A
· A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 一着不慎,满盘皆输.
· All is not gold that glitters. 闪光的未必都是金子。
· A child is better unborn than untaught. 养不教，父之过。
· Art is long, life is short. 生命短暂，艺术长存。
· A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真情。
· Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home. 未雨绸缪。
· A light heart live long. 心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。
· An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。
· All covet, all lose. 样样垂涎，样样失落。贪多嚼不烂。
· A good winter brings a good summer. 瑞雪兆丰年。
· All rivers run into the sea. 殊途同归。
· A small leak will sink a great ship. 千里之堤溃于蚁穴。
· All time is no time when it is past. 机不可失，时不再来。
· A baker's wife may bite of a bun, a brewer's wife may bite of a tun.近水楼台先得月。
· A short cut is often a wrong cut.欲速则不达。
· A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.欲加之罪，何患无辞。
· A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. 远来的和尚好念经。
· All feet tread not in one shoe. 众口难调。
· A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
· A young idler, an old beggar. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
· A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。
· A little spark may kindle a great fire.星星之火，可以燎原。

· A uncut gem does not sparkle. 玉不琢，不成器。
　　　　　　　　　　
B
· Beauty is but skin-deep. 美丽只是外表罢了
· Brevity is the soul of wit. 言以简洁为贵
· Bread is the staff of life. 民以食为天。

· Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。
· Better die standing than live kneeling 宁愿站着死，也不跪着生。
· Better be envied than pitied. 宁被人妒，不受人怜。

C
· Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。
· Cast an anchor to windward.未雨绸缪。
· Care and diligence bring luck.

D
· Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 慎于思而敏于行。谨慎勤奋，带来好运。
· Diamonds cut diamonds. 棋逢对手，将遇良才。
· Danger past, God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。
· Dreams are lies. 梦不足信。
· Do not teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
· Do not have too many irons in the fire. 贪多嚼不烂。
· Do unto others as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿失于人。

E
· Experience is the best teacher. 实践出真知。
· Every man is the architect (or artificer) of his own fortune. 自己幸福自己创。
· Evening red and morning grey are the sign of a fine day. 晚霞行千里。
· Every bean has its black. 金无足赤，人无完人。
· Even woods have ears.隔墙有耳。
· Enough is better than too much. 过犹不及。
· Every tub must stand on its own bottom. 人贵自立。
· Experience teaches. 吃一堑，长一智。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

F
· Full vessels sound least. 大智若愚。
· First impressions are half the battle. 先入为主。
· Faith moves mountains. 精诚所至，金石为开。
· Fact is stranger than fiction. 大千世界，无奇不有。
· Fire proves gold, adversity proves man. 烈火识真金，逆境识英雄。
· Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
　　　　　　　　　　　

G
· Give everyone his due. 一视同仁。
· Good (or Great) wits jump. 英雄所见略同。
· Go while the going is good. 三十六计，走为上计。
· Great weights hang on small wires.千钧一发。
· Good wine needs no bush 酒香不怕巷子深。
· Greatest genius often lies concealed.大智若愚。
· Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。
· Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
　　　　　　　　　　

H
· Honour to whom honour is due.论功行赏。
· He travels the fastest who travels alone. 曲高和寡。
· Heaven helps those who help themselves. 求人不如求己。
· He sits no sure that sits too high. 高处不胜寒。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
· He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight. 正人先正己。
· He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. 千里之行，始于足下
· He that respects not is not respected. 欲受人敬，要先敬人。
· It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当
· Humility often gains more than pride.满招损，谦受益。
· He is eloquent enough for whom truth speaks.事实胜于雄辩。
· He that promises too much means nothing. 轻诺者寡信。
· He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad. 欲加之罪，何患无词。
· Hard words break no bones. 忠言逆耳利于行。
· Haste makes waste. 忙乱易错。欲速则不达。
· He that runs fastest gets the ring. 捷足先登。
　　　　　　　　　

I
· It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. 彼此彼此。
· If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. 榜样的力量是无穷的。
· It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
· Ill news never comes too late. 好事不出门，坏事传千里。
· It is the first step that is troublesome. 万事开头难。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

J
· Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
　　　　　　　　　　　

K
· Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is key to it. 实践得真知。
· Keeping is harder than winning. 创业不易，守业更难。
· Knowledge is no burden. 艺不压身。
· Kiss and be friends. 握手言和。
· Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕
                       

L
· Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.既来之，则安之。
· Love is blind. 情人眼里出西施。
· Little chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
· Like knows like. 惺惺相惜。
· Live and learn. 学无止境。
　　　　　　　　　　　

M
· Merry meet, merry part. 好聚好散。
· Mind acts upon mind. 心有灵犀一点通。
　　　　　　　　　　　

N
· Nothing comes wrong to a hungry man.饥不择食
· No cross, no crown.不吃苦中苦，难为人上人。
· Nothing is easier than fault-finding. 站着说话不腰痛。
· No weal without woe. 福兮祸所伏, 祸兮福所倚。
· No work, no money. 不劳无获。
· Never too late (or old) to learn. 活到老，学到老。
· Never judge by appearances. 切莫以貌取人。
· No fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

O
· One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.一叶障目，不见泰山。
· One swallow does not make a summer.一花独放不是春。
· One can not be in two places at once. 一心不可二用。
· Obedience is the first duty of a soldier. 服从是军人的天职。
· One lark does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

P
· Practice is better than precept. 身教重于言教。
· Poverty is stranger to industry. 勤劳之人不受穷。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

R
· Riches have wings. 富贵无常。
　　　　　　　　　　　

S
· Score twice before you cut once. 三思而后行。
· Sense comes with age. 老马识途。
· So the world wags. 这就是人生。
· So said, so done. 说到做到。言出必行。
· Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. 要成大业，自信第一。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

T
· Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。
· Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风 。
· The reasons of the poor weight not. 人微言轻。
· The shortest way round is the longest way home.欲速则不达。
· Those are in the same boat should row together.同舟共济。
· Too much pudding will choke a dog.布丁太多噎死狗。
· The heart's letter is read in the eyes.眼睛是心灵的窗户。
· The deed proves the man.观其行而知其人。
· True gold fears not the fire.真金不怕火炼。
· Take time while time is, for time will away.机不可失，时不在来。
· The battle is to the strong.两强相遇勇者胜。
· The heart is seen in wine. 酒后吐真言。
· The best of friends must part. 天下没有不散的宴席。
· Time is money. 时间就是金钱
· Through obedience learn to command. 先当学生，后当先生。
· Time tries all things. 时间检验一切。
· There is no fire without smoke. 无风不起浪。
　　　　　　　　　　

U
· Unpleasant advice is a good medicine. 忠言逆耳利于行。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

W
· Wealth is nothing without health. 健康胜于财富。
· We begun is half done. 良好的开端等于成功的一半。
· Work makes the workman.熟能生巧。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

Y
· You cannot have your cake and eat it. 有得就有失。事难两全其美。
· Youth's a stuff will not endure. 青春易逝。
· You are never too old to learn. 活到老学到老。
· You never know till you have tired.事非经过不知难。
　　　　　　　　　　　　

Z
· Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 热情而无知，犹如无光之火

英语常用口头禅

1.Absolutely!——毫无疑问！
2.Adorable!——可爱极了！
3.Amazing!——太神奇了！
4.Anytime!——随时吩咐！
5.Almost!——差不多了！
6.Awful!——好可怕啊！
7.Allow me!——让我来！
8.Baloney!——胡扯！荒谬！
9.Bingo!——中了！
10.Boring!——真无聊！
11.Bravo!——太棒了！
12.Bullshit!——胡说！
13.Correct!——对的！
14.Crazy!——疯了！
15.Damn!——该死的！
16.Deal!——一言为定！
17.Definitely!——当然！
18.Disgusting!——好恶心啊！
19.Drat!——讨厌！
20.Exactly!——完全正确！
21.Faint!——我倒！
22.Fantastic!——妙极了！
23.Fifty-fifty!——一半对一半！
24.Fresh!——好有型！帅极了！
25.Gorgeous!——美极了！
26.Great!——太好了！
27.Hopefully!——希望如此！
28.Horrible!——好可怕！
29.Hot!——好辣！
30.Hurray!/Hurrah!——万岁！
31.Imagine!——想想看！
32.Impossible!——不可能吧！
33.Impressive!——很感人，永生难忘！
34.Incredible!——不可思议！
35.Indeed?——真的？
36.Listen!——听着！
37.Lousy!——差劲！
38.Now!——现在就做！
39.Objection!——我抗议！
40.Outrageous!——不得了！
41.Perfect!——很完美！

常用简单英语名言警句

Where there is a will, there is a way. 

有志者，事竟成。 

Well begun is half done. 

好的开端是成功的一半。 

East, west, home is best. 

金窝、银窝，不如自己的草窝。 

There is no royal road to learning. 

学无坦途。 

Look before you leap. First think, then act. 

三思而后行。 

It is never too late to mend. 

亡羊补牢，犹为未晚。 

Light come, light go. 

来得容易，去得快。 

Time is money. 

时间就是金钱。 

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 

患难见真交。 

All roads lead to Rome. 

条条大路通罗马。 

Art is long, but life is short. 

人生有限，学问无涯。 

Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed. 

只要人有恒，万事都能成。 

A good medicine tastes bitter. 

良药苦口。 

It is good to learn at another man‘s cost. 

前车之鉴。 

Keeping is harder than winning. 

创业不易，守业更难。 

Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it. 

船到桥头自然直。 

More haste, less speed. 

欲速则不达。 

No pains, no gains. 

不劳则无获。 

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 

世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 

Where there is life, there is hope. 

生命不息，希望常在。 

An idle youth, a needy age. 

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 

God helps those who help themselves. 

自助者，天助之。 

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 

只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 

Diligence is the mother of success. 

勤奋是成功之母。 

Truth is the daughter of time. 

时间见真理。 

No man is wise at all times. 

智者千虑，必有一失。 

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 

今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。 

Live and learn. 

活到老，学到老。 

Kill two birds with one stone. 

一石双鸟。 

It never rains but it pours. 

祸不单行。 

In doing we learn. 

经一事，长一智。 

Easier said than done. 

说起来容易做起来难。 

He who laughs last laughs best. 

谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。 

He who pays the piper, calls the tune. 

谁负担费用，谁加以控制。 

No man is born wise or learned. 

人非生而知之。 

Action speak louder than words. 

事实胜于雄辩。 

There is no smoke without fire. 

无风不起浪。 

Many hands make light work. 

人多好办事。 

Reading makes a full man. 

读书长见识。 

Learn young, learn fair. 

学习趁年轻，学就要学好。 

Once bitten, twice shy. 

一次被咬，下次胆小。 

Sound in body, sound in mind. 

有健全的身体才有健全的精神。 

Seeing is believing. 

百闻不如一见。 

Money is a good servant but a bad master. 

要做金钱的主人，莫作金钱的奴隶。 

It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind. 

无风难驶船。 

The path to glory is always rugged. 

通向光荣的道路常常是崎岖的。 

Quality matters more than quantity. 

质重于量。 

The on-looker sees most of the game. 

旁观者清。 

Joys shared with others are more enjoyed. 

与众同乐，其乐更乐。 

Happiness takes no account of time. 

欢乐不觉日子长。 

Time and tide waits for no man. 

岁月不等人。 

If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. 

若要求知，必须刻苦。 

Learn to walk before you run. 

循序渐进。 

From words to deeds is a great space. 

言行之间，大有距离。 

Habit is a second nature. 

习惯成自然。 

Lifeless, faultless. 

只有死人才不会犯错误。 

A book that remains shut is but a block. 

书本不常翻，犹如一块砖。 

Two heads are better than one. 

三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。 

Birth is much, but breeding is more. 

出身重要，教养更重要。 

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. 

世上无难事，只怕有心人。 

You can‘t make something out of nothing. 

巧妇难为无米之炊。 

Nothing venture, nothing have. 

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 

Nothing for nothing. 

不费力气，一无所得。 

Of nothing comes nothing. 

无中不能生有。 

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. 

不犯错误者一事无成。 

Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose. 

话不中肯，不如不说。 

Nothing succeeds like success. 

一事如意，万事顺利。 

Nothing stake, nothing draw. 

不顶千里浪，哪来万斤鱼。 

Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand. 

期待比现实更美好。 

Nothing is given so freely as advice. 

劝人最容易。 

Nothing is so certain as the unexpected. 

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。 

Nothing seek, nothing find. 

无所求则无所获。 

A little of every thing is nothing in the main. 

每事浅尝辄止，事事都告无成。 

A great ship asks deep waters. 

大船要走深水。 

He that once deceives is ever suspected. 

骗人一次，受疑一世。 

Empty wagons rattle loudest. 

空车响声大。 

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

目标，不一定总是要达到，目标往往只是用来帮助你瞄准方向的。





A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than  can learn from a wise answer.

一个聪明人，从愚蠢的问题上学到的东西要比一个傻瓜在一个聪明的答案上学到的要多。





Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.

总是做你自己、表达自己、相信自己，而不是去寻找一种成功的性格并复制它。





As you think, so shall you become.

你想成为什么样的人，就真的会成为那样的人。





Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

当我还是个孩子的时候，我就本能的渴求发展和成长，对我来说，一个“高素质”人的作用和职责就是真正的开发自己的潜能。





I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

我活着不是为了满足你的期望，就像你也不是因为我的期望而活着一样。





If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

如果你给每件事情都设了限，无论是有形的还是无形的，它都会融进你的工作和生活。没有极限，只有停滞不前，而你千万别停滞不前，你必须超越和突破。





If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

若你热爱生命，就不要浪费时间，因为生命是由时间构成的。





If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

如果你花费太长时间去想一件事，那你永远不会完成它。





It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

不是一天天的增加要求而是要一天天的减少，减去那些不必要的东西。





Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

知识会带给你力量，但人品会带给你尊重。





Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

爱情就像友情着了火，开始时是火焰，非常漂亮，非常热烈和激烈，但是仍然只是光和闪烁。爱情慢慢变老，我们的心慢慢成熟，我们的爱就变成了像煤一样，充分燃烧不能熄灭。





Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

如果一个人敢于承认错误，那么一切的错误都会被原谅。





Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

要知道，笔直的树是最易崩裂的，而竹子或柳树却能经得起风的肆虐。





Real living is living for others.

真正的生活是为他人而活。





Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

傻子才把炫耀当作荣耀。





Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

不想谁对谁错，谁好谁坏，不支持，也不反对。





Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.

放空你的思想，透明的，无定形的，像水一样，如果你将水放入杯子，它就变成杯子的形状，你将水放入瓶子，它就变成瓶子的形状，你把水放入茶杯中，它就变成茶杯的形状。水可以柔软的流动，也可以坚硬的凝结，像水一样吧，我的朋友。





1.  Do not fear, only believe. 





  





  不要怕，只要信！ 





 





2.       Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.





    人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心；在小的事上不义，在大事上也不义。





 





3.       He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.





    耕种自己的田地的，必得饱食，追随虚浮的，却是无知。





 





4.       Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.





    手懒的，要受贫穷；手勤的，却要富足。





 





5.       Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.





    少种的少收，多种的多收。





 





6.       Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.





    勤劳人的手必掌权，懒惰的人必服苦役。





 





7.       Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and work with your hands.





    要立志过恬静的生活，管自己的事，并亲手工作。





 





8.       Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all wrongs.





    恨能挑起争端，爱能遮掩一切过错。





 





9.       The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.





    温良的舌是生命之树，而诡诈的嘴使人心碎。





 





10.   Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.





    你们要充分利用每一个机会，用智慧与外人交往。





 





11.   Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.





    骄傲在败坏以先，狂心在跌倒之前。





 





12.   God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.





    神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。





 





13.   Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become  blameless and pure.





    凡所做的，都不要发怨言、起争论，这样会使你们无可指摘、诚实无伪。





1. All things in their being are good for something.

　　天生我才必有用。







　　2. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

　　困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。







　　3. For man is man and master of his fate.

　　人就是人，是自己命运的主人。







　　4. The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates

　　混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底







　　5. None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.

　　只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。







　　6. Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon

　　命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。-- 尼克松







　　7. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

　　生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。







　　8. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.

　　没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。







　　9. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions unexplored.

　　卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。







　　10. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power. - --- Balzac

　　没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 -- 巴尔扎克







　　11. The good seaman is known in bad weather.

　　惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。







　　12. Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

　　不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。







　　13. Gods determine what you're going to be

　　人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。







　　14. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

　　生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。







　　15. While there is life there is hope.

　　一息若存，希望不灭。







　　16. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein

　　不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 -- 爱因斯坦