数学家 牛顿
I have seen further than most men ,it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
——Isaac Newton, British physicist and mathematician

 一个人从小所受的教育把他往哪里引导，就能决定他以后往哪里走。
——（古希腊）哲学家 柏拉图
The direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future life.
——Plato , ancient Greek philosopher

 一个人以往学到的一切仅仅使他感到，与没去认识到的东西相比，自己知道的是何等的少。 ——（美国）作家 霍桑
All that he had learned only made him feel how little he knew in comparison with
what remained to be known. ——Nathaniel Hawthorn, American writer

 给我一个支点，我便能移动地球。
——（古希腊）数学家、物理学家、天文学家 阿基米德
Give me somewhere to stand , and I will move the earth.
——Archimedes, ancient Greek mathematician and physicist

 给我足够长的杠杆和一个支点，我可以撬动这个世界。
——（古希腊）数学家、物理学家、天文学家 阿基米德
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it , and I shall move
the world. ——Archimedes, ancient Greek mathematician and physicist

 最崇高的荣誉不在于永不摔倒，而在于每一次摔倒后都能再站起来。
——（英国）诗人、剧作家、小说家 戈德史密斯
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling ,but in rising every time we fall.
——Oliver Goldsmith ,British poet and dramatist and novelist

 思考和知识应该是经常同步而行。如若不然，知识就是个死物，而且会毫无成果地消亡。 ——（德国）教育家 洪堡
Meditation should often go in step with knowledge. If not so , knowledge is
something dead and will fruitlessly go extinct. ——Humboldt, German educator

 想象力比知识更为重要。 ——（美国）科学家 爱因斯坦
Imagination is move important than knowledge.
——Albert Einstein, American scientist

 灾难就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以为我们服务，拿住刀刃则会割破手。
——（美国）女诗人、批评家 洛威尔
Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the
handle or blade. ——James Russell Lowell, American poetess and critic

 意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。 ——（法国）化学家 巴斯德
Will ,work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.
——Louis Pasteur，French chemist

 富于想象的思维可以营造出一种令人兴奋的氛围，而这种令人兴奋的氛围又可以转化为知识。 ——（英国）哲学家、数学家 怀特海
This atmosphere of excitement ,arising from imagination , transforms knowledge.
——Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and mathematician

 未受过教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。 ——（美国）总统 富兰克林
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president

 美好的人生是由爱激励，由知识引导的人生。 ——（英国）哲学家 罗素
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
——Bertrand Russell, British philosopher

 讲理的人使自己适应世界，不讲理的人坚持要世界适应自己，所以一切进步得靠不讲理的人。 ——（英国）剧作家 肖伯纳
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world；the unreasonable man persists in
trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the
unreasonable man. ——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

 我反复思考几个月，几年。有99次结论都是错的，可是第100次我对了。
——（美国）科学家 爱因斯坦I think and think for months , for years, 99times the conclusion is false, but the hundredth time I am right. ——Albert Einstein ,American scientist

 最大的错误就是意识不到错误。 ——（英国）散文家、历史学家 卡莱尔
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of once.
——Thomas Carlyle , British essayist and historian

 顺境时显现恶习，逆境时凸现美德。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
——Francis Bacon, British philosopher


 惟有对外界事物抱有兴趣才能保持人们精神上的健康。 ——（英国）哲学家 罗素
Only those who keeps interested in outside things and objects can keep healthy in
spirit. ——Bertrand Russell, British philosopher




 不管一个人的力量大小，他要跟大家合作，总比一个人能发挥更大的作用。
——（英国）作家 塞缪尔•巴特勒
No matter how great one’s power is ,if he cooperates with others, he will give fuller
scope than does it alone. ——Samuel Butler, British writer

 不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但你虽生犹死。
——（美国）作家 马克•吐温
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have
ceased to live. ——Mark Twain ,American Writer

 在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就会去创造机会。 ——（英国）剧作家 肖伯纳
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for
circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them ,they make them.
——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

 一个人首先要教育自己，而后才去接受别人的教育。——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
A man first himself and then receives education from others.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 一个目光敏锐，见识深刻的人，倘又能承认自己有局限性，那他离完人就不远了。
——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
A man who has an acute eyesight and a far—reaching understanding and
acknowledge his limitation is not far from perfection.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 没有勇气航行到看不见海岸的地方，就不可能发现新天地。 ——（法国）作家 纪德
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore.
——Andre Gide, French writer

 精神上的各种缺陷，可以通过求知来改善——正如身体上的缺陷，可以通过适当的运动来改善一样。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
The defects in spirit can be improved through the pursuit of knowledge —— as
defects in body can be improved through proper exercise.
——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 只要人类能明智地利用科学，在创造完美世界的道路上，可能做到的事情看来几乎是永无止境的。 ——（英国）哲学家 罗素
If human can use science wisely, on the way to the perfect world，what they are
likely to do seems endless. ——Bertrand Russell, British philosopher

 缺乏才智，就是缺乏一切。 ——（ ） 哈里法克斯
Lack of wisdom is lack of all. ——Halifax,

 读书使人充实，思考使人深邃，交谈使人清醒。 ——（美国）总统 富兰克林
Reading makes a man full, meditation deep , and conference sober.
——Benjamin Franklin, American president

 才能不是天生的，可以任其自然的，而是要钻研艺术。请教良师，才会成材。
——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
Ability is not born with and can not be let to develop its own way, but art should be studied.Only by following good teachers, can talents be made.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 科学的真正的、合法的目标说来不外是这样：把新的发现和新的力量惠赠给人类生活。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
The true , logical purpose of science is like this: providing new discoveries and new
power for human life. ——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 知识就是力量。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
Knowledge is power. ——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 一切才能都要靠知识来营养，这样才会有施展才能的力量。
——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
All abilities need knowledge to nourish , and only in this way can the strength to
show one’s paces be gained. ——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 一个人如果从肯定开始，必以疑问告终。如果他准备从疑问开始，则会以肯定结束。
——（英国）哲学家 培根
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content
to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. ——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 天才来自百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的汗水。/ 天才是一分灵感加上九十九分努力。 ——（美国）发明家 爱迪生
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety--nine percent perspiration.
——Thomas Edison, American inventor

 远行者见闻多。 ——（美国）博物学家 雷伊
He that travels far knows much. ——John Ray, American naturalist

 失败者乃是犯了错误而不能吸取教训的人。 ——（ ） 哈伯特
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash n on the experience.
——Elbert Hubbard,

 一个人感到自愧的事越多，他就越值得尊敬。 ——（英国） 肖伯纳
The more things a man is ashamed of , the more respectable he is.
——George Bernard Shaw, British
 当一个人内心开始斗争时，他就有了价值。 ——（英国）诗人 布朗宁
When the fight begins with in himself, a man is worth something.
——Robert Browning , British poet

 在一个地方不满意的人，在另外一个地方也很难感到快乐。
——（古希腊）寓言作家 伊索
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
——Aesop, Ancient Greek fable writer

 教育的一个真正目的是让一个人习惯于不断地提出问题。
——（ ） 克莱顿
The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually
asking questions. ——Mandell Creighton,

 “未来”有好几个名字。对软弱的人，它是“不可能”；对怯弱的人，它是“未知数”；对深思熟虑和勇敢坚毅的人，它是理想。 ——（法国） 雨果
The future has several names. For the weak it is the impossible. For the fain
Threatened it is the unknow. For the thoughtful and valiant it is the ideal.
——Victor Hugo , French

 心灵是自己的地方，在那里可以把地狱变成天堂，也可以把天堂变成地狱。
——（英国）诗人 弥尔顿
The mind is its own place , and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of
Heaven. ——John Milton, British poet

 最忙的人最有时间。 ——（ ） 佩恩
Busiest men find the most time. ——James Payn,

 再富有的人也买不回自己的过去。 ——（英国）剧作家 王尔德
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. ——Oscar Wilde, British dramatist

 并不是因为事情难我们才不敢；是因为我们不敢事情才难。——（古罗马） 塞内卡
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare；it is because we do not dare
that they are difficult. ——Seneca, Ancient Roman

 人的首要天职是什么？答案很简单：造就自己。 ——（挪威）剧作家 易卜生
What’s a man’s first duty? The answer’s brief: To be himself.
——Henrik J. Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist

 只问耕耘，不问收获。 ——（英国）诗人 赫伯特
Do what you ought, and come what can. ——George Herbert, British poet

 一个不爱自己祖国的人，什么也不会爱。 ——（英国）诗人 拜伦
He who loves not his country, can love nothing. ——George Gordon Byron, British poet

 最终衡量一个人，不是看他在舒适和顺利的时刻的表现，而是看它在受到非难和有争议的时刻的表现。 ——（美国）民权运动领导人 马丁•路德•金
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
——Martin Luther King, American civil—rights movement leader

 每个人在生活中都遇到过好机会，只是有的人错过了它。
——（美国）教育家 卡耐基
There is nobody who has never met with some good chance or other in his life. Simply he has not seized one. ——Carnegie, American educator

 行动最少，怨言最多。 ——（古希腊）诗人 荷马
The man who acts the least, upbraids the most. ——Homer,Ancient Greek poet

 困难增加预示着距离目标更近。 ——（德国） 歌德
Difficulties increase, the nearer one comes to the goal. ——Goethe, German

 变得更深谋远虑是受过苦的人的特权。 ——（英国） 王尔德
To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.
——Oscar Wilde, British

 从一个人提出的问题比他所给予的答案更容易判断出他的智能。
——（ ） 李维斯
It is easier to judge a person’s mental capacity by his questions than by his answers.
——Duc de Levis,

 人们反对进步的原因不在于他们仇恨进步，而在于他们偏爱惰性。
——（美国）作家 哈伯德
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. ——Elbert Hubbard, American writer

 从不抱希望的人永远不会失望。 ——（英国） 肖伯纳
He who has never hoped can never despair. ——George Bernard Shaw, British

 拥有一颗诚实的心灵是第一件大幸事，聪明的头脑尚在其次。
——（美国）总统 杰弗逊
An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.
——Thomas Jefferson, American president

 苦难是人生的良师。 ——（法国）作家 巴尔扎克
Misfortune is a good teacher in the life. ——Honore de Balzac, French writer


 奋战过而失败，强于根本未战。 ——（英国）诗人 克拉夫
It’s better to have fought and lost, than never to have fought at all.
——A.H.Clough, British poet

 失败固然痛苦，但更糟糕的是从未去尝试。 ——（美国）总统 西奥多•罗斯福
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
——Theodore Roosevelt, American president

 即使收成很坏，此后也必得播种。 ——（古罗马） 塞内卡
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. ——Seneca, Ancient Roman

 拥有良书、益友和一颗宁静的心：这就是理想的生活。 ——（美国） 马克•吐温
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
——Mark Twain, American

 学问积年而成，而每日不自知。 ——（美国） 爱默生
The years teach much which the days never know. ——R.W.Emerson, American

 风暴使树木深深扎根。 ——（ ） 克劳德•麦克唐纳
Storms make trees take deeper roots. ——Claude Macdonald,

 知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。
——（美国）政治家 韦伯斯特
Knowledge, in truth，is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams. ——Daniel Webster, American statesman

 没有播种，何来收获；没有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。 ——（英国）哲学家 佩恩
No pain, no palm；no thorns, no throne；no gall, no glory；no cross, no crown.
——Penn, British philosopher

 成功的秘诀，就是不屈不挠地追求。 ——（英国）政治家、小说家 本杰明•迪斯雷利
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
——Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and novelist

 幸运是准备与机遇的会合。 ——（ ） 温弗里
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ——Oprah Winfrey,

 造就人的，不是帮助，而是磨难，不是方便，而是困难。——（ ） 马休斯
It is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties, that make men.
——W.Mathews,



 教育的目的在于品德的形成。 ——（英国）哲学家 斯宾塞
Education has for its object the formation of character.
——Herbert Spencer, British philosopher

 品德是成功中的决定因素。 ——（ ） 马顿
Character is the first and last word in the success. ——O.S.Marden,

 我们越学习，越会发觉自己的无知。 ——（英国）诗人 雪莱
The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance. ——Perey Shelley, British poet

 无知是灾祸游荡时的昏暗。 ——（法国） 雨果
Ignorance is the dusk when disaster wanders. ——Victor Hugo, French

 在年轻时荒废了学业的人，不仅失去了过去的时光，而且还葬送了自己的未来。 ——（古希腊）诗人 欧里庇德斯
Whoever neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future.
——Euripides,Ancient Greek poet

 书的真正目的在于诱导头脑自己去思考。 ——（英国）政治家 莫利
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.
——John Morley, British statesman

 懒惰包含永久的失望。 ——（英国） 卡莱尔
In idleness there is perpetual despair. ——T.Carlyle, British

 对哲人来说惟一值得竞争的就是他自己。 ——（ ） 华盛顿•奥尔斯顿
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. ——Washington Allston,

 什么是失败？无非是迈向更好境界的第一步。 ——（ ） 温德尔•菲利普斯
What’s defeat? Nothing but the first step to something better.
——Wendell Philips,

 失败了你或许会失望，但如果你不再尝试，你就注定没救了。
——（ ） 贝弗莉 •西尔
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
——Beverly Sills,

 能力能使你走上顶峰，但惟有品质才能使你在上面站稳脚跟。
——（美国） 齐格•金格拉
Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
——Zig Zigla, American

 技能和信心是战无不胜的军队。 ——（英国）诗人 赫伯特
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ——G.Herbert, British poet
 何谓幸运？就是先有预备，再碰上机会。 ——（美国） 安东尼•罗宾
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
——Anthony Robbins, American

 人生只是努力下一系列的决心。 ——（英国）作家 托马斯•富勒
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ——Thomas Fuller, Britist writer

 下定决心做事，然后就会找到办法。 ——（美国）总统 林肯
Determine that the thing shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
——Abraham Lincoln, American president

 惟有时时刻刻都做好准备的人，才能享受机会。 ——（法国） 巴斯德
Chances favors the minds that are prepared. ——L.Pasteur, French

 主动性是指在没人告诉的情况下做正确的事情。 ——（美国）作家 哈伯德
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. ——Elbert Hubbard, American write

 悲哀和烦恼不是使人软弱，就是使人坚强。 ——（英国）作家 麦金托什
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
——James Mackintosh, British writer

 重要的不是环境，而是你对环境作出的反应。 ——（ ） 鲍勃•康克林
It is not situation … It’s your reaction to the situation. ——Bob Conklin,

 乐观主义者：被狮子逼上了树仍能欣赏风景的人。 ——（美国）记者 温切尔
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
——W.Winchell, American joumalist

 感受过悲伤的人最富有同情心。 ——（英国）剧作家、诗人 盖伊
He best can pity who has felt the worse. ——John Gay, British dramatist and poet

 最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。 ——（ ） 阿诺德
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm. ——H.W.Amold ,

 早耕耘，早收获。 ——（英国）哲学家 克拉克
Early sow, early mow. ——Samuel Clarke, British philosopher.

 择书如择友。 ——（ ） 狄龙
Choose an author as you choose a friend. ——W.Dillon,

 你热爱生命吗？那么别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
——（意大利）诗人 但丁
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time；for that’s the stuff life is made of.
——Aleghieri Dante,Italian poet

 思想是行动的种子。 ——（美国）思想家 爱默生
Thought is the seed of action. ——Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker

 自信才懂得生活。 ——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 失误是进取的代价。 ——（德国） 歌德
Man errs as long as he strives. ——Goethe, German

 胜利者是抓住机遇的人。 ——（德国） 歌德
The right man is the one who seizes the moment. ——Goethe, German

 罗马不是一天建成的。 ——（ ） 约•海伍德
Rome is not built in a day. ——John Heywood,

 自信是成功的第一秘诀。 ——（美国） 爱默生
Self—trust is the first secret of success. ——R.W.Emerson, American

 只有为别人而活，生命才有价值。 ——（美国） 爱因斯坦
Only a life live for others is a life worth a while. ——A.Einstein, American

 天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。
——（英国）小说家 艾略特
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
——George Eliot, British novelist

 希望是顿美好的早餐，但却是顿糟糕的晚餐。 ——（英国）培根
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ——F.Bacon, British

 如果你的幸运之舟不向你驶来，那你就朝它游过去吧。 ——（ ） 温特斯
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it! ——Jonathan Winters，

 远大理想是开启万物的钥匙。 ——（ ） 沃而顿
High expectations are the key to every thing. ——Sam Wallton,

 人在早年遭受几次挫折实际上有极大的好处 。 ——（英国）生物学家 赫胥黎
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.
——Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist

 多雾的早晨过后，可能仍是个好天。 ——（美国）剧作家、演员 凯利
A misty morning may have a fine day. ——George Kelly, American playwright and actor
 机遇青睐有准备的人。 ——（法国） 巴斯德
Chances favors the minds that are prepared. ——Louis Pasteur, French

 求知道路千辛万苦，知识硕果芬芳香甜。 ——（古希腊） 亚里士多德
The roots of education is bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ——Aristotle, Ancient Greek

 学路无坦途。 ——（英国）小说家 特罗洛普
There is no royal road to learning. ——Anthony Trollope, British novelist

 知识浅薄，征途险恶。 ——（英国）诗人 蒲柏
A little learning is a dangerous thing. ——Alexander Pope, British poet

 与高于自己的人交流思想，我们不会变得年老，只会变得年轻。
——（美国） 爱默生
While we converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young.
——R.W.Emerson, American

 没有热情决不能成就大事。 ——（美国） 爱默生
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ——R.W.Emerson, American

 一个父亲胜似一百个教师。 ——（英国）诗人 赫伯特
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. ——George Herbert, British poet

 节约本身就是巨大的收益。 ——（ ） 西塞罗
Economy is of itself a great revenue. ——M.T.Cicero,

 省下一分钱等于挣得一分钱。 ——（英国）政治家 富勒
A penny saved is a penny gained. ——Thomas Fuller, British stateman

 人生最困难的事乃是认识自己。 ——（ ） 泰利斯
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. ——Thales,

 努力之后是好运。 ——（ ） 怀特
Fortune follows effort. ——Wight,

 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐。 ——（中国） 范仲淹
One should be the first to worry for the future of the state and the last to claim his share of happiness. / Be concerned about the affairs of state before others, and enjoy comfort after others. ——Fan Chung—yen ，China

 我时常想，天资也好，天赋也好，仅仅是意味着承受艰辛的非凡能力而已。
——（ ） 霍普金斯
Gift, like genius, I often think only means an infinite capacity for talking pains.
——Jane Ellice Hopkins,
 聪明就是事先考虑一切事情。 ——（ ） 埃布里哈德
To be wise is to think of everything beforehand. ——Leopold Ebrehard,

 数学是科学之王后。 ——（德国）数学家 高斯
Mathematics is the queen of the science. ——Karl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician

 认识你自己。 ——（希腊）哲学家 苏格拉底
Know yourself. ——Socrates, Greek philosopher

 宇宙中只有一个地方你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。
——（英国）诗人、小说家 赫胥黎
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s
your own self. ——Aldous Leonard Huxley, British poet and novelist

 没有艰辛，就没有收获。 ——（美国） 富兰克林
No gains without pains. ——B.Franklim, American

 最大的危险含有最大的希望。 ——（法国）文学家 加缪
The maximum danger implies the maximum hope. ——Albert Camus, French writer

 一个“今天”值两个“明天”。 ——（美国） 富兰克林
One today is worth two tomorrow. ——B.Franklim, American

 人的学问由好问而来。 ——（英国）小说家、剧作家 毛姆
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
——William Somerset Maugham, British novelist and dramatist

 智慧的增长可用痛苦的减少来精确衡量。 ——（德国）哲学家 尼采
Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.
——Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher

 一切上升到重要地位的人都曾经过曲折的阶梯。 ——（英国） 培根
All rising to great places is by a winding stair. ——F.Bacon, British

 如果一个人倒空钱袋装满脑袋，那么谁也无法拿走它拥有的东西。
——（美国） 富兰克林
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
——B.Franklin, American

 看人如何接受称赞，你就能分辨他的品德。 ——（古罗马） 塞内卡
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
——Seneca, Ancient Roman


 充实你的时间 那就是幸福。 ——（美国）思想家 爱默生
To fill the hour that is happiness. ——R.W.Emerson, American thinker

 世上不怕没有奇迹出现，只怕缺少好奇心的人。 ——（英国）作家 切斯特顿
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder.
——Gilbert Keith Chesterton, British writer

 你所遇到每一个难题，都是开拓你最大潜能的机遇。
——（ ） 杜克 埃林顿
A problem is a chance for you to do your best. ——Duke Ellington,

 人生成功的秘诀是当机遇来临时要及时的抓住它。
——（英国）政治家、小说家 迪斯累里
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it
comes. ——Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and novelist

 人生如下棋，多思则能胜。 ——（ ） 查尔斯 巴克斯顿
In life, as in chess, forethought wins. ——Charles Buxton,

 伟大的时钟上只有一个词——现在。 ——（英国）剧作家 莎士比亚
On the great clock of time there is but on word, “now”.
——Willian Shakespeare, British dramatist

 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 ——（德国） 歌德
He who seize the right moment, is the right man. ——Goethe, German

 在胜利后能控制自己的人赢得了第二个胜利。 ——（英国） 培根
He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself. ——Bacon, British

 烈火练真金，逆境出强人。 ——（古罗马） 塞内卡
Fire is the test of gold, adversity, of strong men. ——Seneca, ancient Roman

 一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。
——（美国）博物学家 巴勒斯
A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody
else. ——John Burroughs, American naturalist

 人人为我，我为人人。 ——（法国）作家 大仲马
All for one, one for all. ——Alexandre Dumas, French

 谁笑到最后，谁就笑得最好。 ——（英国）作家 司各脱
He laughs best who laughs last. ——Watter Scott, British writer



 吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸。 ——(古希腊) 寓言作家 伊索
Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.
——Aesop, Ancient Greek fable writer

 人生有两大悲剧，一是不能如愿，一是如愿。 ——（英国）剧作家 肖伯纳
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to
get it. ——George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

 幸运中并非不掺杂各种担心与烦恼，而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。
——(英国) 哲学家 培根
Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters, adversity is not without
comforts and hopes. ——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 阅读使人充实，交谈使人机智，写作使人精确。 ——（英国）哲学家 培根
Reading make a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
——Francis Bacon, British philosopher

 对真理的追求比对真理的占有更为可贵。 ——（美国）科学家 爱因斯坦
It is move valuable to seek truth than to own it. ——Albert Einstein, American scientist

 疑问与知识并增。 ——（德国）诗人、戏剧家 歌德
With knowledge, doubt increases.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist

 好的开端便是成功的一半。 ——（古希腊）哲学家 亚里士多德
Wall begun is half done. ——Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher

 艰难之路，唯勇者行。 ——（英国）作家 卡罗琳
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ——Seebohm Caroline, British writer

 谋事在人，成事在天。 ——（英国）诗人 乔治 赫伯特
Man proposes, God disposes. ——George Herbert, British poet

 礼貌像只气垫：里面可能什么也没有，但是却能奇妙地减少颠簸。
（英国）作家 约翰逊Politeness is like an air cushion: there may be nothing in it, but it eases ours jolts
wonderfully. ——Samuel Johnson, British writer

 金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。 ——（美国）剧作家、演员 佩恩
Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.
——John Howard Payne, American dramatist and actor


 走自己的路，让人家去说吧。 ——（意大利）诗人 但丁
Follow your own course, and let people talk. ——Aleghieri Dante, Italian poet

 苦尽甘来。 ——（英国）剧作家 莎士比亚
Sweet are the uses of adversity. ——Willian Shakespeare, British playwright

 满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 ——（英国）剧作家 莎士比亚
The empty vessels make the greatest sound. ——Willian Shakespeare, British dramatist

 闪闪发光的并不都是黄金。 ——（英国） 莎士比亚
All is not gold that glitters. ——W.Shakespeare, British

 人能爬到最高的顶峰，但不能长久地呆在那儿。 ——（英国） 肖伯纳
Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.
——G.B.Shaw, British

 欲治其国者，必先修其身。 ——（希腊）哲学家 苏格拉底
Let him that would move the earth, first move himself.
——Socrates, Greek philosopher

 谚语是许多事熬成几个字。 ——（英国）政治家 富勒
A proverb is much matter decocted into few words.——Thomas Fuller, British statesman


谚 语 Proverb
 趁热打铁。Strike while the iron is hot .
 发亮的东西不一定都是金子。All that glitters is not gold.
 熟能生巧。Practice makes perfect.
 心急水不沸。A watched pot never boils.
 未雨绸缪。Always prepare for a rainy day.
 血浓于水。Blood is thicker than water.
 滴水穿石。Drops of water outwear the stone.
 路遥知马力，日久见人心。
As distance tests a horse’s strength, so time reveals a person’s heart.
 诚实是上策。Honesty is the best policy.
 千里之行，始于足下。A thousand—li journey is started by talking the first step.
 万事开头难。All things are difficult before they are easy.
 身教重于言教。Example is better than precept.
 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap.
 智者千虑，必有一失。Homer sometimes nods.
 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
 健康比财富更重要。Good health is above wealth.
 祸中必有福。（塞翁失马，焉知非福。）Every cloud has a silver lining.
 酒好客自来。（酒香不怕巷子深。）Good wine needs no bush.
 经验乃智慧之母。Experience is the mother of wisdom.
 需要是发明之母。Necessity is the mother of invention.
 一针及时省九针。A stitch in time saves nine.
 岁月不待人。Time and tide wait(s) for no man.
 学习如逆水行舟，不进则退。
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.
 学无止境。There is no end to learning.
 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。
Wish you an endless view to cheer your eyes, then one more story mount and
higher rise.
 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it.
 天生我才必有用。All things in their being are good for some thing.
 一日之计在于晨。An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
 失败乃成功之母。Failure is the mother of success.
 自信和自主是坚强品格的两大支柱。
Self—confidence and self—reliance are the mainstays of a strong character.
 自信是跨上成功的第一步。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
 不怕路难，只怕志短。What matters is not the thorny path but a weak mind.
 只有功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle.
 物以类聚，人以群分。Birds of a feather flock together.
 情人眼里出西施。Beauty lies in lovers’ eyes.
 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累。
Talents come from diligence, and knowledge is gained by accumulation.
 艰难困苦，教汝于成。Affliction and adversity make men better.
 学海无涯。The possibility of enhancing one’s knowledge is limitless.
 事实胜于雄辩。Facts speak louder than words.
 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉。
There is a certain wonderful delight in knowledge.
 有情人终成眷属。All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill.
 滴水成河，粒米成箩。Many a little makes a mickle.
 路是没有尽头的，因为地球是圆的。The road is endless because the earth is round.
 心有灵犀一点通。Mind acts upon wind.
 君子之交淡如水。The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
 有志者，事竟成。 Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
 师傅引进门，修行在个人。Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
 严师出高徒。An outstanding student comes from a strict teacher.
 良药苦口利于病。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.
 忠言逆耳利于行。Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。Where there is life, there is hope.
As long as the green hills last, there’ll always be wood to burn.
 前车之覆，后车之鉴。One should take warning from other’s mistake.
The fault of another is a good teacher.
 人贵有自知之明。Know yourself.
 言必信，行必果。Promises must be kept and action must be resolute.
Be true in word and resolute in deed.
 学以致用。We learn in order to practice.
 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。
He devoted himself entirely to the service of the people until his death.
 一失足成千古恨。A thousand years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
A moments error can bring a lifelong regret.
 疾风知劲草。The force of the wind tests the strength of the grass.
 猪圈岂生千里马，花盆难养万年松。
Never in a steed pigsty—born；nor an evergreen pine pot bound.
 不到长城非好汉。You are not a man until you have climbed the Great Wall.
 人往高处走，水往低处流。Man struggles upwards; water flows down—wards.
 沉舟侧畔千帆过，病树前头万木春。A thousand sails pass by the sunken ship; ten thousand saplings shoot up beyond the withered tree.
 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。A lazy youth, a lousy age./ Laziness in youth spells regret in old age./ Laziness in youth means sorrow in old age./An idle youth, a needy age./ He who will not learn when he is young will regret it when he is old.
 严以律己，宽以待人。Forgive all but thyself./ Pardon all but yourself./ Be strict with yourself and lenient towards others.
 精诚所至，金石为开。It’s dogged as does it./ Faith will move mountains. /Complete sincerity can affect even metal and stone.
 实事求是。Seek the truth from facts.
 勤能补拙。Diligence redeems stupidity.
 温故而知新。Preserve the old, but know the new.
 小不忍则乱大谋。He that will not endure to itch, must endure to smart.
Want of forbearance in small matters will spoil great plans.
 家和百事兴。If there is peace in the home everything will prosper.
 人多智广。More people means more ideas./ Two heads are better than one.
 知耻近乎勇。Feeling of shame is close to bravery.
 问路比迷路强。Better to ask the way than go astray.
 态度决定一切。Attitude is everything.
 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。Time is money, but money can never buy time.
 机不可失，时不再来。Opportunity seldom knocks twice./ An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. /Opportunity knocks but once.
 时间检验真理。Time tries truth.
 不经一事，不长一智。Wit bought is better than wit taught.
 金无足赤，人无完人。It is a good horse that never stumbles.
 胜不骄，败不馁。In good fortune, prudence; in ill fortune, patience.

 水能载舟，亦能复舟。
Water, capable of carrying vessels, is also capable of getting vessels capsized.
 光阴一去不复返。For time lost may not recovered be.
Lost time is never found again.
 熟能生巧。Practice makes perfect.
 百尺竿头，更进一步。Further improve your work.
 一招鲜，吃遍天。He who has an art, has everywhere a part.
Art and knowledge brings bread and honor.
 玉不硺，不成器。An uncut gem does not sparkle.
 知足常乐。A contented mind is a continual (perpetual)feast./ Content is happiness.
 过河莫忘搭桥人。Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
 言为心声。Speech is the picture of the mind.
 人生如梦。Life is but a dream.
 酒逢知己千杯少。Even a thousand cups of wine with a friend are too little.
 条条道路通罗马。All roads lead to Rome.
 天下兴亡，匹夫有责。Every person is responsible for his country’s rise and fall.
 祝你万事如意！Wishes all the best!
 敬祝圣诞，恭贺新禧！Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
 圣诞快乐！Noel!
 恭贺新禧！Best wishes for the year to come!
 春节愉快！Happy Spring Festival!
 新年好运！Good luck in the year ahead.
 恭喜发财！May you come into a good fortune!
 吉星高照。Best of luck in the year ahead!