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1 All things come to those who wait 苍天不负有心人 2 A thousand li journey is started by taking the first step 千里之行 始于足下 3 All things in their being are good for something 天生我才必有用 4 Hope for the best prepare for the worst 抱最好的希望 做最坏的打算 5 Even a great life is only a life until you make it 美好生活 自己创造 6 Do not know how high the sky is until one climbs up the tops of mountains and do not know how thick the earth is until one comes to the deep river Xun Kuang China 不登高山 不知天之高也 不临深溪 不知天之厚也 7 It s never too late to mend 过而能改 善莫大焉 亡羊补牢 犹未晚也 8 An idle youth a needy age 少壮不努力 老大徒伤悲 9 Storms make trees take deeper roots 风暴使树木深深扎根 感激敌人 感激挫折 10 The good seaman is known in bad weather 惊涛骇浪 方显英雄本色 11 A good beginning is half the battle 良好的开端等于成功的一半 12 Bitter pills may have wholesome effects 良药苦口利于病 13 Genius is formed in quiet character in the stream of life 平静中产生天才 生活激流中创造个性 14 The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change and the realist adjusts the sails by William Arthur Ward 悲观者埋怨刮风 乐观者静侯风变 现实者调整风帆 15 A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder 人生无目的 犹如船失舵 16 All things are difficult before they are easy 万事开头难 17 Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today 今日事 今日毕 18 A man is not old as long as he is seeking something A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams J Barrymore 只要一个人还有追求 他就没有老 直到后悔取代了梦想 一个人 才算老 巴里摩尔 19 One s real value first lies in to what degree and what sense he set himself Einstein Germany 一个人的真正价值首先决定于他在什么程度上和在什么意义上从自 我解放出来 爱因斯坦 德国 20 One thing I know that is I know nothing Socrates Greek 我所知道的一件事就是我一无所知 苏格拉底 古希腊 21 We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope Martin Luther King 我们必须接受失望 因为它是有限的 但千万不可失去希望 因为 它是无穷的 马丁 路德 金 22 I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it Voltaire 我不同意你说的话 但我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利 伏尔泰 23 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 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 F W 24 The failures and reverses which await men and one after another sadden the brow of youth add a dignity to the prospect of human life which no Arcadian success would do Henry David Thoreau 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们 一次次地夺走青春的容颜 但却给人 生的前景增添了一份尊严 这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的 梭罗 25 The road of life is like a large river because of the power of the currents river courses appear unexpectedly where there is no flowing water Tagore India 人生的道路就像一条大河 由于急流本身的冲击力 在从前没有水 流的地方 冲刷出崭新的意料不到的河道 泰戈尔 印度 26 Do not for one repulse forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort Shakespeare 不要只因一次挫败 就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的 莎士比亚 27 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow Emerson 进步乃今日之努力 明日之保证 爱默生 28 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 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 他们就去创造机会 英国剧作家 肖伯纳 G 29 The failures and reverses which await men and one after another sadden the brow of youth add a dignity to the prospect of human life which no Arcadian success would do Henry David Thoreau 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们 一次次地夺走青春的容颜 但却给人 生的前景增添了一份尊严 这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的 梭罗 30 Laziness is like a lock which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling Bernard Shaw 懒惰就象一把锁 锁住了知识的仓库 使你的智力便得匮乏 萧伯纳 30 If a jewel falls into the mire it remains as precious as before and though dust should ascend to heaven its former worthlessness will not be altered AL Jabber 宝石即使落在泥潭里 仍是一样可贵 尘土纵然扬到天上 还是没 有价值 贾比尔 31 Learning is an ornament in prosperity a refuge in adversity and a provision in old age Aristotle 学问在成功时是装饰品 在失意时是庇护所 在年老时是供应品 亚里士多德 32 A wise man never loses anything if he has himself Nietzsche 聪明的人只要能掌握自己 便什么也不会失去 尼采 33 Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall O Goldsmith 我们最值得自豪的不在于从不跌倒 而在于每次跌倒之后都爬起来 哥德斯密斯 34 The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use we make of them Montaigne 生命的价值不在于能活多少天 而在于我们如何使用这些日子 蒙 田 35 Strength alone knows conflict weakness is below even defeat and is born vanquished Swetchine 只有强者才懂得斗争 弱者甚至失败都不够资格 而是生来就是被 征服的 斯威特切尼 36 The world can be changed by man s endeavor and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them Franklin Roosevelt American President 人经过努力可以改变世界 这种努力可以使人类达到新的 更美好 的境界 没有人仅凭闭目 不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联 系 他必须敏感 随时准备接受新鲜事物 他必须有勇气与能力去 面对新的事实 解决新问题 美国总统罗斯福 F 37 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 Thomas Edison American inventor 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 美国发明家 爱迪生 T 38 Man s dearest possession is life and it is given to him to live but once He must live so as to feel no torturing regrets for years without purpose never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past Ostorovsky 人最宝贵的东西是生命 生命属于我们只有一次 一个人的生命应 该这样度过 当他回首往事时 他不因虚度年华而悔恨 也不因过 去碌碌无为而羞耻 39 The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge Bertrand Russell 美好的生活是一种由爱所激励和由知识所指导的生活 罗素 40 Love is an active power in man a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men which unites him with others love makes him overcome the sense of isolation and separateness yet it permits to be himself to retain his i