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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.Thomas A. Edison放弃是我们最大的弱点。成功的方法只不过是失败之后再尝试一次。It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.Confucius只要你肯坚持下去,慢点也没关系。You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.C. S. Lewis无论何时你设定新的目标或拥有新的梦想都为时不晚。Do you want to know who you are? Dont ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.Thomas Jefferson你想知道你是谁吗？不要问，行动吧！行动将描述和定义你。By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.Benjamin Franklin如果你不好好准备，你就准备着失败吧。Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.Harriet Beecher Stowe永不言弃，因为此时此地正蕴藏着转机！Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.Theodore Roosevelt要志存高远并且脚踏实地Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.Og Mandino如果我要成功的决心够坚强，失败就绝对不会打垮我。In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.Nikos Kazantzakis要想成功,首先就必须相信自己可以做到。If you can dream it, you can do it.Walt Disney敢于梦想,就可以实现!You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.Albert Einstein你必须学会游戏规则，然后玩得比谁都好。“A bad habit never disappears miraculously; its an undo-it-yourself project.” Abigail Van Buren, Advice Columnist坏习惯绝不会神奇的消失，你要自己动手去把它戒掉。 范布伦 (专栏咨询作家) miraculously(adv.) 神奇地，非凡地；miracle (n.) 奇迹，不可思议的事。例：Miraculously, no one was hurt in the accident.(神奇的是，没有人在意外中受伤。)undo(v.) 移除不好的影响。例：You cannot undo the damage of a lifetime in one month.(你无法在一个月内化解一生的伤害) 范布伦 (1918- ) 在 1956 年成立了 Dear Abby 专栏，专门提供建议给读者，一度在全球 1400 家报社刊登，有 1 亿 1000 万读者，出版商形容她的文章提供非凡的常识及年轻观点。Jim Rohn (励志作家)Posted byJohnon10/09/2013No comments“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” Jim Rohn, Author动机让你展开行动，习惯让你持续前进。你无法在一夕间改变命运，但你可以在一夕间改变方向。吉姆罗恩 (励志作家) motivation(n.) 动机，原因。例：What is her motivation for becoming a doctor?(她想成为医生的动机为何？)destination(n.) 目的地，终点。overnight(n.) 一夜间，马上。例：She became a millionaire overnight.(她在一夕间成为百万富翁。) 吉姆罗恩 (1930-2009) 是美国励志及个人成长领域的讲师，他由穷至富的个人成长经验是他著作及演讲的主轴。Robert J. Ringer (励志作者)Posted byJohnon02/14/2012No comments“Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific simple habits that always lead to success.” Robert J. Ringer, Motivational Writer成功是有关了解并虔诚的实践特定、简单并永远通向成功的习惯。 罗伯特林格 (励志作者) matter(n.) 事情，情况。例：It is a matter of life and death.(这是一件攸关生死的事。)religiously(adv.) 笃信地，虔诚地；religious (adj.) 宗教的；religion (n.) 宗教。practice(v.) 执行；实践。 罗伯特林格 (1938- ) 为美国企业家、励志作者及演说家，他的数本著作曾登上纽约时报畅销书 (The New York Times Best Seller)。 解读：如果一个人可以持续地执行好的习惯，一段时间后必定能看到效果。Anonymous (无名氏)Posted byJohnon12/23/20112 comments“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” Anonymous注意你的想法，因为它将成为言语；注意你的言语，因为它将成为行为；注意你的行为，因为它将成为习惯；注意你的习惯，因为它将成为个性；注意你的个性，因为它将成为你的命运。 无名氏 character(n.) 是个性，特质，如：His character flaws.(他个性上的缺点。)destiny(n.) 是命运，如：She wondered if it was her destiny to marry him. (她思索与他结婚是否为她的命运。)Samuel Johnson (字典编纂者)Posted byJohnon11/02/2011No comments“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer习惯之链微弱的无法被感受直到它强硬的无法被打断。 塞缪尔詹森 (字典编纂者) chain(n.) 是链子，铁链。broken是break(v.)打坏，打破的过去分词。 塞缪尔詹森 (1709-1784) 是英国著名大文豪，集文评家、诗人、散文家、传记家于一身，为英国文学史上最出色的人物之一。在牛津字典尚未出版前，他所著的A Dictionary of the English Language(詹森字典) 为英国最重要的英语字典。Aristotle (哲学家)Posted byJohnon07/02/2010No comments“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle, Philosopher我们重复的行为造就了我们，卓越因此不是一个行为，而是一个习惯。 亚里斯多德 (哲学家) Be 动词就是等于的意思，而第一句的动词 “are” 我们就可以 “=” 来解释。”what we repeatedly do” 是个名词子句。”repeatedly” 重复地是副词，修饰动词 “do”，它的字根是 “repeat”，为动词，”repeated” 则是形容词 (过去分词)。 亚里斯多德 (384 BC 322 BC) 是古希腊哲学家，为柏拉图的学生，亚历山大的老师，是西方哲学思想的主要奠基者之一。1.Genius only means hard-working all ones life. 天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。2. Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. (Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer)理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向;没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L .)3、If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?(P. B. Shelley, British poet)冬天来了，春天还会远吗?( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)4、If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky ground .(Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist)如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)5、The first wealth is health .(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)健康是人生第一财富。(美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.) 6、Where there is life, there is hope.有生命必有希望。 7、What makes life dreary is the want of motive.(George Eliot)没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。（乔治埃略特） 8、If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?(P. B. Shelley, British poet)冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.) 9、Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。 10、Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.成功常常取决于知道需要多久才能成功。A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 恶其始者必恶其终。A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜于无。A bad conscience is a snake in ones heart. 做贼心虚。A bad thing never dies. 坏事传千年。A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day. 略有胜于全无A book that remains shut is but a block. 有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头A burnt child dreads the fire. 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。A clean hand wants no washing. 身正不怕影子斜。A contented mind is perpetual feast. 知足常乐。Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识的巧果。Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨练人的好机会。Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难使人聪明，但不能致富。 Adversity makes strange bedfellows. 身处逆境不择友。A fair face may hide a foul heart. 人不可貌相。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误，等于改正一半。A fool may give a wise man counsel. 愚者千虑，必有一得。A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。 A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我。 A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友。 A friend is never known till a man has need. 不到患难时，永远不能认识真正的朋友。 A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢，失友快。 A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 广交友，无深交。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的。【名言警句-教育篇】A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (H.B.Adams, American historian)教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。(美国历史学家 亚当斯 H B)And gladly would learn, and gladly teach. (Chaucer, British poet)勤于学习的人才能乐意施教。(英国诗人 乔叟)Better be unbound than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. (Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher)与其不受教育，不知不生，因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? (Friedrich W.Nietzsche, German philosopher)所有高尚教育的课程表里都不能没有各种形式的跳舞：用脚跳舞，用思想跳舞，用言语跳舞，不用说，还需用笔跳舞。(德国哲学家 尼采 F W)Education commences at the mothers knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character. (Hosea Ballou British educator)教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。(英国教育家 巴卢 H)Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know; it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave. (John Ruskin, British art critic)教育不在于使人知其所未知，而在于按其所未行而行。(英国艺术评论家 园斯金 J)Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. (Durant, American historian)教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。(美国历史学家 杜兰特)Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. (Oscar Wilde, British dramatist)教育是令人羡慕的东西，但是要不时地记住：凡是值得知道的，没有一个是能够教会的。(英国剧作家 王尔得 O)Education has for its object the formation of character. (Herbert Spencer, British philosopher)教育是以造就人的品质为其目标。(英国哲学家 斯宾塞 H)Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. (George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian)教育造就了一大批人，他们会读书，但是不会区别什么书值得读。(英国历史学家 特里维廉 G M)Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. (William Butler Yeats, lrish poet)教育不是注满一桶水，而且点燃一把火。(爱尔兰诗人 叶芝 B W)Education is the chief defence of nations. (Edmund Bruke, British statesman)教育是国家的主要防御力量。(英国政治家 伯克)Education is the transmission of civilization. (Will Drant, American historian and essayist)教育传播文明。(美国历史学家、散文家杜兰特.W.)Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to slave. (Brougham, British statesman)教育使一个民族容易领导，但是难于驱使；容易管理，却不可能奴役。(英国政治家 布罗马汉姆)Every person has two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself. (Edward Gibbon, British historian)每个人都受两种教育，一种来自别人，另一种更重要的是来自自己。(英国历史学家 吉朋 E)Example is always more efficacious than precept. (Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic)身教胜于言教。(英国作家、批评家 约翰逊 S)For a cultivated man to be ignorant of foreign languages is a great inconvenience. (Anton P.Chekhrv, Russian dramatist)一个受过教育的人，不懂外语是极不方便的。(俄国剧作家 契克夫 A P)Genius without education is like silver in the mine. (Benjamin Franklin, American president)未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。(美国总统 富兰克林 B)How much more profitable for the independent mind, after the mere rudiments of education , to range through a library at random, taking down books as the mother wit suggests! (John Henry, British Cardinal Newman)受到初步的基础教育之后，对于愿意独立思考的人来说，在图书馆里信手取下一本书来，根据个人的天赋随意涉猎，这该是多大的好处啊！(英国纽曼红衣主教 享利 J)I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hot houses of learning do not always grow anything edible. (Robert Moses, American state government officer)我早已抛弃了这种观念：高等教育是通往成功或者幸福的必由之路。知识的“温室”并不总能生长可供食物用的粮食。(美国州政府官员 摩西 R)Let early education be a sort of an amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural bent. (Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher)初期教育应是一种娱乐，这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)Men of privilege without power are waste material; Men of enlighten-ment without influence are the poorest kind of rubbish. (H.V.Dyke , American writer and educator)享有特权而权力的人是废物。受过教育而没有影响的人是一文不值的垃圾。(美国作家、教育家 戴克 H V)Only a nation of educated people could remain free. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)只有由受过教育的人民组成的国家才能保持自由。(美国总统杰斐逊.T.)Only the educated are free. (Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher)只有受过教育的人才是自由的。(古希腊哲学家 爱比克泰德)Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. (Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher)吾爱吾师，吾更爱真理。(古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. (Malcolm Forbes, American educator)教育的目的是用能工巧匠接受新思想的头脑去取代一个空虚的灵魂。(美国教育家 福布斯 M)The education of a man never completed until he dies. (Robert Edward Lee, American educator)对一个人的教育，至死方止。(美国教育家，李 R E)The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter. (J.Agell, American psychologist)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 J)The object of educator is to prepare the young to ed