有誌者，事竟成。
Well begun is half done.
好的開端是成功的壹半。
East, west, home is best.
金窩、銀窩，不如自己的草窩。
There is no royal road to learning.
學無坦途。
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而後行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊補牢，猶為未晚。
Light come, light go.
來得容易，去得快。
Time is money.
時間就是金錢。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患難見真交。
Great hopes make great man.
遠大的希望，造就偉大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨過天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
條條大路通羅馬。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限，學問無涯。
Stick to it, and you‘ll succeed.
只要人有恒，萬事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起，富裕、聰明、身體好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口。
It is good to learn at another man‘s cost.
前車之鑒。
Keeping is harder than winning.
創業不易，守業更難。
Let‘s cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到橋頭自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速則不達。
No pains, no gains.
不勞則無獲。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上無難事，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.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重開日，人無再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者，天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日，明日不再來。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作，不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奮是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
時間見真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
積少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千慮，必有壹失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事絕不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老，學到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
壹石雙鳥。
It never rains but it pours.
禍不單行。
In doing we learn.
經壹事，長壹智。
Easier said than done.
說起來容易做起來難。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
壹分預防勝似十分治療。
Industry is fortune‘s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤勉是幸運的右手，節約是幸運的左手。
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
天才壹分來自靈感，九十九分來自勤奮。
He who laughs last laughs best.
誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好。
He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
誰負擔費用，誰加以控制。
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
身體健壯就有希望，有了希望就有了壹切。
No man is born wise or learned.
人非生而知之。
Action speak louder than words.
事實勝於雄辯。
Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue.
勇敢和堅決是美德的靈魂。
United we stand, divided we fall.
合即立，分即垮。
There is no smoke without fire.
無風不起浪。
Many hands make light work.
人多好辦事。
Reading makes a full man.
讀書長見識。
The best horse needs breeding, and the aptest child needs teaching.
最好的馬要馴，最伶俐的孩子要教。
Learn young, learn fair.
學習趁年輕，學就要學好。
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知識，勝於手中有金錢。
Once bitten, twice shy.
壹次被咬，下次膽小。
Sound in body, sound in mind.
有健全的身體才有健全的精神。
Seeing is believing.
百聞不如壹見。
Dogs wave their tails not so much in, love to you as your bread.
狗搖尾巴，愛的是妳的面包。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金錢的主人，莫作金錢的奴隸。
It‘s hard sailing when there is no wind.
無風難駛船。
The path to glory is always rugged.
通向光榮的道路常常是崎嶇的。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
沒有目標的生活如同沒有羅盤的航行。
Quality matters more than quantity.
質重於量。
The on-looker sees most of the game.
旁觀者清。
Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it .
為了求知識，代價雖高也值得。
Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.
與眾同樂，其樂更樂。
Happiness takes no account of time.
歡樂不覺日子長。
Time and tide waits for no man.
歲月不等人。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必須刻苦。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序漸進。
Knowing something of everything, and everything of something.
通百藝而專壹長。
From words to deeds is a great space.
言行之間，大有距離。
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
技能和信心是無敵的軍隊。
Habit is a second nature.
習慣成自然。
Lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不會犯錯誤。
A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.
好書千載常如新。
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
讀書如擇友，宜少且宜精。
A book that remains shut is but a block.
書本不常翻，猶如壹塊磚。
It‘s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子在德不在衣。
Two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠頂個諸葛亮。
Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身重要，教養更重要。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
世上無難事，只怕有心人。
You can‘t make something out of nothing.
巧婦難為無米之炊。
Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Nothing for nothing.
不費力氣，壹無所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
無中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯錯誤者壹事無成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
話不中肯，不如不說。
Nothing succeeds like success.
壹事如意，萬事順利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不頂千裏浪，哪來萬斤魚。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比現實更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
勸人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
無所求則無所獲。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事淺嘗輒止，事事都告無成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龍要在海中遊。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士、精心博士、快樂博士，三人都是最好的醫生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
騙人壹次，受疑壹世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空車響聲大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
IDEAL 理想篇
Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .(William Shakespeare , British dramatist)
不要只因壹次失敗，就放棄妳原來決心想達到的目的。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞.W.)
Don't part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain , American writer)
不要放棄妳的幻想。當幻想沒有了以後，妳還可以生存，但是妳雖生猶死。（(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man . I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world .(Thomas Edison , American inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用來造福人類。我認為，在我們的短暫壹生中，最好的貢獻莫過於此了。 (美國發明家 愛迪生. T.)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)
理想是指路明燈。沒有理想，就沒有堅定的方向；沒有方向，就沒有生活。
(俄國作家 托爾斯泰. L .)
If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )
冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？( 英國詩人, 雪萊. P. B.)
If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .(
Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )
如果妳懷疑自己，那麽妳的立足點確實不穩固了。 (挪威劇作家 易蔔生)
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)
如果妳想走到高處，就要使用自己的兩條腿！不要讓別人把妳擡到高處；不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。(德國哲學家 尼采. F. W.)
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.( Mark Twain , American writer )
就是在我們母親的膝上，我們獲得了我們的最高尚、最真誠和最遠大的理想，但是裏面很少有任何金錢。(美國作家 馬克·吐溫)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
Alexander Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)
生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。 (法國作家 大仲馬. A.)
The ideals which have lighted my way , and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness , beauty and truth .(Albert Einstein , American scientist)
有些理想曾為我們引過道路，並不斷給我新的勇氣以欣然面對人生，那些理想就是——真、善、美。 (美國科學家 愛因斯坦 . A .)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim , and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German Poet and dramatist)
人生重要的事情就是確定壹個偉大的目標，並決心實現它。(德國詩人、戲劇家 歌德 . J . M .)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds .(Mark Twain , American writer)
具有新想法的人在其想法實現之前是個怪人。 (美國作家 馬克·吐溫)
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)
實現明天理想的唯壹障礙是今天的疑慮。 (美國總統 羅斯福. F .)
When an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln , American statesman)
如果壹個目的是正當而必須做的，則達到這個目的的必要手段也是正當而必須采取的。(美國政治家 林肯. A.)
STRUGGLE 奮鬥篇
Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)
天才只意味著終身不懈的努力。 (俄國化學家 門捷列耶夫)
I have nothing to offer but blood , toil tears and sweat . (Winston Churchill, British Politician)
我所能奉獻的沒有其它，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。(英國政治家 丘吉爾 . W.)
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe , German poet and dramatist)
人只要奮鬥就會犯錯誤。 (德國詩人、劇作家 歌德. J. W.)
My fellow Americans , ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country . My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man . (John Kennedy , American President )
美國同胞們，不要問國家能為妳們做些什麽，而要問妳們能為國家做些什麽。全世界的公民們，不要問美國將為妳們做些什麽，而要問我們***同能為人類的自由做些什麽。 (美國總統 肯尼迪. J.)
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (Richard Nixon, American President )
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。(美國總統 尼克松 . R.)
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果實是甜蜜的。 (法國思想家 盧梭. J. J.)
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow .
(Emerson, American thinker )
進步是今天的活動、明天的保證。 (美國思想家 家默生)
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 )
人經過努力可以改變世界，這種努力可以使人類達到新的、更美好的境界。沒有人僅憑閉目、不看社會現實就能割斷自己與社會的聯系。他必須敏感，隨時準備接受新鮮事物；他必須有勇氣與能力去面對新的事實，解決新問題。(美國總統 羅斯福建. F.)
There is no royal road to science ,and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits . (Karl Marx, German revolutionary )
在科學上沒有平坦的大道，只有不畏勞苦沿著其崎嶇之路攀登的人，才有希望達到它光輝的頂點。( 德國革命家 馬克思. K .)
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
(Bonaparte Napoleon ,French emperor )
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能的”。( 法國皇帝 拿破侖. B.)
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom .(Ronald Reagan , American President )
為了保住這最後的、最偉大的自由堡壘，我們必須盡我們所能。(美國總統 裏根. R.)
We cannot always build the future for our youth , but we can build our youth for the future . (Franklin Roosevelt , American president )
我們不能總是為我們的青年造就美好未來，但我們能夠為未來造就我們的青年壹代。 (美國總統 羅斯福. F.)
Where there is a will , there is a way .( Thomas Edison , American inventor )
有誌者，事竟成。 (美國發明家 愛迪生. T.)
SUCCESS 成功篇
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life .( Thomas Edison , American inventor)
有所成就是人生唯壹的真正樂趣。( 美國發明家 愛迪生. T. )
But has the last word been said ? Is all hope to be lost ? Is the defeat final No !(Charles De Gaulle , French president )
但是難道敗局已定，勝利已經無望？不，不能這樣說！ (法國總統 戴高樂. C.)
I succeeded because I willed it ; I never hesitated .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor )
我成功是因為我有決心，從不躊躇 。 (法國皇帝 拿破侖. B .)
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 )
如果妳希望成功，當以恒心為良友、以經驗為參謀、以謹慎為兄弟、以希望為哨兵。 (美國發明家 愛迪生. T.)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).
只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人，才能夠輕而易舉地完成困難的事。(德國劇作家、詩人 席勒. F.)
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger .(Theodore Roosevelt , American president)
實力永遠意味著責任和危險。 (美國總統 羅斯福. T.)
Success covers a multitude of blunders .(George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist)
成功由大量的失望鑄就。( 英國劇作家 肖伯納. G.)
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 )
在這個世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力尋找他們想要機會的人，如果找不到機會，他們就去創造機會。( 英國劇作家 肖伯納. G.)
You have to believe in yourself . That's the secret of success .(Charles Chaplin , American actor )
人必須相信自己，這是成功的秘訣。 (美國演員 卓別林. C.)