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关于成功
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessfulyears.
每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月.
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a lot from failure.
我认为成功没有定律,但你可从失败中学到很多东西.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
成功没有诀窍.它是筹备,苦干以及在失败中汲取教训的结果.
Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
事情很少有根本做不成的;其所以做不成,与其说是条件不够,不如说是由于决心不够。
Failure is the mother of success.
失败乃成功之母。
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.
人必须有自信,这是成功的秘密。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successfulindividuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字:多一点点。
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力。
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我们走来的,我必须自己走向胜利。
Industry is the parent of success.
成功源于勤奋.
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。
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关于努力奋斗
Genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。
Great works are performed not by strengh, but by
perseverance.
完成伟大的事业不在于体力,而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。
I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat.
我能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人,是自己命运的主人。
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will .
没有伟大的意志力,便没有雄才大略。
A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.
强者能同命运的风暴抗争。
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
能量加毅力可以征服一切。
Cease to struggle and you cease to live.
生命不止,奋斗不息。
A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
千里之行,始于足下
Constant dripping wears away the stone.
锲而不舍,金石可镂。
A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
No pain, no gain.
没有付出,就没有收获。
There is no royal road to learning.
学习没有捷径。
The first step is always the hardest.
万事开头难。
Well begun is half done.
良好的开端是成功的一半。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所愿,无事不成。/ 有志者事竟成。
Action speaks louder than words.
行动胜于言语。/ 坐而言不如起而行。
Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious.
劳碌虽烦扰,懒惰更害人。
Never think yourself above business.
切勿自视过高,眼高手低。
Do business, but be not a slave to it.
尽职尽责做事,但不要沦为事务的奴隶。
They who cannot do as they would, must do as theycan.
不能如愿而行,也须尽力而为。
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关于面对困难(失败)
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for
people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
No cross, no crown.
不经风雨,怎能见彩虹。
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until hebegins to blame somebody else.
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。
In days of adversity, we should stand firm and be unyielding; in days of happiness, we should, all the more, be prudent and careful.
身处逆境的日子,要坚强不屈;在幸福的日子里,尤其要谨慎小心。
Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
人生要是没有坎坷,那就未免太平滑了。
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.
再蠢的鱼,也不会为同一钓饵上钩两次。
He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
善于从别人的挫折中得到教益的人,才是真正的聪明人。
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
我宁愿光荣地失败,也不愿用欺骗的手段取得胜利。
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.
我们失败的原因,大多是对自己缺乏信心。
He loses indeed that loses at last.
最后的失败是真正的失败。
All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never right.
凡事要做,尽力去做;半途而废,就是大错。
What is defeat? Nothing but the first step to something better.
失败是什么?失败不过是走向较佳境地的第一步。
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
一个人如果失败了并不会完蛋,只有放弃了才会完蛋。
Failure doesn't mean you are failure; it does mean you haven't succeeded yet.
失败并不表明你是一个失败者,它只是意味着你尚未成功而已。
He that is foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.
在错误中显得愚蠢的人,让他在惩罚中变得聪明。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑,长一智。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
有人骗我一次,可耻在他;若他竟能骗我两次,可耻在我。
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
种种过错中最大的过错,就在于不承认任何过错。
He that does one fault at first, and lies to hide it, makes it two.
犯了错误再用谎言遮盖,便是一错再错。
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关于珍惜时间
Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made up of.
你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间,因为生命是由时间组成的。
No time like the present.
现在正是时候/只争朝夕。
Time and tide wait for no man.
时光如逝水,岁月不待人。
As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.
一寸光阴一寸金。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
一日之计在于晨。
Time dresses the greatest wounds.
时间能愈合最大的创伤。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日毕/勿将今事待明日。
No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.
光阴如流水,一去不复返。
Seize the day, for fleeting youth never returns.
光阴勿虚度,青春不再来。
Those that make the best use of their time have none
to spare.
充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。
Every flow has its ebb.
潮有涨落日,人有盛衰时。
Time stays not the fool's leisure.
时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。
There is no time like the present.
现在正是时候。
Take time by the forelock.
把握目前的时机。
To choose time is to save time.
选择时间就是节省时间。
One of these days is none of these days.
改天改天,不知哪天。
Tomorrow never comes.
明天无尽头,明日何其多。
Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月不待人。
Time cannot be won again.
时间一去不再来。
Time will tell.
时间能说明问题。
Time reveals (discloses) all things.
万事日久自明。
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关于友谊
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难朋友才是真朋友。
A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友难得。
A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.
父亲是财富,兄弟是安慰,朋友兼而有之。
A friend exaggerates a man's virtue, an enemy hiscrimes.朋友宣扬人的美德,敌人夸大人的罪过。
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
囊中有钱,不如朝中有友。
Both together do best of all.
二人同心,无往不胜。
Friendship is a love without wings.
友谊是一种无形的爱。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人生没有朋友, 犹如人生没有了太阳。
Set great store by friendship.
情意重千斤。
A friend is a second self.
朋友乃第二个自我。
Between friends all is common.
朋友之间不分彼此。
Old friends and old wine are best.
陈酒味醇, 老友情深。
The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water.
君子之交淡如水。
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。
Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.
人的友谊是无法言喻的。
Friendship is like a plant of slow growth.
友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝.
A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
路遥知马力, 日久见人心
It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is.
只有伟大胸怀的人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
没有朋友的人不会幸福,不处逆境不能识别朋友。
Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul.
在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。
The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.
能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them.
对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。
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关于目标
Goals determine what you're going to be.
人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。
Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
不管追求什么目标,都应坚持不懈。
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。
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关于读书学习(知识)
Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
It is never too old to learn.
为学不怕年高。
A man becomes learned by asking questions.
要长学问,就得多问;多问则业精。
There is no royal road to learning.
学问无坦途。
He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning. 畏问之人耻于学。
What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.
婴孩时期学到的东西,老死不会忘记。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好,坏人更坏。
Soon learnt, soon forgotten.
学得快,忘得快。
Learn young, learn fair.
为学趁年青,既学须学好。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少时懒惰老来苦。
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.
无知即无疑。
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
书本如一座随行的花园。
A book is the same today as it a I ways was and it wi I I never change.
好书经得起时代的考验。
A book that is / remains shut is but a block.
束之高阁的书本,无异于木块。
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
闭卷不读,书同废纸堆。
A good book is a good friend.
好书如挚友。
A good book is a light to the soul.
好书是人们的心灵明灯。
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
好书如良友,可相伴一生。
A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.
图书馆是心灵的良药。 (repository:储藏所,知识宝库)。
A man becomes I earned by asking questions.
不耻下问才能获得学问。
A nation’s treasure is in its scholars.
文人是国家的财富。
A single conversation with a wise man is better than tenyears of study.
与君一席话,胜读十年书。
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关于金钱观
Money is not everything.
金钱不是万能的。
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
要做金钱的主人,莫做金钱的奴隶。
Time is money,but money cannot buy time.
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。
If you ignore money, money will ignore you.
你不理财,财不理你。
Money is not omnipotent, no money is totally unacceptable.
有钱不是万能的,没有钱是万万不能的。
All things are obedient to money.
Money makes the mare go.
有钱能使鬼推磨。
Money is a great traveler in the world.
金钱是世界上伟大的旅行家。
Health and money go far.
有了健康和金钱,就能走遍天下。
A man without money is a bow without a arrow.
没钱之人就像无箭之弓。
With money a donkey was obtained a priest.
有了钱,驴子也能当牧师。
Where money talks arguments are of no avail.
钱说话的地方,讲理是没有用的。
Money does not grow on tree.
金钱不长在树上(钱不容易挣)
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关于健康
A healthy mind is in a healthy body.
健康的思想寓于健康的身体之中。
A regular life is the secret of health and longevity。
有规律的生活原是健康与长寿的秘诀。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
每日一个苹果胜过灵丹妙药。
An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles.
易怒的人像一只反过来卷缩的刺猬,用自己的刺折磨自己。
Bitter pills may have blessed effects。
良药苦口利于病。
Cheerfulness is the promoter of health.
心情愉快是健康的增进剂。
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body.
心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。
Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .
早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。
Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
健康是人生第一财富。
Care killed the cat.
忧伤足以致命。
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.
健康是这样一个东西,它使你感到现在是一年中最好的时光。
A man needs a purpose for real health.
一个人需要有一个目标来达到真正健康。
Happiness lies first of all in health.
幸福首先在于健康。
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease.
欢乐就是健康, 忧郁就是病痛。
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
病时方知健康可贵。