Failure is the mother of success.——Thomas Paine

失败乃成功之母。

For man is man and master of his fate.

人就是人,是自己命运的主人。

The unexamined life is not worth living.——Socrates

混混噩噩的生活不值得过。——苏格拉底

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,才配享受生活的自由。

Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness.——R.M. Nixon

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。因此,让我们毫无畏惧,满心愉悦地把握命运。——尼克松

6、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.——John Ruskin

生活没有目标,犹如航海没有罗盘。——罗斯金

7、What makes life dreary is the want of motive.

没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光。——乔治 ? 埃略特

8、Towering genius disdains a beaten path.

卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

9、There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power.

没有伟大的意志力,便没有雄才大略。——巴尔扎克

10.The good seaman is known in bad weather.

惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色。

11.Fear not that the life shall come to an end,

不要害怕你的生命将要结束,

but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

而应该担忧你的生命永远不会真正开始。

—J.H.Newman ——纽曼

12.Gods determine what you're going to be.

人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。

—Julius Erving —欧文

13.An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

追求一个人的生存目标是唯一值得一生追寻的事业。

—Robert Louis Stevenson —史蒂文森

14.While there's still breath, there's still hope!

一息若存,希望不灭!英国谚语:

15.Try not to become a man of success,

不要为成功而努力,

but rather try to become a man of value.

要为做一个有价值的人而努力。

—A.Einstein —爱因斯坦

16.You have to believe in yourself;

那是成功秘诀之一:

that's the secret of success.

17.Pursue your object, be it what it will,

不管它是什么,你都必须坚持下去,

steadily and indefatigably.

18.We must accept finite disappointment,

但我们绝不能放弃无限希望!

but we must never lose infinite hope.

19.Energy and persistence conquer all things!

能量加毅力可以征服一切!

—Benjamin Franklin —富兰克林

20.Nothing seek, nothing find;

无所求则无所获;

so earnestly go after them!

所以去争取它们吧!

21.Cease to struggle and you cease to live!

生命需要斗争,不斗争就活不了!

Thomas Carlyle

卡莱尔

22.A thousand-li journey starts with one step forward!

千里之行始于足下;也就是说,无论你面临多么遥远或困难的情境,只要从小步开始,就能逐渐前进和成长!

23.Strength alone knows conflict; weakness even defeat; strength born vanquished!

只有强者才能理解冲突;弱者连失败都不配,有资格的是被征服的一生!

24.The people who get on are those who get up and look for circumstances they want... if they can't find them make them!

在这个世界上取得成就的人,他们会积极去寻找他们想要的情况,如果无法找到,那么他们就会创造出这些情况来!

25.A strong person struggles against fate's storms!

强者能够与命运抗衡,在风暴中挺立!

26.He who seizes opportunity has won everything!

抓住机遇,就是事半功倍!歌德的话提醒我们,要勇于行动,不断地寻找并把握那些可能帮助我们实现梦想和目标的情况和时机!

27.Victory doesn't come until I go after it myself!

我必须主动向胜利出发,因为它不会自动来到我身边!

28.Man moves upwards; water flows downwards...

人类总是在向上的方向发展,而水流却总是在向下的方向流淌...

29.Failure isn't progress if we don't learn from our mistakes... so strive for excellence always!

错误不是进步,如果我们不能从错误中学到东西… 所以,我们应当始终致力于卓越!这是歌德的话,他提醒我们,即使遭遇挫折,也不要放弃学习,从中汲取经验教训,以此促进个人成长和自我提升。

30.The failures & reverses which await men – one after another sadden their beseeming courage: yet when do we count chance? Or bend ourselves by change?

人们遭遇到的挫败与逆境,一次又一次地削减着他们英勇的心:然而,当何时计较偶然?还是让变革改变我们的姿态?