if you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big.伟大的事业是通过不懈努力,一砖一瓦堆起来的。
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。
all that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.做一切事情都应尽力而为,不可半途而废。
do nor for one repulse, for go the purpose that you resolved to effort.不要因为一次挫折就放弃你原来决心要达到的目标。
for all pain helps to make us rise, however much we may hate it at the time.一切痛苦都有助于我们奋发向上,不论我们当时是多么憎恨它。
fortune shows her power when there is no wise preparation for resisting her.没有向命运抗争的明智准备,命运便会显示其威力。
good courage breaks bad luck.勇气可以改变厄运。
great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.大业成于百折不挠,不论力量大小。
he who seize the right moment, is the right man.谁把握机遇,谁就心想事成。
hope for the best and prepare for the worst.抱最好的希望 做最坏的大算。
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。
a strong man will struggle with the storms of fate.强者能同命运的风暴抗争。
a thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.千里之行,始于足下。
in time of prosperity,friends will be plenty ,in time of adversity,not one amongst twenty. 得势时朋友盈门,失势时不见一人,富在深山有远亲,穷在闹市无人问。
man errs as long as he strives.失误是进取的代价。
man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高处走,水往低处流。
no road of flowers lead to glory.没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。
nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it.世上无难事,只怕有心人。
on life’s earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.生活在顽强战斗中,只有每天不屈不挠奋勇向前的人才能取得胜利。
perseverance is falling nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.只要坚韧不拔,失败十九次之后,第二十次就会成功。
poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.贫穷非耻辱 耻贫乃耻。
prosperity is not without many fears and disasters, adversity is not without comforts and hopes.幸运中并非不搀杂各种担心与烦恼,而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。
strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. 只有强者才懂得斗争;弱者甚至失败都不够资格,而是生来就是被征服的。
the darkest hour is that before the dawn.黎明之前最黑暗。
the drop of rain makes a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by of falling.雨滴穿石,不是靠蛮力,而是靠持之以恒。
the horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.生活的地平线是随着心灵的开阔而变得宽广的。
wish you an endless view to cheer your eyes, then one more story mount and higher rise.欲穷千里目,更上一层楼。
Business before pleasure.事业在先,享乐在后。
Between two stools one falls to the ground.脚踏两头要落空。
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 没有了目的,生活便郁闷无光。
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
The shortest answer is doing.最简短的回答就是行动。
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -Erasmu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。