Energy and persistence conquer all things.——Benjamin Franklin
能量加毅力可以征服一切。——富兰克林
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.——Mattin Luther King
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。——马丁·路德·金
We soon believe what we desire. —— Chaucer
我们欲望中的东西,我们很快就信以为真。—— 乔叟
He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. - Isaac Borrow
嗜好书的人绝不会缺少忠实的朋友、有益的顾问、愉快的伴侣和有效的慰藉。 -伊沙克·博罗
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.- Jothann Von Goethe
有些书似乎并不是要教给我们些什么, 而只是想让我们知道作者懂得些东西。-约森·凡·歌德( 1749—1832,德国诗人、作家)
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.- Jothann Von Goethe
有些书似乎并不是要教给我们些什么, 而只是想让我们知道作者懂得些东西。-约森·凡·歌德( 1749—1832,德国诗人、作家)
There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
渴望求识的人需要读书,疲劳的人也需要有本书读读;这两种人对书的要求大相径庭。 - G·K·切斯特顿( 1874- 1936,英国作家)
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal: the very best and the very worst. - Ford Madox Ford
只有两类书受到普遍欢迎:最最好的和最差劲的。 - F·M·福特( 1873- 1939,英国作家)
Books which teach and speak of whatever is highest and best are equally sacred, whatever be the tongue in which they are written, or the nation to which they belong. - Benedict de Spinoza
无论用什么语言写成,无论属于哪个民族,那些讲授最高尚、最美好事物的书籍都是同样神圣的。- B·斯宾诺莎( 1632-1677,荷兰哲学家)
A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so; it gives a relish and facility for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones. - Abraham Lincoln
读书的能力和兴趣,使我们有机会了解别人已经发现的一切。这是了解已解决问题的一把钥匙。不仅如此,它还提供一种趣味和便利,使我们能够成功地探讨那些尚未解决的问题。 - A·林肯( 1809-1865,美国前总统1861-1865)
Books are more than books. They are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. - Amy Lowell
书不仅仅是书,它们是过去时代的生活与核心,是人们生活、工作和死亡的原因,是他们生命的本质和精华。- A·洛威尔( 1874- 1925,美国诗人、批评家)
Reading good books is like having a conversation with the highly worthy persons of the past who wrote them; indeed, it is like having a prepared conversation in which those persons disclose to us only their best thinking. - Rene Descartes
读好书就像同过去那些威望极高的著书者进行交谈;的确,那就像是在进行一次有准备的谈话,在这种谈话中,作者们只向我们吐露他们的最佳见解。
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. - Charles Caleb Colton
有些人为思考而读书,这种人少有;有些人为写作而读书,这种人常见;有些人为搜集谈资而读书,这种人占大多数。 - C·C·科尔顿( 1780- 1832,英国作家)
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
请铭记在心:每一天都是一年中最好的日子。 - R·W·爱默生( 1803-1882,美国诗人、作家、哲学家)
Time drops in decay, like a candle burnt out. - William Butler Yeats
蜡烛慢慢燃尽,时光渐渐消逝。 - W·B·叶芝( 1865-1939,爱尔兰诗人、剧作家)
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. - Bil Keane
昨天已成过去,明天还未到来,今天则是上帝所赐。这就是为什么今天又被称为礼物(英语中, present又意为现在)。 -比·可恩
Today’s Today, Tomorrow, we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity. - Euripides
今天就是今天,明天我们或许已经消失于永恒之中。 -欧里庇得斯( 486-406B.C.,古希腊三大悲剧家之一)
Excellence measures a man by the height of ideals, the breadth of his compassion, the depth of his convictions and the length of his persistence. People will always determine your character by observing what you stand for, fall for and lie for. - Unknown
品质优秀的人拥有高尚的理想,博大的同情心,深刻的信仰,持久的毅力。要判断一个人的品格,人们总是看他的立场是什么,什么使他迷惑,什么使他倒下。 -无名氏
The true test of character is not in what you do in public, but in what you think when you are all alone. - Unknown
检验一个人的品格,不是看他在公共场合的所作所为,而是看他独处时的所思所想。 -无名氏
The measure of a man’s character is not what he gets from his ancestors, but what he leaves his descendants. - Unknown
对品格最好的检验不是看一个人从先辈那里继承了什么,而是看他为后代留下了什么。 -无名氏
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lieswithin us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
每个人身前身后的事与他的本质相比,都不值得一提。- R·W·爱默生( 1803-1882,美国诗人、作家、哲学家)
A flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. - Unknown
人类品格上的一个缺陷就是:每个人都想塑造但没有人愿意维护。 -无名氏
Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life. - Unknown
品格就是人在一生中对善恶的自由选择在灵魂上打下的印记。 -无名氏
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Unknown
品格不是在安静平稳中形成的。只有经历尝试与磨难,灵魂才能坚强,视野才会清晰,才能激起雄心,获取胜利。 -无名氏
What is character? In home, it is kindness; in business, it is honesty; in society, it is courtesy; in work, it is thoroughness; in play, it is fairness. Toward the fortunate,it is congratulation toward the weak, it is help; toward the wicked, it is resistance;toward the strong, it is trust; and toward the penitent, it is forgiveness. - Unknown
品格是什么?它是家庭里的慈爱,生意上的诚实,社交上的礼貌,工作时的细致,竞争中的公平。它是对幸运者的祝贺,对弱者的扶持,对邪恶的抗拒对强者的信任,对忏悔者的谅解。 -无名氏
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. - Phillips Brooks
品格可以在伟大的时刻显现,但只能在微小的时刻形成。 - B·布鲁克斯( 1835—1893,美国牧师)
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed. - Cavett Robert
品格就是在一个好决定引起的兴奋消失怠尽后,仍为实现它而工作的能力。
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard
避开批评的办法是什么也不做,什么也不说,什么也不是。 - E·胡巴德( 1856- 1915,美国作家)
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. - Unknown
把批评夹在赞扬之中吧。 -无名氏
A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car. - Kenneth Tynan
批评家认识路,却不懂得开车。 -肯尼斯·泰南