destiny: a tyrant’s authority for crime, and a fool’s excuse for failure. ( a. bierce )
命運是暴君施虐的權威，傻瓜失敗的藉口。(比爾斯)
have no fear of perfection ---- you’ll never reach it. ( s. dali )
不要為十全十美擔心——你永遠作不到十全十美。(達里)
the sum of behaviour is to retain a man’s own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. ( f. bacon )
人的行為準則是，維護自己的尊嚴，不妨礙他人的自由。(培根)
one may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor. ( nehru )
一個人能在戰場上制勝千軍，但只有戰勝自己才是最偉大的勝利者。(尼赫魯)
i’ve never any pity for conceited people, because i think they carry their comfort about
with them. ( george eliot )
我從不憐惜自負的人們，因為我覺得他們無處不能自我安慰。(艾略特)
most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. (t.s. eliot)
世界上大部分的麻煩都是要想成為偉大人物的人搞出來的。(艾略特)
the main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything --- or nothing.
(lady astor)
生活中的主要危險來自那些想要改變一切或什麼也不想改變的人。(阿斯特子爵夫人)
nothing in life is to be feared. it is only to be understood. (marie curie)
生活中沒有什麼可怕的東西，只有需要理解的東西。(居里夫人)
a man is not old as long as he is seeking something. a man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
(j. barrymore)
只要一個人還有追求，他就沒有老。直到後悔取代了夢想，一個人才算老。(巴里摩爾)
man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( bernard shaw )
人可以爬到最高峰，但他不能在那兒久住。(蕭伯納)
the tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. (kierkegaard)
暴君死了，他的統治就結束了;烈士死了，他的統治剛開始。(克爾凱郭爾)
a man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. (c. m. schwab)
只要有無限的熱情，一個人幾乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。(施瓦布)
one thing i know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found
how to serve. (a. schweizer)
有一點我是知道的：在你們之中，只有那些願意尋求發現如何為別人服務的人，才是真正幸福的。(施韋策)
dare and the world always yields. if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
( w. m. thackeray )
大膽挑戰，世界總會讓步。如果有時候你被它打敗了，不斷地挑戰，它總會屈服的。(薩克雷)