挑战权威类
Dare and the world always yields。 If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb。 ——W.M Thackeray
Imagination is more important than knowledge。 Knowledge is limited。 Imagination encircles the world。——Albert Einstein
I start where the last man left off。 ——Thomas Edison
The further backward you can look, the further forward you will see。——Winston Churchill
You’ll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world。
Don‘t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.Try to be better than yourself。——William Faulkner American writer
Follow your own course, and let people talk。——Italian poet Alghieri Dante
成功幸福根源类
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration。 ——Thomas Edison
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill。 ——Samuel Johnson
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out。 ——Robert Collier American writer
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it。 ——Thomas Jefferson the 3rd American president
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity。 Luck is not chance。 It’s toil。 Fortune’s expensive smile is earned。 ——Emily Dickinson
事物两面性类
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater。 ——William Hazlitt
We choose to go to the moon and other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard。 —— John F。 Kennedy
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity。 ——Albert Einstein American physicist
Those who aim at great deeds must suffer greatly。 ——Crassus
No pains, no palm; no thorns, nothrone; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown。——William Penn
In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage。 In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time。 ——Robert Collier
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs。 ——Henry Ford American entrepreneur
主观与客观类
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity。 —— British prime minister Winston Churchill
A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ。——John Steinbeck
While the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it。——Helen Keller
Birds sing after a storm。 Why shouldn‘t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?——Rose Kennedy
个人与他人类
What we do for ourselves dies with us。 What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal。——Albert Pine English critic
Two heads are better than one。 三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。
One boy is a boy; two boys halfboy; three boys no boy。 一个和尚挑水吃,两个和尚抬水吃,三个和尚没水吃
A stake with three fences, a good brave fellow three help。 一个篱笆三个桩,一个好汉三个帮
In unity there is strength。 团结就是力量
A friend indeed is known by sharing hardships。 患难是朋友试金石。
A hedge between keeps friendship green。 君子之交淡如水
A life without a friend is a life without a sun。 人若无友,犹如只有生命没有太阳。
United we stand, divided we fall。合即立,分即垮。
One swallow does not make asummer。 一燕不成夏。