Failure is the mother of success. -- Thomas Paine 失敗乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate. 人就是人，是自己命運的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不值得過。 -- 蘇格拉底
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. -- Erasmus
只有每天再度戰勝生活并奪取自由的人，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
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。因此，讓我們毫無畏懼，滿心愉悅地把握命運。(尼克松)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin 生活沒有目標，猶如航海沒有羅盤。-- 羅斯金
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot 沒有了目的，生活便郁悶無光。 -- 喬治 · 埃略特
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. -- Lincoln
卓越的天才不屑走旁人走過的路。他尋找迄今未開拓的地區。
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac
沒有偉大的意志力，便沒有雄才大略。 -- 巴爾扎克
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 驚濤駭浪，方顯英雄本色。
Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman
不要害怕你的生活將要結束，應該擔心你的生活永遠不會真正開始。 -- 紐曼
Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Erving 人生的奮斗目標決定你將成為怎樣的人。 -- 歐文
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
生活的目標，是唯一值得尋找的財富。-- 史蒂文森
While there is life there is hope. 一息若存，希望不滅。 -- 英國諺語
A mother's love never changes. 母愛永恒。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一蘋果，不用請醫生。
A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之計在于晨。
An old dog cannot learn new tricks. 老狗學不出新把戲。
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom. 聰明才智，不如運氣。
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 預防為主，治療為輔。
A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業不聚財。
As a man sows, so he shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
A single flower does not make a spring. 一花獨放不是春，百花齊放春滿園。
A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆豐年。
A sound mind in a sound body. 健全的精神寓于健康的身體。
a heart of steel. 鐵石心腸
to be guided by destiny. 聽天由命
pride goes before a fall 驕者必敗 .
the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemywithout weapon 不戰而屈人之兵
what is bugging you 什么事使你心煩
sworn brother 干兄弟, 盟兄弟
it’s dying art 這是已失傳的手藝
gentlemen agreement 君子協定
I'm trying to make ends meet 我盡力要使收支平衡
prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 富貴結朋友, 患難見真情
if you wish to be the best man, you must suffer thebitterest of the bitter. 吃得苦中苦, 方為人上人
it is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill. 寧為善而斗, 毋屈服于惡
he who has hope has everything. 懷有希望者, 便擁有一切
self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信心是成功的首要關鍵
the secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘絕在于目標堅定有恒
success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功源于努力去克服困難
experience is the extract of suffering. 經驗是受苦的結晶