儘管失敗和挫折等待著人們，一次次地奪走青春的容顏，但卻給人生的前景增添了一份尊嚴，這是任何順利的成功都不能做到的。 -- 梭羅
laziness is like a lock, which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling. --bernard shaw
懶惰就象一把鎖，鎖住了知識的倉庫，使你的智力便得匱乏。--蕭伯納
always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. --abraham lincoln
永遠記住：你自己的取得成功的決心比什麼都重要。--林肯
the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.--ralph waldo emerson
最深的思想或感情就如同深睡的礦藏，在等待著同樣深沉的頭腦與心靈去發現和開採。--愛默生
the three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much.—— catherall
求學的三個基本條件是：多觀察，多吃苦，多研究。—— 加塞羅爾
as long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever. ( c. darrow )
只要世界還存在，就會有錯誤，如果沒有人反叛，這些錯誤將永遠存在下去。（達羅）
patience! the windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( andy j. sklivis )
耐心等待！風車從不跑去找風。（斯克利維斯）
better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. ( strong)
與其詛咒黑暗，不如燃起蠟燭。（斯特郎）
our destiny offers not the cup of despair , but the chalice of opportunity . (richard nixon, american president )
命運給予我們的不是失望之酒，而是機會之杯。(美國總統 尼克森 . r.)
birth is much, but breeding is more.
教養比出身更重要。
if you would go up high , then use your own legs! do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads . (f. w . nietzsche , german philosopher)
如果你想走到高處，就要使用自己的兩條腿！不要讓別人把你抬到高處；不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。(德國哲學家 尼采. f. w.)
you don't have to be afraid of what you are !
你不必害怕真正的你!!
what is the man's first duty? the answer is brief: to be himself.-- henrik ibsen
一個人的首要職責是什麼？答案很簡單：做自己。-- 易卜生
fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( o. w. holmes )
通常是沒想到成名的人反而成了名。（霍姆斯）
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）
don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( emerson )
不要把生命浪費於懷疑與恐懼中。（愛默生）
a great man is always willing to be little. ( r. w. emerson )
偉大的人物總是願意當小人物的。（愛默生）
something attempted, something done. ( longfellow )
有所嘗試，就等於有所作為。（朗費羅）
pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
不管追求什麼目標，都應堅持不懈。
storms make trees take deeper roots.
風暴使樹木深深紮根。(感激敵人，感激挫折！)
the man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".(napoleon)
凡是決心取得勝利的人是從來不說“不可能”的。(拿破崙)
do you love life? then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.(benjamin franklin, american president)