英语名人名言
一、理想篇
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. （Shakespeare, British dramatist) 不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目标。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚) The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. （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)
Life consists in wanting something. When a man is satisfied he is as good as dead. 人生在于有所追求。一个人满足时，无异于死亡。
The important thing in life is to have a great aim and the determination to attain it. （Goethe, German poet and dramatist) 人生重要的事情就是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。(德国诗人、戏剧家 歌德)
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain, American writer) 不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。（美国作家 马克·吐温)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. （Tolstoy, Russian writer) 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰)
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth. （Einstein, American scientist) 有些理想曾为我们引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是——真、善、美。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦)
二、逆境篇
Storms make trees take deeper roots. 风暴使树木深深扎根。
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 不经灾祸不知福。
Sweet are the uses of adversity. （Shakespeare, British dramatist) 苦尽甘来。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚)
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace, ancient Roman poet) 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯)
Almost any situation—good or bad—is affected by the attitude we bring to. （Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher) 不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加)
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer) 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的(美国作家 海伦·凯勒)
No pain, no gain; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. （Penn, British admiral)
没有播种，何来收获；没有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。(英国海军上将 佩恩)
Tough-minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from
tragedies. （Seneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher) 意志坚强的乐观主义者用“世上无难事”的人生观来思考问题，遭受悲剧打击后，变得更坚强。(古罗马哲学家 西尼加)
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. （Black, American writer) 水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。(美国作家 布莱克)
Let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficulties，and concentrate instead upon the opportunity—for there is always opportunity in crisis. （Caroline, British physician) 让我们建议处在危机之中的人：精力不要如此关注所涉入的危险和困难上，相反要集中精力在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。(英国医生 卡罗琳)
三、意志篇
Slow and steady wins the race. 不怕缓慢，只要意志坚定就能赢得胜利.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. 艰难之路，唯勇者行。
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。
Diligence is the mother of good luck. 勤奋是幸运之母。
A man is valued as he makes himself valuable.一个人价值的高低，全在他自己的所为。 Where there’s a will, there’s a way.有志者事竟成。
Rome wasn’t built in a day. 伟业非一日之功/罗马非朝夕建成。
God helps those who help themselves.皇天不负有心人/自助者天助。
You shall reap what you sow. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆/一分耕耘，一分收获。
Nothing is impossible to a willing mind. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Something attempted, something done. 有所为，必有所成。
Adversity is a good discipline. 苦难是磨炼人的好机会。
Every cloud has a silver lining.黑暗中总有一线光明。
Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.(Norman Stephens, American writer) 每场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄来。(美国作家 N. 斯蒂芬斯)
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer) 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。 (美国作家 H. 凯勒)
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. (Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist)如果你很有天赋,勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。(美国女散文家 J. 雷诺兹)
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British politician) 我所能奉献的没有其他，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。(英国政治家 W. 丘吉尔)
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Helen Keller, American writer)虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。(美国作家 海伦.凯勒)
Let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficulties, and concentrate instead upon the opportunity — for there is always opportunity in crisis. (Caroline, British physician)让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上 —— 因为危机中总是存在着机会。(英国医生 卡罗琳)
四、勇敢篇
All men are mortal.人孰无死。
A fair death honors the whole life. 死得光明，终身荣耀。
He who risks nothing, gains nothing. 不冒险，无所获。
No way is impossible to courage. 勇者无畏途。
Despair gives courage to a coward. 绝望给懦夫勇气。
Something attempted, something done. 有所尝试， 就有所作为。
Death when it comes will have no denial. 死亡来临时无可抗拒。
Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 忍辱贪生不如死得光荣。
He that forecasts all perils, will never sail the sea. 担惊受怕者航不了海。/ 懦者事之贼。 Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails. 运气从来不会帮助失去勇气的人。 Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚定是美德的精神和灵魂。 Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. 勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. （Leon Blum, French statesman） 道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（法国政治家 L. 布鲁姆）
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. 我们必须接受有限的失望，但是千万不可失去无限的希望。
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 应该做的就要下决心去做，决心做的就务必去做。
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. （J.W. Goethe, German poet）人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。（德国诗人 J．W．歌德）
You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend.如果你是懦夫，你就是自己的最大敌人；但如果你是勇者，你就是自己最好的朋友。 Despite all the life danger, with one selfless act from one common person, someone is saved. A hero is made. 不管一切危险，由于一个普通人的无私行为，有人得救了，英雄就应运而生。
五、成功篇
The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。
Time and tide wait for no man.时光如流水，岁月不待人。
A bold attempt is half success. 勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。
Constant dropping wears the stone. 滴水穿石。
Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. 心之所愿，无所不成。
From small beginning come great things. 伟大始于渺小。
A thousand-mile trip begins with one step. 千里之行，始于足下。
Follow your own course, and let people talk. (Dante,Italian poet) 走自己的路，让人家去说吧。(意大利诗人 但丁)
When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you. 机不可失，时不再来。 Fortune knocks at least once at every man’s gate. 人一生中总有机会降临之时。
Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success. （Louis Pasteur, French chemist） 意志、工作和等待是成功的金字塔的基石。（法国化学家 L. 巴斯德）
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.（Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker）进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。（美国思想家 R. W.爱默生）
We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. （Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet）只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。-- 德国诗人 J. W. 歌德
If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. (Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist) 如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。(挪威剧作家 易卜生)
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.(Charles Chaplin, American actor) 人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(美国演员 C. 卓别林)
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.
自信是走向成功之路的第一步。
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. （Ralph Waldo Emerson）肤浅的人相信运气，而强大的人相信有因才有果。（拉尔夫.沃尔朵.爱默生）
Failure is the foundation of success; success is the lurking place of failure. 祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. 四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us. （Washington, American educator) 除了我们自己以外，没有人能贬低我们。如果我们坚强，就没有什么不良影响能够打败我们。(美国教育家 华盛顿)
六、财富、健康篇
Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得快。（易得则易失。）
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men. 试金石试金，金钱试人。
The greater wealth is contentment with a little. 人生最大的财富是知足。
Money is not the root of all evils as is usually claimed; what is the root of all evils is the lust for money, that is the excessive, selfish and greedy pursuit of money.（Nathaniel Hawthorn, American writer）金钱并非像平常说的那样是万恶之源。而对金钱的贪图，即对金钱过分的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是一切邪恶的根源。（美国作家 N. 霍桑）
Health is above wealth. 健康胜过财富。
It is not work that kills, but worry. 操劳不伤身，忧虑愁伤人。
Feed by measure and defy physician. 饮食有节，医生绝迹。
Don’t burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不可两头点。（即：不要过度操劳。）
Health becomes sweet by the side of sickness. 和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. 节食博士，静心博士，欢喜博士，三者都是最好的医师；饮食少，休息好，快乐多是祛病延年之方。
Health and understanding are the two great blessings of life. 健康和互相体谅是人生两大幸事。
七、道德篇
A courtesy is a flower.礼貌犹如鲜花。/人人喜欢讲礼貌的人。
All for one, one for all.（Alexandra Dumas, French writer）人人为我，我为人人。（法国作家 大仲马）
Honesty is the best policy. 诚实是上策。
Charity covers a multitude of sins. 仁爱可遮掩许多罪恶。/一善遮百丑。
One should not live for oneself alone.一个人不应仅仅为自己而活。
One lie needs seven lies to wait upon it. 一次撒谎装得像, 得有七次假话帮。
One honest word is better than two oaths. 两句誓言不如一句实话。
Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. （Nietzsche, German Philosopher）道德是个人心目中的群居本能。 （德国哲学家 尼采）
It’s not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。 You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. 你不必开始于伟大，但你必须开始去伟大。
The empty vessels make the greatest sound. （Shakespeare , British dramatist） 满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚)
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
Three helping one another bear the burden of six.三人互相帮助，可担六人重负。
Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower. (Schwab，USA Businessman)
品格之于人，犹如芳香之于花。(美国实业家 施瓦布)
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.（Benjamin Franklin）诚实与勤勉， 应该成为你永久的伙伴。 (本杰明.富兰克林)
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. （Blum, French statesman）道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。（法国政治家 布鲁姆）
Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty. (Jefferson Davis) 不要对谦卑者傲慢，也不要对傲慢者谦卑。（美国总统 杰佛逊·戴维斯）
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. （Nietzsche, German Philosopher）人有时可能会撒谎，但撒谎时的怪相会告诉我们真相。（德国哲学家 尼采）
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.（U.S. writer, Ernest Hemingway）我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西，所谓不道德是你事后觉得不好的东西。（美国作家 E. 海明威）
It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time. (Abraham Lincoln，American president) 你可以一时骗过所有的人，也可以在所有时间里骗过一些人，但不能在所有时间里骗过所有的人。（美国总统 亚伯拉罕·林肯）
Lying disguises our mortality, our inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the crowd. We yearn for the comfort of familiar lies to create more amenable reality. （Howards Mel, USA writer） 说谎掩盖了人死的必然性、缺陷、恐惧、焦虑和在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤独。耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实，人渴望从这些谎言中得到安慰。（美国作家 梅尔）
八、情感篇
Love is the mother of love. 情生情，爱生爱。
A faint heart never won a fair lady. 懦夫难得真心人。
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. (William Hazlitt, British writer and critic) 偏见来自愚昧。(英国作家、评论家 W. 哈兹里特)
Life is a flower of which love is the honey.(Victor Hugo, French writer) 人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。(法国作家 V. 雨果)
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. (Pythagoras, Ancient Greek mathematician) 愤怒以愚蠢开始，以后悔告终。 — 古希腊数学家 毕达哥拉斯
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. 快乐可遇不可求。
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw, British playwright) 初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(英国剧作家 G. 萧伯纳)
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so. 最幸福的人们似乎是那些知足常乐者。
九、知识篇
Knowledge is power. (Bacon, British philosopher) 知识就是力量。(英国哲学家 培根) There is no end to learning. 学无止境。
He who travels far knows much. 远行者见闻多。
A man is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。
A book that is shut is but a block. 有书不常读，犹如一块木。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。
Questioning is the door of knowledge. 提问为通向知识之门。
Activity is the only road to knowledge. （Bernard Shaw , British dramatist) 行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳)
Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole. 只有不断观察生活的人，才能全面了解生活。
A man becomes learned by asking questions. 善问者终成学问。
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself. 师傅领进门，修行在个人。
Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。
Imagination is more important than knowledge. (Einstein, American scientist) 想象力比知识更为重要。 (美国科学家 爱因斯坦)
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. 摇篮里学到的东西终身受用。
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. 知识是宝库，而实践是开启这宝库的钥匙。 The more a man learns, the more he sees his ignorance. 学然后知不足。
Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.知识总是从爱好开始，犹如光总是从火开始一样。
A body without knowledge is like a house without a foundation. 人无知识犹如房屋没有地基。 I forget what I was taught; I only remember what I have learned. （Patrick White, British novelist）我忘了别人教我的东西，我只记得我自己学的东西。（英国小说家 P. 怀特）
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer) 实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。(英国作家 斯迈尔斯)
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books. (Jefferson, American president) 一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。(美国总统 杰斐逊)
On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind. 世界上只有人伟大，人身上只有思想伟大。
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know. （Aldous Huxley, British writer） 大多无知是可以克服的。我们不知道只是因为我们不想知道。（英国
作家 奥尔德斯?赫胥黎）
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him ；an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. (Franklin, American president) 倾已所有追求知识，没有人能夺走它；向知识投资，收益最佳。(美国总统 富兰克林)
The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading. General principles must come from books, which, however, must be brought to the test of real life.（Samuel Johnson, British writer）读书是积累知识的基础。基本原理来源于书本，但须经实际生活的检验。（英国作家 S. 约翰逊）
十、教育篇
Men learn while they teach. 教学相长。
Spare the rod and spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器。
Train up a child in the way he should go. 培养孩子去走正路。
Mother’s darlings make but milksop heroes. 惯宝宝，不成器。
Mistakes are an essential part of education. (Russell, British philosopher) 从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。(英国哲学家 罗素)
Education is the movement from darkness to light. （Allan Bloom, American philosopher） 教育使人从黑暗走向光明。（美国哲学家 A. 布卢姆）
Only a nation of educated people could remain free. （Thomas Jefferson, American president） 只有由受过教育的人民组成的国家才能保持自由。（美国总统 T. 杰斐逊）
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）
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (Lowell, British poet and critic) 一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。(英国诗人、批评家 洛威尔)
The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. （Oliver Wendell Holmes, American writer and physician） 教育的主要目的不是为了获取事实，而是要学会如何使事实具有生命力。（美国作家、医生 O. W. 霍姆斯）
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them. （Bertrand Russell, British philosopher）父亲们最根本的缺点在于想要自己的孩子为自己争光。（英国哲学家 B. 罗素）
To spread knowledge is to spread happiness. The progress of scientific research and the ever-expanding fields will arouse hope while the bacteria existence in our body and mind will gradually disappear. （Nobel, Swedish chemist）
传播知识就是播种幸福。科学研究的进展及其日益扩大的领域将唤起我们的希望，而存在于人类身心的细菌也将逐渐消失。（瑞典化学家 诺贝尔）
十一、工作篇
Life is long if it is full. 生活充实，生命久长。
Work has a bitter root, but sweet fruit. 工作原艰苦，果实却香甜。
Lack of work brings a thousand diseases. 一闲生百病。
Nothing is more dangerous than discontinued labor. （Victor Hugo, French writer）没有什么比停止劳动更危险的了。（法国作家 V. 雨果）
When one loves one’s art no service seems too hard. （O. Henry, American novelist）一旦热爱自
己的工作, 什么奉献也不难。（美国小说家 欧.亨利）
Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty. （Voltaire, French writer）工作撵跑三个魔鬼：厌烦、堕落和贫穷。（法国作家 伏尔泰）
It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. （Winston Churchill, British prime minister）不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。（英国首相 W. 丘吉尔）
When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery. （Maxim Gorky, Russian writer）当工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！当工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。（俄国作家 M. 高尔基）
Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work. (Grayson, American journalist) 我发现，辛勤工作的报酬几乎总是幸福。(美国记者 格雷森)
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. （Jerome Klapka Jerome, British humorist） 除非有大量的工作，否则一个人不可能充分领略悠闲的乐趣。（英国幽默家 J. K. 杰罗姆）
Work while you work; Play while you play; this is the way to be cheerful and gay. （Richard Stoddart, American poet） 工作时工作，玩乐时玩乐，依此方法做，轻松与快乐。(美国诗人 R. 斯托达德)
Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. （Thomas Carlyle, British historian）工作是良药，能医治一切困扰人的疾苦。（英国历史学家 T. 卡莱尔）
I do not like work -- no man does -- but I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself. （Conrad Joseph, British novelist）我不喜欢工作 -- 没有人会喜欢工作。 但是我喜欢工作的本质 --发现自我的机会。（英国小说家 C. 约瑟夫）
To youth I have but three words of counsel—work, work and work. (Bismarck, German statesman) 对于青年，我的忠告只有三个词——工作，工作，工作。(德国政治家 俾斯麦)
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. (Hubbard, British writer) 为把明天的工作做好，最好的准备是把今天的工作做好。(英国作家 哈伯德)
Growth and change are the law of all life. Yesterday’s answers are inadequate for today’s problems —just as the solutions of today will not fill the needs of tomorrow. (Franklin Roosevelt, American president) 生长与变化是一切生命的法则。昨日的答案不适用于今日的问题——正如今天的方法不能解决明天的需求。(美国总统 富兰克林·罗斯福)
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. (Ruskin, British writer) 为了使人们在工作的时感到快乐，必须做到以下三点；他们一定要胜任自己的工作，他们不可做得太多；他们必须对自己的工作有成就感。(英国作家 罗斯金)
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. (Lubbock, British banker) 我们常常听人说，人们因工作过度而垮下来，但是实际上十有八九是因为饱受担忧或焦虑的折磨。(英国银行家 卢伯克)
Why should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction? A good share of the answer rests in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job and by the activity of accomplishing. (Sayles, British writer) 为什么工作竟然是人们获得满足的如此重要的源泉呢？最主要的答案就在于，工作和通过工作所取得的成就，能激起一种自豪感。(英国作家 塞尔斯)
十二、家庭篇
Like father, like son.有其父，必有其子。
Youth and age will never agree. 少年和老头，永远不相投。
All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother. (Abraham Lincoln，American president) 我之所有，我之所能，都归功于我天使般的母亲。（美国总统 亚伯拉罕·林肯）
Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.（John Howard Payne, American dramatist and actor）金窝，银窝，不如自家的草窝。（美国剧作家、演员 J. H. 佩恩）
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify it, simplify it. （Henry David Thoreau, American writer）我们的生活都被琐事浪费掉了，简单点，简单点。 （美国作家 H. D. 梭罗） We never know the love of the parents until we become parents ourselves. (Beecher, American clergyman and orator) 不养儿不知父母恩 (美国牧师、演说家 比沏)
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. (Fisher, American female novelist) 母亲不是赖以依靠的人，而是使依靠成为不必要的人。(美国女小说家 菲席尔)
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, it has to take you in. （Frost Robert, American poet）无论何时何地，家永远是向游子敞开大门的地方。（美国诗人 F. 罗伯特） All happy families are like one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. （Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer）所有幸福的家庭都十分相似；而每个不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。（俄国文学家 L. 托尔斯泰）
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love. (Bacon, British philosopher)
幸福的家庭，父母靠慈爱当家，孩子也是出于对父母的爱而顺从大人。(英国哲学家 培根) If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. (Bunyan，British essayist) 你若希望你的孩子总是脚踏实地，就要让他们负些责任。(英国散文家 班扬)
十三、人际交往篇
Beauty is but skin deep.不可以貌取人。
All things fit not all persons.任何事情都难合众人之意。
A friend to all is a friend to none. 滥交者无友。
Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。
A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难之交, 才是真朋友。
False friends are worse than open enemies. 虚伪的朋友比公开的敌人更坏。
A life without a friend is a life without a sun.人生没有朋友，犹如人生没有太阳。
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. （Benjamin Franklin, American statesman）选择朋友要谨慎，换朋友更要谨慎。（美国政治家 B. 富兰克林）
Charity begins at home, but should not end there. 仁爱始于家庭，但不止于家庭。
Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half sorrow.同乐则乐倍之，分忧则忧半之。
Love has no meaning if it isn’t shared. Love has to be put into action. （Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun）爱若不与人分享则毫无意义。爱必须付诸行动。（罗马天主教修女 特里萨） People need to know one another to be at their honest best. （Bobbins Staca, British writer）人们需要相互了解才能达到最诚实的境界。（英国作家 R. 斯达卡）
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after. （William Shakespeare, British
dramatist）仅仅把弱者扶起来是不够的，还要在他站起来之后支持他。（英国剧作家 W. 莎士比亚）
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 别慢待有求于你的陌生人，因为你也许无意中招待了天使。
He that will not allow his friend to share the prize must not expect him to share the danger. （Aesop, Ancient Greek fable writer）不肯让朋友共享果实的人，不要指望朋友与他共患难。（古希腊寓言作家 伊索）
Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty, naturalness, thoughtfulness, some common interests. （Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker）确保友谊常青的诸要素是：诚实、朴实自然、体贴和某些共同的兴趣。（美国思想家 R. W. 爱默生）
No matter how strong you are, how notable your attainments, you have enduring significance only in your relationship to others. （Ziegler Edward, American writer）不管你有多么强大, 你的成就多么辉煌, 只有保持你与他人之间的关系, 这一切才会有持久的意义。 （美国作家 Z.爱德华）
十四、科学、环保篇
Science rests on phenomena. 科学依据自然现象。
Science has no enemy but the ignorant. 科学的敌人是愚昧无知。
The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules. （G. B. Shaw, Irish writer）真正的金科玉律就是世上并无金科玉律。（爱尔兰作家 萧伯纳）
Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal. 科学知识要求完全不受个人感情影响。 Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now always. （A. Schweitzer, German surgeon）真理没有自己特定的时间段。 它的时间永远是现在。（德国医生 A. 施威策）
Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. （Bertrand Russell, British logician） 即使所有的专家都一致赞同, 他们也可能错了。 （英国逻辑学家 伯特兰·罗素）
The computer is the most important single technological resource of later life. 计算机是今后生活中最重要的一个技术资源。
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. 科学的本质是：提出一个不恰当的问题，于是你便走上了通往恰当答案的道路。 Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. （Francis Bacon, British philosopher）想支配大自然，就必须遵守大自然的规律。（英国哲学家 弗朗西斯?培根）
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. （Franklin D. Roosevelt, American president）一个破坏它自己土地的国家，毁灭的也就是它本身。（美国总统 富兰克林?罗斯福） Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. （William Wordsworth, British poet） 大自然永远不会背叛爱她的那颗心。（英国诗人 威廉姆?华尔华斯）
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. （Shakespeare, British poet and playwright）自然界的一个轻轻触摸，就使得整个世界都有了亲情。（英国诗人，剧作家 莎士比亚）
十五、语言、文学篇
All men are poets at heart.所有的人在内心深处都是诗人。
Speech shows what a man is. 听其言而知其人。
Speech is silver, silence is gold. 雄辩是银，沉默是金。
Speech is the index/picture of the mind. 言为心声。
Speech is a mirror of soul; as a man speaks, so is he. （Ephraem Syrus, American writer）语言是心灵的镜子；一个人只要说话，他说的话就是他心灵的镜子。（美国作家 E.塞拉斯） Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. 事物的美存在于仔细观察者的头脑中。
Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. （Samuel Von Pufendorf, German Legist）要小心地驾驭语言文字, 因为它们具有比原子弹还要强大的力量. （德国法学家 S. V. 普芬道夫）
A foreign tongue is spread not by fire and the sword but by its own richness and superiority. （Alexander Pushkin, Russian Poet） 一种外语的传播不是依靠武力，而是依靠这种语言本身的丰富与优越。（俄国诗人 A. 普希金）
You will never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself flows in your vein, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars. （Traherne, British poet）直到以苍穹作衣，以星辰作冠，血脉里流淌着海水，人们才能真正享受世界的美。（英国诗人 特拉赫恩）