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.)
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
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
always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. --abraham lincoln
永远记住：你自己的取得成功的决心比什么都重要。 --林肯
the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it. --ralph waldo emerson
最深的思想或感情就如同深睡的矿藏，在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。 --爱默生
the three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. —— catherall
求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。—— 加塞罗尔
as long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( c. darrow )
只要世界还存在，就会有错误，如果没有人反叛，这些错误将永远存在下去。(达罗)
patience! the windmill never strays in search of the wind.
耐心等待!风车从不跑去找风。
better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (richard nixon, american president )
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。(美国总统 尼克松 . r.)
birth is much, but breeding is more.
教养比出身更重要。
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.)
you don't have to be afraid of what you are !
你不必害怕真正的你!!
what is the man's first duty? the answer is brief: to be himself. -- henrik ibsen
一个人的首要职责是什么?答案很简单：做自己。 -- 易卜生
fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( o. w. holmes )
通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯)
i've never any pity for conceited people, because i think they carry their comfort about with them. ( george eliot )
我从不怜惜自负的人们，因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。(艾略特)
don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( emerson )
不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生)
a great man is always willing to be little. ( r. w. emerson )
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。(爱默生)
something attempted, something done. ( longfellow )
有所尝试，就等于有所作为。(朗费罗)
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。
storms make trees take deeper roots.
风暴使树木深深扎根。(感激敌人，感激挫折!)
the man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".(napoleon)
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。(拿破仑)
do you love life? then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.(benjamin franklin, american president)
你热爱生命吗?那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. b.)
truth needs no colour; beauty , no pencil. —— william shakespeare
真理不需色彩，美丽不需涂饰。——w·莎士比亚
character is the first and last word in the success.
品德是成功的决定因素。
if you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
若要求知，必须刻苦。
omelets are not made without breaking of eggs.
鸡蛋不打破，蛋卷做不成。/不甘愿吃苦，则预期效果达不到。
man errs as long as he strives. -- goethe
失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德
he who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- goethe
谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德
ideas are like rabbits. you get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. --john steinbeck
主意就象野兔，你若有一对，学会怎样驯养它们，你很快就会有一打。 --约翰·斯坦贝克
loveliness, needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. —— james thompson
可爱，并不需要外来的装饰，天然的可爱远比雕饰的更可爱。 —— j· 汤普森
patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet . (jean jacques rousseau , french thinker)
忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 (法国思想家 卢梭. j. j.)
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 jaber )
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)
i have nothing to offer but blood , toil， tears and sweat. (winston churchill, british politician)
我所能奉献的没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 丘吉尔 . w.)
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
every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, whch he gives himself. --e gibbon
每个人都接受两种教育， 一种来自别人，另一种更重要的来自自己。 --吉朋
it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( w. g. mcadoo )
在争论中是无法击败无知者的。(麦卡杜)
most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ( t. s. eliot )
世界上大部分的麻烦都是要想成为伟大人物的人搞出来的。(艾略特)
in education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. ( w. a. white )
教育不是为了教会青年人谋生，而是教会他们创造生活。(怀特)
many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( e. hubbard )
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。(哈伯德)
it is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you. ( p. brooks )
在你耐心地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的伟大意义和形象。 (布鲁克斯)
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)
a wise man never loses anything if he has himself. ( nietzche )
聪明的人只要能掌握自己，便什么也不会失去。(尼采)
ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( c. schurz )
理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。(舒尔茨)
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)
none is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew.( erasmus )
只有每天再度战胜生活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活或自由。(伊拉斯漠)
man can only be free through mastery of himself. ( s. e. morison)
只有通过掌握自己，才能使自己得到解放。(莫里森)
a man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
一个人可以失败许多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪别人，他还不是一个失败者。(巴勒斯)
choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. ( c. nepos)
要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。(内波斯)
do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effor.(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)