light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent. (lucius annaeus seneneca, ancient roman philosopher)
小困難，大聲叫嚷；大困難，悶聲不響。(古羅馬哲學家 尼加 l a)
mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.(james russell lowell, american poetess and critic)
災難就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以為我們服務，拿住刀刃則會割破手。(美國女詩人、批評家 洛威爾 j r)
no one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us. (b.t.washington, american educator)
除了我們自己以外，沒有人能貶低我們。如果我們堅強，就沒有什麼不良影響能夠打敗我們。(美國教育家 華盛頓 b t)
no pain , no palm; no thorns , no throne ; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. (william penn, british admiral)
沒有播種，何來收穫；沒有辛勞，何來成功；沒有磨難，何來榮耀；沒有挫折，何來輝煌。(英國海軍上將 佩恩 w)
optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals. (lucius anaeus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
樂觀主義者總是想像自己實現了目標的情景。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)
perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life. (alan loy mcginnis ,british writer)
或許你不能支配自己的工作，但你能夠使生活發生轉變。(英國作家 麥金尼斯 a l)
prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
順境時顯現惡習，逆境時凸現美德
rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (john kennedy, american president)
從希望中得到歡樂，在苦難中保持堅韌。(美國總統 甘迺迪 j)
sweet are the uses of adversity.(william shakspeare,british playwriter)
苦盡甘來。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞 w)
adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (horace, ancient roman poet)
苦難顯才華，好運隱天資。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)
almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (lucius annaus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
差不多任何一種處境——無論是好是壞——都受到我們對待處境的態度的影響。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)
although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (hellen keller, american writer)
雖然世界多苦難，但是苦難總是能戰勝的(美國作家 海倫·凱勒)
as fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. (hugh black, american writer)
水果不僅需要陽光，也需要涼夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不僅需要歡樂，也需要考驗和困難。(美國作家 布萊克 h)
everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances. (leonhard frand , german novelist)
我可以拿走人的任何東西，但有一樣東西不行，這就是在特定環境下選擇自己的生活態度的自由。(德國小說家 弗蘭克 l)
every tragedy makes heroes of common people. (normna stephens, american writer)
每場悲劇都會在平凡的人中造就出英雄來。(美國作家 史蒂芬斯 n)