经典英文励志短语大全(2)

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  A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

  一个人可以失败许多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪别人,他还不是一个失败者。(巴勒斯)

  Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. ( C. Nepos)

  要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。(内波斯)

  make great man.

  伟大的理想造就伟大的人。

  The good seaman is known in bad weather.

  惊涛骇浪,方显英雄本色。

  A good beginning is half the battle.

  良好的开端等于成功的一半。

  Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.                 -- W.M.Thackeray

  你勇敢,世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜你,你要不断地勇敢再勇敢,它就会屈服。                         -- W.M. 萨克雷

  Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor.                --Sallust

  三思而后行,然后就全力投入行动。                   -- 索卢斯特

  Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.

  良药苦口利于病。

  Humility is the foundation of glory. ---Charles Hodges

  谦卑是荣誉的基础。 ---C.霍奇(1797-1878)美国神学教授

  Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine

  只有强者才懂得斗争;弱者甚至失败都不够资格,而是生来就是被征服的。 --斯威特切尼

  Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin

  能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林

  Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor.                --Sallust

  三思而后行,然后就全力投入行动。                   -- 索卢斯特

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  人生十分短促,宁静的时间又不多; 我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间 去读毫无价值的书。               —— 约翰·拉斯金

  The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better. No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new ; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them . (Franklin Roosevelt , American President )

  人经过努力可以改变世界,这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感,随时准备接受新鲜事物;他必须有勇气与能力去面对新的事实,解决新问题。(美国总统罗斯福。 F.)

  Better be unborn than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .(Plato , Ancient Greek philosopher)

  与其不受教育,不如不生,因为无知是不幸的根源。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)

  A bold attempt is half success.

  勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。

  Human desires are not always being fulfiled,but determined people will achieve their ambitions.

  人不总能如愿以偿,但有决心的人总会实现他们的壮志雄心的。

  Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.                             --John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

  礼貌不是软弱的表现,真诚有待验证。                  --约翰·肯尼迪

  Gunius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life.                 --Goethe

  平静中产生天才,生活激流中创造个性。               --歌德

  It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.             --Issac Asimoy

  如果勇敢的正视困难, 困难就会消失, 这一直是我的人生哲学。               --艾萨克·阿西莫艾

  Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.            --Henry Ford

  做好准备是成功的首要秘诀。             --亨利·福特

  Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.                 --Erich Fromm

  只有对自己有信心的人才会对别人守信用。               -- 埃立克·弗洛姆

  The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.                 --H.W. Arnold

  最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。               --H.W. 阿诺德

  The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.( Mark Twain )

  具有新想法的人在其想法被接受之前是怪人。(马克吐温)

  Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. ( Bernard Shaw )

  人可以爬到最高峰,但他不能在那儿久住。(萧伯纳)

  The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. ( J. Renard )

  唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。(勒纳尔)

  It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot )

  天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。(艾略特)

  Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. ( J. Lubbock )

  衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为,而不是时间。(卢伯克)

  The great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.( W. James )

  生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。(詹姆斯)

  Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.( I. Berlin)

  生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它,有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。(柏林)

  Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.( Kierkergaard )

  只有向后才能理解生活;但要生活好,则必须向前看。(克尔凯郭尔)

  Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are summits of ranges. ( T. W. Higginson )

  伟人很少是突兀的山峰;它们是众山中的最高峰。(希金森)

  Life is not all beer and skittles. ( T. Hughes )

  人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。(休斯)

  Other man live to eat, while I eat to live. ( Socrates )

  别人为食而生存,我为生存而食。(苏格拉底)

  Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less. ( S. Bernhardt )

  要这样生活,仿佛你寿命永恒;要这样工作,仿佛你精力无穷。(波恩哈特)

  Man can only be free through mastery of himself. ( S. E. Morison)

  只有通过掌握自己,才能使自己得到解放。(莫里森)

  A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. (C. M. Schwab)

  只要有无限的热情,一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。(施瓦布)

  If you wish to succeed , you should use persistence as your good friend , experience as your reference , prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry. (Thomas Edison , American inventor )

  如果你希望成功,当以恒心为良友、以经验为参谋、以谨慎为兄弟、以希望为哨兵。 (美国发明家 爱迪生。 T.)

  The roots of education are bitter , but the fruit is sweet .(Aristotle , Ancient Greek philosopher )

  教育的根是苦的,但其果实是甜的。( 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德)

  Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.(Franklin Roosevelt , American president )

  幸福不在于拥有金钱,而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统 罗斯福。 F.)

  Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. (J. H. Newman)

  不要害怕你的生活将要结束,应该担心你的生活永远不曾真正开始。(纽曼)

  We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ( Martin Luther King, Jr.)

  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)

  The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president)

  实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。 (美国总统 罗斯福。 F .)

  At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ( B. Franklin)

  二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。(富兰克林)

  Genius only means hard-working all one's life .( Mendeleyer , Russian Chemist)

  天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。 (俄国化学家 门捷列耶夫)

  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails. by William Arthur Ward

  悲观者埋怨刮风;乐观者静侯风变;现实者调整风帆。

  Wherever valour true is found, true modesty will there abound. ( W. S. Gilbert )

  真正的勇敢,都包含谦虚。(吉尔伯特)

  Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of life. (Goethe )

  天才形成于平静中,性格来自于生活的激流。(歌德)

  To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ( J. W. Gardner )

  对聪明人来说,每一天的时间都是要精打细算的。(加德纳)

  Often success is depended on whether you can get up the courage to fight fear.

  很多时候,成功与否取决于你是否能鼓足勇气去战胜恐惧。

  The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.

  生活的视野主要是随着心胸的开阔而变得宽广的。

  Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

  但凡人能想象到的事物,必定有人能将它实现。

  Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effor.(Shakespeare)

  不要只因一次挫败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)

  Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. --J.H. Newman

  不要害怕你的生活将要结束,应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 -- 纽曼

  The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates

  混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底

  Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

  困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

  It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.             --Issac Asimoy

  如果勇敢的正视困难, 困难就会消失, 这一直是我的人生哲学。               --艾萨克·阿西莫艾

  A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder.

  人生无目的,犹如船失舵。

  Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it.              -- William Somerset Maugham

  不论什么时候,只要你有一个目标,就得牺牲一定的自由去实现它。                      --W·S·毛姆

  All things are difficult before they are easy.

  万事开头难。

  Business before pleasure.

  先苦后甜/先办正事。

  Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.

  今日事,今日毕。

  Hope is life and life is hope.

  希望才有人生,人生要有希望。

  Where there is life,there is hope.

  生命不息,希望长在。

  Man's dearest possession is life, and it is given to him to live but once. He must live so as to feel no torturing regrets for years without purpose, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past---Ostorovsky

  人最宝贵的东西是生命。生命属于我们只有一次。一个人的生命应该这样度过:当他回首往事时,他不因虚度年华而悔恨,也不因过去碌碌无为而羞耻

  The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.               —— Thomas Hardy

  一个希望的突然失落会留下一处伤痕,即使那希望最终会实现,也决    不能完全平复。               —— 托马斯·哈代

  The more mistakes you make, the more progress you will make.

  你犯的错误越多,你的进步就越快。

  Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

  自信为英雄品质之本。

  A man may learn wit every day.

  学无止境。

  A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison

  强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生

  A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -- J. Burroughs

  一个人可以失败很多次,但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人,他还不是一个失败者。 -- 巴勒斯

  Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin

  能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林

  Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.              --John Steinbeck

  主意就象野兔,你若有一对,学会怎样驯养它们,你很快就会有一打。               --约翰·斯坦贝克

  The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.                 --Bertrand Russell

  美好的生活是一种由爱所激励和由知识所指导的生活。                --罗素

  If you can make it here,you make it anywhere.

  如果你能在这儿做到了,你能在任何地方做到。

  Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.                 —— Blaise Pascal

  人的伟大之处在于他的思想的力量。              —— B· 帕斯卡

  It is strange that all great men should have some little grain of madness mingled with whatever genius they possess.     -- Moliere

  很奇怪,大凡为人在他们所拥有的天分中都混杂着一些疯狂的成分。    -- 莫里哀

  Towering genius disdains a beaten path. He seeks regions hitherto unexplored.              --Abraham Lincoln

  卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

  --林肯

  All great truths are obvious truths. But no all obvcious truths are great truths.                 —— A. Huxley

  伟大的真理都是明摆着的事实,但并不是所有显而易见的事实都是伟大的真理。            ——A·赫胥黎

  Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.                 --Robert Frost

  教育就是要使人具备一种能力, 可以听到任何话都不动怒或丧失自信。               --罗伯特·弗罗斯特

  Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites him with others; love makes him ovrecome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity.                 --Erich Fromn

  爱是活跃于人心中的一种力量,它冲破人与人之间的隔阂,使我们紧紧相连; 它使我们战胜孤独无助,却仍使我们保持自我个性的独立完整。                  -- 埃立克·弗洛姆

  Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.                 --Emerson

  缺乏热情是完成不了伟业的。               --爱默生

  Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.              --John Dryden

  错误就像浮在水面的稻草;要想寻找珍珠就得潜到他的下面。              --约翰·德莱顿

  The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control thoughts.              --Charles Darwin

  道德修养有可能达到的最高境界是认识到我们应该控制自己的思想。               --达尔

  In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.              --William Osler

  在科学上,功劳归于使全世界信服的人,而不归于首先有这种想法的人。               --威廉·奥斯勒

  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矿藏,在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。                --爱默生

  The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".( Napoleon )

  凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。(拿破仑)

  Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. ( W. M. Thackeray )

  大胆挑战,世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了,不断地挑战,它总会屈服的。(萨克雷)

  No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else. ( C. Dickens )

  在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。(狄更斯)

  While there is one untrodden tractFor intellect or will.And men are free to think and act,Life is worth living. ( A. Austin )

  只要还有一块知识和意志尚未征服的领域,只要人们能自由思考和行动,生活就是值得的。(奥斯汀)

  Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win? ( Lane Kirkland )

  不要认为取胜就是一切,更重要的是要有信念。倘若你没有信念,那胜利又有什么意义呢?(柯克兰)

  Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. ( R. Peters )