英语名人名言
All for one, one for all.
人人为我，我为人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲马
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。—— Socrates 苏格拉底
Easy come, easy go.
易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt赫斯特
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.
爱，统治了他的王国，不用一枝利剑。—— Herbert 赫伯特
We soon believe what we desire.
我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。—— Chaucer乔叟
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
黎明前的时分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒
The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。—— Howell 贺韦尔
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。—— Heywood 希伍德
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰维纳
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.
一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。 —— Heywood 希伍德
One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.
一个人不能把他的糕饼吃掉之后还留在手上。 —— Davies 戴维斯
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。—— Benjamin Franklin富兰克林
Time and tide wait for no man.
时间不等人。—— Scott 斯科特
There is no rose without a thorn.
没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。—— Ray 雷
Lookers-on see most of the game.
旁观者清。—— Smedley 斯密莱
Beggars cannot be choosers.
行乞者不得有选择。—— Heywood 希伍德
First catch your hare.
首先必须捕获兔子，然后才能宰之。—— Thackeray 萨克雷
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
胜利是不会向我走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。—— M. Moore 穆尔
A great man is always willing to be little.
伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 爱默生
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凯撒
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。 —— Jules Verne 凡尔纳
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。—— T. Fuller 富勒
Goals determine what you are going to be.
目标决定你将成为为什么样的人。—— Julius Irving欧文
All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope.
人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词 — 等待和希望。—— Alexander Dumas Pére大仲马（法国作家）
It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么而勤劳。—— H. D. Thoreau梭罗
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。—— Charles Chaplin卓别林
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）
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. (Winston Churchill, British Politician) 我所能奉献的
没有其它，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。（英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.）
Man errs so long as he strives. (Johan Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist) 人只要奋斗就会
犯错误。（德国诗人、剧作家 歌德.J.W.）
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My
fellow citizens of the world; ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. (John Kennedy, American President) 美国同胞们，不要问国家能为你们做些什么，而要问你们能为国家做些什么。全世界的公民们，不要问美国将为你们做些什么，而要问我们共同能为人类的
自由做些什么。（美国总统 肯尼迪. J.）
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. (Richard Nixon, American
President) 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。（美国总统 尼克松 . R.）
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker) 忍耐是痛苦的，但它的
果实是甜蜜的。（法国思想家 卢梭. J. J.）
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. (Emerson, American thinker) 进步是今
天的活动、明天的保证。（美国思想家 家默生）
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.） There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of gaining its numinous summits. (Karl Marx, German revolutionary) 在科学上没有平坦的大道，只有不畏劳苦沿着其崎
岖之路攀登的人，才有希望达到它光辉的顶点。（德国革命家 马克思.K.）
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".(Bonaparte Napoleon, French
emperor) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。（法国皇帝 拿破仑.B.）
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. (Ronald Reagan , American President) 为了保住这最后的、最伟大的自由堡垒，我们必须尽我们所能。（美国总统 里根.R.）
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. (Franklin Roosevelt , American president) 我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们能够为未来造就我们
的青年一代。 （美国总统 罗斯福.F.）
Where there is a will, there is a way. (Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有志者，事竟成。（美国发明
家 爱迪生.T.）
励志篇
All things in their being are good for something. 天生我才必有用。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine 失败乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate. 人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。（苏格拉底）
None is of freedom or of life deserving unless he daily conquers it anew. –Erasmus 只有每天再度战胜生
活并夺取自由的人，才配享受生活的自由。
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. -- R.M. Nixon 命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心
愉悦地把握命运。（尼克松）
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
（罗斯金）
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot 没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。（乔治·埃略
特）
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.—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）
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. – Balzac 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄
才大略。（巴尔扎克）
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
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）
Gods determine what you're going to be. -- Julius Ervin 人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。（欧文） An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson 生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的
财富。-- 史蒂文森
While there is life there is hope. 一息若存，希望不灭。（英国谚语）
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. -- A. Einstein 不要为成功而
努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。（爱因斯坦）
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Charles Chaplin 人必须有自信，这是成
功的秘密。（卓别林）
Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably. 不管追求什么目标，都应坚持不懈。 We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. -- Martin 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）
Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin 能量加毅力可以征服一切。（富兰克林）
Nothing seek, nothing find. 无所求则无所获。
Cease to struggle and you cease to live. -- Thomas Carlyle 生命不止，奋斗不息。（卡莱尔）
A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 千里之行，始于足下。
Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. – Wetchine 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）
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. – Bernara Shaw 在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想
要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。（萧伯纳）
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）
He who seize the right moment, is the right man. --Goethe 谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。（歌德） Victory won't come to me unless I go to it. -- Moore 胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。（穆
尔）
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人往高处走，水往低处流。
Man errs as long as he strives. – Goethe 失误是进取的代价。（歌德）
The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau 尽管失败和挫折等待着人们，一次次地夺走青春的容颜，但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严，这是任何顺利的
成功都不能做到的。（梭罗）
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）
成功篇
Achievement provides the only real pleasure in life. (Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有所成就是人
生唯一的真正乐趣。（美国发明家 爱迪生. T.）
But has the last word been said? Is all hope to be lost? Is the defeat final No! (Charles De Gaulle , French
president) 难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！（法国总统 戴高乐. C.）
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated. (Bonaparte Napoleon, French emperor) 我成功是因为
我有决心，从不踌躇 。（法国皇帝 拿破仑.B.）
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.） Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. (Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist and poet). 只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而
易举地完成困难的事。（德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.）
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger. (Theodore Roosevelt, American president) 实力
永远意味着责任和危险。（美国总统 罗斯福. T.）
Success covers a multitude of blunders. (George Bernard Shaw , British Dramatist) 成功由大量的失望铸
就。（英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.）
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them .they make them. (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist) 在这个世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力寻找他们想要机会的人，如果找不到机会，他们就去创造机会。（英国剧作家 肖伯
纳. G.）
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 卓别林. C.）
Be a rascal among rascals.
—— Plautus
近墨者黑。
—— 普劳图斯
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
—— Mark Twain.
人是惟一会脸红的动物，或者说是惟一需要脸红的动物。
—— 马克·吐温
To a few , rashness brings luck, to most misfortune.
—— Phaedrus
鲁莽也许给少数人带来运气， 但给大多数人带来的是不幸。
—— 费德鲁斯
Eat to please yourself, but dress to please others.
—— Benjamin Franklin
吃为了满足自己，穿则为了取悦他人。
—— 本杰明·富兰克林
Everything passes-even regret.
—— James Huneker
一切都会成为过去-遗憾也是如此。
—— 詹姆斯·亨内克
Time partially reconciles us to anything.
—— Charles Lamb
时间在一定程度上让我们对任何事都习以为常。
—— 查尔斯·兰姆
My honor is my life, both grow in one; take honor from me, and my life is done.
——Shakespeare
我的荣誉就是我的生命，两者共长一体；若取走我的荣誉， 我的生命也就结束了。
——莎士比亚
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
——Andre Gide (1869-1951)
没有什么比回忆幸福更令人痛苦的了。
——安德烈·纪德
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
——George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
不创造幸福的人无权享用幸福，正如不创造财富的人无权享用财富一样。
——萧伯纳
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
—— Benjamin Franklin
如果一个人倾其所有以求学问，那么这些学问是没有人能拿走的。
—— 本杰明·富兰克林
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
——William Blake
智者见到树木，和蠢者看到的是不一样的。
——威廉·布莱克
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
——Will Rogers
所有人只是在某些方面无知。
——威尔·罗杰斯
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.
——Francis Bacon
谦恭的外表最易使人上当。
——培根
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
——Benjamin Franklin.
知足使贫穷的人富有；而贪婪使富足的人贫穷。
——本杰明·富兰克林
All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
—— John Ruskin
一切书籍都可以分为两类，即：一时之书与永久之书。
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist)
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(英国剧作家 莎士比亚.W.)
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)
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I don't know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world. (Thomas Edison, American inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.( Leo 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. L.)
If winter comes, can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley, British poet )
冬天来了，春天还会远吗？( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)
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)
If you would go up high, then use your own legs ! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads. (F. W. Nietzsche, German Philosopher)
如果你想走到高处，就要使用自己的两条腿！不要让别人把你抬到高处；不要坐在别人的背上和头上。(德国哲学家 尼采. F. W.)
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any money in them. ( Mark Twain, American writer )
就是在我们母亲的膝上，我们获得了我们的最高尚、最真诚和最远大的理想，但是里面很少有任何金钱。(美国作家 马克·吐温)
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. (Alexander Dumas, Davy de La Pailleterie, French Writer)
生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。 (法国作家 大仲马. A.)
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 have been kindness, beauty and truth.(Albert 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. A.)
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. (Johan Wolfgang von 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. J. M.)
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. (Mark Twain, American writer)
具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。 (美国作家 马克·吐温)