a. It is only after I have read ten thousand books piled up like a mountain that I have been able to come up with one poem.
b. It is only after I have I read heaps of books that I have been able to write one poem. (Yuan Mei (1716-1798), poet of the Qing Dynasty)
万卷山积，一篇吟成。(清·袁牧《续诗品·博习》 )
Have you made every effort to make your life beneficial to the people? —— Pavel Andreevich Korchgin
为使你的生命变得有益于人民，你尽了一切努力了吗？—— 保尔·柯察金
We have to go along a road covered with blood.We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us. - Gamel Abdel Nasser
我们必须走这条鲜血铺就的道路。我们别无选择。对我们而言，这是有关生死存亡的问题。我们必须准备好，来面对等待我们的挑战。- G . A. 那撒(1918—1970,埃及政治家、总统 1956—1970)
It is better to be praised by one’s own works than by the words of another. － Unknown
与其接受他人的言语赞赏，不如从工作中获取成就感。 －无名氏
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. － Henry Van Dyke
比昂立于世界之巅更高尚的追求，就是蹲下来把人类再抬高一点。 －亨利·凡·戴克
Troubles are a lot like people they grow bigger if you nurse them. － Unknown
麻烦很像人- 如果你养着它们，它们就会越长越大。 －无名氏
No misery is comparable to the loss of time. － Ivan Tergenev
没有比失去时间更不幸的了。 －屠格涅夫（俄国作家）
Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. ---Chinese Proverb
行万里路，胜读万卷书。---中国谚语
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. － Michael Caine
做只鸭子吧！表面上安静镇定，而水底里却不停地打着脚掌。 －迈克尔·凯恩