1、Constant dropping wears the stone. （滴水穿石。）
2、Experience is the mother of wisdom.（经验是智慧之母。）
3、Every man is his own worst enemy.（一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。）
4、Saying and doing are two different things. （说和做是迥然不同的两回事。）
5、Actions speak louder than words. （行动比语言更响亮。）
6、From small beginnings comes great things. （伟大始于渺小。）
7、Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. （智力投资绝不会白花。）
8、Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）
9、The voice of one man is the voice of no one. （一个人的声音没有力量。）
10、A great ship asks for deep waters.（大船要走深水。）
11、While there is life, there is hope.（有生命便有希望/留得青山在，哪怕没柴烧）
12、Two heads are better than one. （一人不及二人智；三个臭皮匠，胜个过一个诸葛亮。）
13、Wise men learn by other men's mistakes; fools by their own.（聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训；笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。）
14、Good company on the road is the shortest cut. （行路有良伴就是捷径。）
15、It takes all sorts to make a world. （世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。）
16、If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。）
17、Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。）
18、Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.（没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。）
19、It is never too late to learn. （活到老，学到老。）
20、It is never too late to mend. （亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。）
21、The secret of success is constancy of purpose.（成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。）
22、Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。）
23、Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.（遭祸容易脱祸难。）
24、Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾难不知福。）
25、To an optimist every change is a change for the better.（对于乐观者总是越变越好。）
26、Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。）
27、A good medicine tasks bitter.（良药苦口。）
28、Great minds think alike. （英雄所见略同。）
29、Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）
30、Live and let live. （自己生活也让别人生活。）
31、Better late than never. （迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来强。）
32、A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
33、All things are difficult before they are easy. （凡事必先难后易。）
34、What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.（得之不费力，弃之不可惜。）
35、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.（只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。）
36、Work makes the workman.（勤工出巧匠。（名人名言））
37、Constant dropping wears the stone. （滴水穿石。）
38、He that can have patience, can have what he will.（唯坚韧者始能遂其志。）
39、Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.（我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。）
40、The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.（成功之路没它，唯全力投入工作，而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。）
41、To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.（读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。）
42、The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.（人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。）
43、One of these days is none of these days.（有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。）
44、Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.（每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。）
45、Nothing down, nothing up. （无下则无上。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹？）
46、A good book is your best friend. （好书如挚友。）
47、Asking costs nothing. （问人不费分文。）
48、Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.（你不问我，我就不会说谎话。）
49、The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. （舌无骨却折断骨。）
50、A good name is easier lost than won.（名誉失之易，而得之难。）
51、Every profession produces its own best（行行出状元。）
52、Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. （今日事今日毕。）
1、Do not pull all your eggs in one basket.
别把所有的蛋都放在一个篮子里。
2、Do not teach fish to swim.
不要班门弄斧。
3、East or west, home is the best.
东奔西跑，还是家里好。
4、Experience is the best teacher.
实践出真知。
5、There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize.
有的东西比才能稀罕得多，珍贵得多，这就是识别的能力。
6、The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
事越做越能，人越忙越有空。
7、A man, like a watch, is to be valued by this manner of going.
一个人，正如一个时钟，是以他的行动来定其价值的。
8、All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
所有幸福的家庭都相似，而每个不幸的家庭各不同。
9、Friendship is both a source of pleasure and a component of good health.
友谊既是快乐之源泉，又是健康之要素。
10、A man is called selfish, not pursuing his own good, but neglecting his neighbour's.
追求自身的利益，不是自私；只有忽视他人的利益，才是自私。
11、People need to know one another to be at their honest best. 人们需要相互了解才能达到最诚实的境界。
12、Courtesy costs nothing.
礼多人不怪。
13、Custom makes all things easy.
习惯成自然。
14、Desire has no rest.
人的欲望无止境。
15、Difficult the first time, easy the second.
一回生，二回熟。
16、The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imagination.
世界的悲剧就在于有想象力的人缺乏经验，而有经验的人缺乏想象力。
17、The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
赢得核战争的方法是确保它永远不会发生。
18、Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
经验是当你没得到想得到之物时所得到的东西。
19、If you don't learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
如果你年轻时没有学会思考，那就永远学不会思考。
20、Treat other people as you hope they will treat you. 你希望别人如何对待你，你就如何对待别人。
21、Experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficult than their tongues.
经验给了我们太多的教训，告诉我们人类最难管制的东西，莫过于自己的舌头。
22、All rivers run into the sea.
殊途同归。（名人名言）
23、All time is no time when it is past.
机不可失，时不再来。
24、An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。
25、As heroes think, so thought Bruce.
英雄所见略同。
26、Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
不管是谁，匆匆忙忙只能说明他不能从事他所从事的工作。
27、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。
28、People need to know one another to be at their honest best. 人们需要相互了解才能达到最诚实的境界。
29、One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。
30、Throughout life, we rely on small groups of people for love, admiration, respect, moral support and help.
整个一生， 我们都有赖于从一些人群中获得友爱、赏识、尊重、道义支持和帮助。
31、He that will not allow his friend to share the prize must not expect him to share the danger.
不肯让朋友共享果实的人，不要指望朋友与他共患难。
32、No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him.A young idler, an old beggar.
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
33、Behind the mountains there are people to be found. 天外有天，山外有山。
34、Bad luck often brings good luck.
塞翁失马，安知非福。
35、Bread is the stall of life.
面包是生命的支柱。
36、Business is business.
公事公办。
37、Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
笨鸟先飞。
38、Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. 要私下告诫朋友，但是要公开夸奖朋友。
39、Do not change horses in mid-stream.
别在河流中间换马。
40、Do not have too many irons in the fire.
贪多嚼不烂。
41、It takes a lot of thought and effort and downright determination to be agreeable.
要做到与人融洽相处，需要仔细地思考，认真地努力和痛下决心。
42、When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery.
工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。
43、It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
不能爱哪行才干哪行，要干哪行爱哪行。
44、The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
人生最大的教训是要知道即使傻瓜有时候也是对的。
45、The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. 权力越大，滥用职权的危险就越大。
46、If you fight for yourself, only you can win; when you fight for your marriage, you both win.
如果你只为自己奋斗，只有你一个人是赢家；若为婚姻奋斗，夫妻两人都是赢家。
47、When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it.
当你需要知识就像你在水底需要空气时，你准能得到它。
48、Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. 行为是一面镜子，每个人都把自己的形象显现于其中。
49、A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑，长一智。
50、A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 客随主便。
1、Be honest rather clever.
诚实比聪明更要紧。
2、Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
随遇而安。
3、Be just to all, but trust not all.
要公正对待所有的人，但不要轻信所有的人。
4、Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear. 眼见的不能全信，耳闻的也不能半信。
5、Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
不轻诺，诺必果。
6、Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
多听少说。
7、Better an empty purse than an empty head.
宁可钱袋瘪，不要脑袋空。
8、Better an open enemy than a false friend.
明枪易躲，暗箭难防。
9、Better good neighbours near than relations far away. 远亲不如近邻。
10、Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip. 功亏一篑。
11、Between two stools one falls to the ground. 脚踏两头要落空。
12、Beware beginnings.
慎始为上。
13、Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
14、Bind the sack before it be full.
做事应适可而止。
15、Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分。
16、Birth is much, but breeding is more.
出身固然重要，教养更且重要。
17、Bite off more than one can chew.
贪多咽不下。
18、Bite the hand that feeds one.
恩将仇报。
19、Bitter pills may have wholesome effects. 良药苦口利于病。
20、Blind men can judge no colours.
不宜问道於盲。
21、Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
22、Bread is the staff of life.
民以食为天。
23、Brevity is the soul of wit.
言以简洁为贵。
24、Bring up a raven and he'll pick out your eyes. 养虎贻患。
25、Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. 投鼠忌器。
26、Burnt child dreads the fire.
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
27、Business before pleasure.
事业在先，享乐在后。
28、Business is business.
公事公办。
29、By doing we learn.
经一事，长一智。
30、By falling we learn to go safely.
吃一堑，长一智。
31、By other's faults, wise men correct their own.
他山之石，可以攻玉。
32、By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it. 读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。
33、pain past is pleasure
过去的痛苦即快乐。
34、All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事必先难后易。
35、Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所愿，无事不成。
36、Where there is life, there is hope.
有生命必有希望。
37、I feel strongly that I can make it.
我坚信我一定能成功。
38、Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. 与其诅咒黑暗，不如燃起蜡烛。
39、The shortest answer is doing.
最简短的回答就是行动。
40、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
成功的秘诀就是四个简单的字：多一点点。
41、All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。（励志名言）
42、Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people. 困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
43、Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine
失败乃成功之母。
44、For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
45、The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates 混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底
46、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。
47、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，梦颐呛廖薹惧，满心愉悦地把握命？- 尼克松
48、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
49、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
50、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。
51、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
Promise yourself to dream more and hesitate less.
努力让自己多一点如心所愿，少一些己所不愿。
To believe in yourself more and judge yourself less by the accomplishments of others. 多一点相信自己，少一点将他人成就作为自我评价的标准尺度。
To appreciate your family and friends for all the wonderful ways they make your life better. 珍视家庭和朋友，他们为你的生命增添光彩。
Promise yourself to accept life as it comes and truly make each day special.
努力让自己接受生活的本来面目，让生命的每一天变得意义非凡。
To become more independent and more willing to change.
独立自强，乐于应对生活的变化。
To fill your life with special times, and make your dreams come true.
让生命中充满特别的时刻，努力让梦想成真。
Facing the Sea With Spring Blossoms—HaiZi
面朝大海，春暖花开—海子
From tomorrow on,I will be a happy man.
从明天起，做一个幸福的人
Grooming,chopping and traveling all over the world.
喂马，劈柴，周游世界
From tomorrow on,I will care foodstuff and vegetable.
从明天起，关心粮食和蔬菜
Living in a house towards the sea, with spring blossoms.
我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花开
From tomorrow on,write to each of my dear ones.
从明天起，和每一个人通信
Telling them of my happiness.
告诉他们我的幸福
What the lightening of happiness has told me.
那幸福的闪电告诉我的
I will spread it to each of them.
我将告诉每一个人
Give a warm name for every river and every mountain.
给每一条河每一座山取一个温暖的名字
Strangers,I will also wish you happy.
陌生人，我也为你祝福
May you have a brilliant future!
愿你有一个灿烂的前程
May you lovers eventually become spouses!
愿有情人终成眷属
May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!
愿你们在尘世获得幸福
I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.
我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开
No young man believes he shall ever die. It was a saying of my brother's, and a fine one. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth, which makes us amend for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortal Gods. One half of time indeed is flown--the other half remains in store for us
with all its countless treasures; for there is no line drawn, and we see no limit to our hopes and wishes. We make the coming age our own.
年轻人不相信自己会死。这是我哥哥的话，可算得一句妙语。青春有一种永生之感－－它能弥补一切。人在青年时代好像一尊永生的神明。诚然，生命的一半已经消失，但蕴藏着不尽财富的另一半还有所保留，我们对它也抱着无穷的希望和幻想。未来的时代完全属于我们－－
The vast, the unbounded prospect lies before us.
无限辽阔的远景在我们面前展现。
Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
死亡，老年，不过是空话，毫无意义；我们听了，只当耳边风，全不放在心上。这些事，别人也许经历过，或者可能要承受，但是我们自己，“在灵符护佑下度日”，对于诸如此类脆弱的念头，统统付之轻蔑的一笑。像是刚刚走上愉快的旅程，极目远眺－－
Bidding the lovely scenes at distance hail!
向远方的美景欢呼！
And see no end to the landscape, new objects presenting themselves as we advance; so, in the commencement of life, we set no bounds to our inclinations, nor to the unrestricted opportunities of gratifying them. We have as yet found no obstacle, no disposition to flag; and it seems that we can go on so forever. We look round in a new world, full of life, and motion, and ceaseless progress; and feel in ourselves all the vigour and spirit to keep pace with it, and do not foresee from any present symptoms how we shall be left behind in the natural course of things, decline into old age, and drop into the grave. It is the simplicity, and as it were abstractedness to our feelings in youth, that (so to speak) identifies us with nature, and (our experience being slight and our passions strong) deludes us into a belief of being immortal like it. Our short-lives connection with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union--a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation. As infants smile and sleep, we are rocked in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe around us--we quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the more--objects press around us, filling the mind with their magnitude and with the strong of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.
此时，但觉好风光应接不暇，而且，前程更有美不胜收的新鲜景致。在这生活的开端，我们听任自己的志趣驰聘，放手给它们一切满足的机会。到此时为止，我们还没有碰上过什么障碍，也没有感觉到什么疲惫，因此觉得还可以一直这样向前走去，直到永远。我们看到四周一派新天地－－生机盎然，变动不居，日新月异；我们觉得自己活力充盈，精神饱满，可与宇宙并驾齐驱。而且，眼前也无任何迹象可以证明，在大自然的发展过程中，我们自己也会落伍，衰老，进入坟墓。由于年轻人天真单纯，可以说是茫然无知，因而将自己跟大自然划上等号；并且，由于经验少而感情盛，误以为自己也能和大自然一样永世长存。我们一厢情
愿，痴心妄想，竟把自己在世上的暂时栖身，当作千古不变、万世长存的结合，好像没有冷淡、争执、离别的蜜月。像婴儿带着微笑入睡，我们躺在用自己编织成的摇篮里，让大千世界的万籁之声催哄我们安然入梦；我们急切切，兴冲冲地畅饮生命之杯，怎么也不会饮干，反而好像永远是满满欲溢的；森罗万象纷至沓来，各种欲望随之而生，使我们腾不出工夫去想死亡
From: /englisharticle/yingyumeiwen/2012-06-10/184498.htmlFree Minds and Hearts at Work by Jackie Robinson
自由思想与心灵的作用杰基·罗宾逊
At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played.This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else. This is organized major league baseball, and I am standing here with all the others; and everything that takes place includes me.
19xx年的世界职业棒球大赛开赛那天，当美国国歌奏响的那一刻，我产生了一种全新的情感。这一次，国歌是为我而奏，就像为其他人奏一样。我终于能和其他人一样，站在职业棒球大联盟球赛的赛场上，成为这一切的一部分。
About a year later, I went to Atlanta, Georgia, to play in an exhibition game. On the field, for the first time in Atlanta, there were Negroes and whites. Other Negroes, besides me. And I thought: What I have always believed has come to be.
大约一年以后，我参加了在乔治亚州首府亚特兰大举办的一次棒球表演赛。这是亚特兰大的赛场上第一次同时出现白人和黑人运动员。除我之外，还有其他黑人选手。那一刻，我一直坚守的信念终于实现了。
And what is it that I have always believed? First, that imperfections are human. But that wherever human beings were given room to breathe and time to think, those imperfections would disappear, no matter how slowly. I do not believe that we have found or even approached perfection. That is not necessarily in the scheme of human events. Handicaps, stumbling blocks, prejudices — all of these are imperfect. Yet, they have to be reckoned with because they are in the scheme of human events.
我一直坚守的信念是什么呢？首先，我知道人类不可避免会有缺陷。但只要人类有一息尚存，只要人类还能思考，这些缺陷一定会逐渐消失，无论过程会多么漫长。我并不认为我们已经到达或正在接近完美无缺的境界。完美无缺的境界并非人类社会不可或缺的一部分。有些缺陷，例如残疾、障碍和偏见，在人类社会中都存在，也就需要我们勇敢地去面对。
Whatever obstacles I found made me fight all the harder. But it would have been impossible for me to fight at all, except that I was sustained by the personal and deep-rooted belief that my fight had a chance. It had a chance because it took place in a free society. Not once was I forced to face and fight an immovable object. Not once was the situation so cast-iron rigid that I had no chance at all. Free minds and human hearts were at work all around me; and so there was the probability of improvement. I look at my children now, and know that I must still prepare them to
meet obstacles and prejudices.
我一路上遇到的阻碍都促使我更加努力地去抗争、去奋斗。然而，如果不是我内心深处坚信我的奋斗有希望，我就根本无法坚持。我的奋斗有希望，因为这是一个自由的社会。在这里，我不止一次遇到过无法逾越的障碍，也不止一次经历过令人绝望的境况。但那时，思想与心灵的自由便能起作用，让我摆脱困境。如今我看着自己的孩子们，我知道我仍需要他们准备面对困难与歧视。
But I can tell them, too, that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them. And to myself I can say that, because progress is unalterable, many of today's dogmas will have vanished by the time they grow into adults. I can say to my children: There is a chance for you. No guarantee, but a chance.And this chance has come to be, because there is nothing static with free people. There is no Middle Ages logic so strong that it can stop the human tide from flowing forward. I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe — and with every fiber in me — that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
然而，我可以告诉他们，正因为前人的努力奋斗，他们今后不必再经受我们现在承受的某些偏见。我也告诉自己，社会进步是必然的，当我的孩子们长大成人时，现在社会上的许多教条一定会消失。因此，我可以告诉我的孩子们：你们有希望——我不敢保证什么，但肯定有希望。有自由思想的人决不会停滞不前，所以你们有希望。再也没有中世纪强大荒谬的逻辑能阻挡人类历史的潮流滚滚向前。我并不认为从事任何职业的任何人都能排除一切障碍获得成功——这样的完美不现实。但我的确有一条坚定不疑的信念——我现在所做到的一切是因为我们能够抛开从前的教条（无论多么缓慢），能探寻当下的真理，也许还能发现未来的美好。
I believe in the human race. I believe in the warm heart. I believe in man's integrity. I believe in the goodness of a free society. And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it — and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist.My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball. This was the area where I found imperfection, and where I was best able to fight. And I fought because I knew it was not doomed to be a losing fight. It couldn't be a losing fight-not when it took place in a free society. And in the largest sense, I believe that what I did was done for me — that it was my faith in God that sustained me in my fight. And that what was done for me must and will be done for others.
我相信人类。我相信热诚的心。我相信人们的正直与诚实。我相信自由社会中的美德。我相信只要我们愿意为之奋斗，愿意与所存在的缺陷抗争到底，这个社会就能永远美好。棒球比赛将黑人拒之门外就是人类社会的一种缺陷。既然我有这个能力，我就要和这种现象抗争到底。我抗争，因为我知道这场战斗并非注定以失败告终。这场战斗不会失败——在一个自由社会中这场战斗不可能失败。大而言之，我所做到的一切都市上苍的眷顾——正是我对上帝的信仰支撑着我，给我抗争的勇气。我相信被眷顾的不仅仅是我一个人，而应是、也将是我们所有人。
附注：杰基·罗宾逊：是一位了不起的黑人棒球运动员。
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.- Eric Hoffer 世界上最难的算术题是如何清点我们的祝福。
According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet, he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher.
据传说，一个年轻的男子在漫游沙漠途中看到一泉如水晶般清澈而可口的水。水的味道非常甜美，于是他灌满了他的皮水壶，这样就可以带一些回去，送给曾经是他老师的部落长老。
After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.
经过四天的旅程，他把水呈献给老人。老人深饮一口，和蔼地笑了笑，并深切感激学生赠予他甜美的水。年轻人怀着愉快的心情回到了村庄。
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale because of the old leather container.
后来，老师让他的另一个学生品尝水。学生吐了出来，说水太难喝了。它显然已经因为陈旧的皮革容器而变得不再新鲜。
The student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was foul. Why did you pretend to like it?" 学生质疑他的老师：“师父，水是臭的，你为什么要假装喜欢它？”
The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be sweeter."
老师回答说，“你只品尝了水的味道，我却是在品尝礼物的味道。水仅仅是装载善与爱之行为的容器，而没有什么东西比善与爱更甜美了。”
I think we understand this lesson best when we receive innocent gifts of love from young children. Whether it's a ceramic tray or a macaroni bracelet, the natural and proper response is appreciation and expressed thankfulness because we love the idea within the gift.
我认为当我们从天真的孩子们那里收到爱的礼物时，能够最透彻地明白这个道理。无论它是一个陶瓷托盘或通心粉手镯，我们自然而恰当的反应是欣赏，并表示感激，因为我们喜欢礼物所包含的心意。
Gratitude doesn't always come naturally. Unfortunately, most children and many adults value only the thing given rather than the feeling embodied in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
感恩并不总是自然而来的。不幸的是，大多数儿童和成人只看重被赠予的东西本身，而不是它体现的情谊。我们应该提醒自己，并教导我们的孩子，感情和对感激之情的表达是美丽而纯洁的。毕竟，发自内心给与的礼物才是真正的礼物。
If you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive thoughts. When we are stressed, depressed, upset, or otherwise in a negative state of mind because we perceive that "bad things" keep happening to us, it is important to shift those negative thoughts to something positive. If we don't, we will only attract more "bad things."
如果你感觉生活对你来说实在是糟糕之极，你可以挑战着想些积极的东西。当我们不堪重负、沮丧、失落，抑或因为我们认为倒霉的事总是光临我们而处于消极状态时，将这些消极的思想转变为积极的至关重要。如果我们不这么做，只会招致更多的霉运。
It is often very hard to think positive when so many things are negative, but I can assure you that someone, somewhere is worse off than you. We can choose to think differently by beginning with the smallest of steps.
有如此之多消极因素还要想些积极的东西，通常情况下这很难，但我可以保证，在某个地方有人比你情况还糟。我们可以换种方式，一步一步细细思考那些消极的东西。
If you start with one small, positive thing and repeat it during the course of your day, you will begin to move into a more positive situation: positive thoughts, feelings, opportunities and people will start showing up in your life. With practice, you will find that over time, you will change your outlook and choose to be happy, irregardless of the events around you.
从一件积极的小事情开始，并且一整天就一直重复想着，你将进入一个更加积极的状态：积极的思想、情感、机遇、人们开始装扮你的人生。这样练下去，很快你会发现你将改变你的观点，选择快乐的生活，而不在意周围那些琐事。
Here are a few examples for you to practice. Say them out loud and with feeling!
下面有一些方法供你选择练习。要有感情的把它们大声说出来。
1. Begin and end each day with a "Thank you for this wonderful, glorious day!"
在每一天开始和结束的时候，说一句“感谢这么一个愉快的一天”。
2. When you see the gas prices hiking, say "I am so glad that I am blessed to have a vehicle in which to get around."
燃气价格高涨的时候，说“我很高兴我至少还有着这辆车可以到处兜风。”
3. When you are late for work, say "I am so happy and grateful for my job as I know that many don't have one."
上班迟到时，说“我很幸福并感激我的工作，因为我知道很多人还没有工作。”
4. If you are having health problems, be grateful for what does work: "I really do appreciate my eyes that see, my ears that hear, my mouth that tastes, my legs that walk, my arms that lift, my hands that write, my mind that thinks, my knees that bend and my tongue that talks." The possibilities here are endless: insert what does work for you and feel good about it!
如果你的健康出了问题，对目前所拥有的要心存感激：“我真的感激我的眼睛还能看，我的耳朵还能听，我的嘴还能品味，我的双腿还能行走，我的双臂还能抬起，我的双手还能写字，我还能思考，我的双膝还能弯曲，我还能说话”。这儿有无穷尽的种种可能：珍惜你所拥有的，并善待它们！
5. Write down what you're grateful for each day. In moments when you're feeling really down, read what you wrote previously. This will help uplift your spirits. If you practice this regularly, you will find that your list will get longer and longer.
记下每天让你感激的事，每当你失落的时候，读一读你曾经写下的心情，这会让你从新振作起来。经常这样练习去，你会发现你所感激的东西越来越多。
The key is to move yourself into a positive thought and keep it there long enough to make it a moment of blissful peace. The more you practice, the happier you'll be.
转为积极情绪并长久保持着这种状态的关键在于为自己创造幸福、宁静的一刻。练的越多，你就越幸福。
Although interacting with girls seems like an intimidating endeavor to many guys, adhering to certain principles allows it to be a more comfortable and enjoyable experience for everyone involved.
尽管对很多男生而言与女生交往简直是噩梦，但遵循以下几个简单的原则将会给你带来很多愉快的体验。
Steps操作步骤:
1. Be yourself. 做你自己。
It's important to maintain self confidence by being yourself around girls. If you adopt an alternate personality to attract girls, you will eventually be weighed down with the feeling that your true self isn't good enough. It may help to develop and improve your social skills, but any girls that don't appreciate you for who you are don't deserve your attention.
在与女生们交往的过程中做好自己、拥有自信是非常重要的。如果你改变自己的个性去吸引她们的话，到头来你会感到很失落--因为真实的你差劲到无法吸引女生。做你自己可以培养你的社交技巧，任何不欣赏你的女生都不值得你关注。
2. Respect all girls equally. 平等地尊重每个女生。
You stand a much better chance of making a good overall impression if you treat girls that don't interest you just as nicely as those that do. This doesn't mean that you need to talk to or flirt with every girl, but don't ignore them or treat them dismissively. Don't talk to a girl about other girls' attractiveness; it's distasteful and can degrade the girl's opinion of herself. You generally shouldn't talk about past relationships you've had, or other girls that interest you; it detracts from building a new relationship.
如果你将恐龙和美女一视同仁的话，这会给她们带来深刻的印象，你也会因此得到更好的机会。这并不意味着你得同每个女生闲扯或调情，但请不要无视恐龙们的存在，更不要去鄙视她们。不要在一个女生面前谈论其他女生的魅力，这会让她们感到厌恶，甚至看轻自己。通常来讲别扯你的那些风流往事，或其他的女友候选人，这对建立新的关系是非常不利的。
3. Make eye contact. 眉目传情。
Many girls like it when you can't take your eyes off them, but not when you're staring at their boobs. Although there are some girls that may enjoy such attention, you won't offend anyone by focusing on her face instead. Do not ogle her. Just remember to use discretion and show proper respect.
很多女生喜欢看到男生的目光黏在自己的身上，但是不要老盯着她们的胸部看，尽管有个别女生确实有此嗜好，你还是盯着她们的脸比较好，但可别用色迷迷的眼神。记住目光中应该透露出你慎重以及尊敬。
4. Make them feel special. 让她们感到很特别。
Girls like it when you're forward but not in a creepy way. Smile at her in a way that's clear, friendly, and/or playful. If you feel compelled to honesty, you can offer a sincere compliment. For example, you could say "Did anyone ever tell you that you have a beautiful smile?" Eyes are another good one--they're not the easiest thing to notice, and it shows you were looking at her face. Select something good that is reserved for her only; it will make her feel wonderfully special, admired, and beautiful.
女生们很欣赏你的勇敢，但不要吓到她们。单纯友好甚至戏虐的微笑都是可以的。如果你希望能坦诚一些，那么可以诚挚地恭维一下。例如，你可以说，"有人说过你的微笑很迷人吗？"眼睛也是个不错的选择，即使你不容易注意到，这也可以暗示你在认真地看她的脸。选择她独有的特点切入，这会让她感到拥有特别的感受，觉得自己很美丽，受人爱慕。
5. Be a gentleman. 做一个绅士。
Girls love guys that are polite and courteous. It's just a matter of doing simple things like holding doors open for them and being respectful in other ways. Some claim chivalry is dead, but if you believe that, then you're going to have some problems getting a girl's interest.
女生们喜欢那些彬彬有礼的男生。做到这一点也很简单--帮她们开门或者以礼相待。某些骑士时代的礼节已经过时，如果你坚持使用，这会让她们感到很诡异，反而会弄巧成拙。
6. Make her laugh. 逗她开心。
Being funny is one of the most attractive qualities a guy can have, and if you're not "handsome", a girl will usually overlook that! If you're not goofy but you have a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor, use that. Just watch your timing and try not to be too goofy, or you may make a fool of yourself. It's okay to tease her a little, but generally not about her appearance.
风趣是每个男生都应具有的品质，相比于"帅气"，女生们更重于此。如果你智商不低，而且还拥有独特的幽默感，那么尽管拿来用吧。把握时机也很重要，可以揶揄对方，但是原则上不要拿她的相貌来开玩笑。
7. Notice when you're having a conversation and she seems uncomfortable, change the subject. 注意碰到女生不喜欢的话题时，要转换话题。
Watch her movements, if she's shifting her weight a lot and not making eye contact, chances are she's uncomfortable.
留意她的举动，如果你发现她们频繁地变换姿势或者与你没有眼神的交流，那就表示她们对当前的话题感到不适。
8. Recognize that physical contact should be limited by the state of your relationship. 肢体接触的范围应依当前所处的关系而定。
*Acquaintances--A handshake when introducing yourself is probably a reasonable limit for a first meeting. You can also subtly brush your hand against her hand or arm.
*初识。初次见面可以握握手。你的手可以轻轻地划过她的手或胳膊。
*Casual Friends or Prospective Dates--You could try something like touching her hair or playfully poking her in the side and asking if she is ticklish. This is generally considered flirting, and if a girl doesn't appreciate your advances, it's best to apologize and refrain from making similar contact. *临时的朋友或约会预备队员。摸摸她的头发，或者挠挠痒。这些会被认为是调情，如果对方不喜欢，立即道歉并克制一点。
*Good Friends--It is generally acceptable to give friendly hugs to girls that you know fairly well, even if you aren't a couple. Just be sensitive to the girl's feelings about it; pressuring her to hug you will make her uncomfortable.
*好朋友。如果你们是挚友，即便不是夫妻，友善的拥抱也是可以的。但是请留意一下她的感觉，别压得她太难受。
*Boyfriend/Girlfriend--When you've grown closer, you can hold her hand or wrap your arm around her shoulders or waist when you're walking together. With her consent, you can also kiss her.
*男女朋友。随着双方关系的日益亲密，一起走的时候，你可以牵她的手，搂她的腰。征得她的同意后，你还能吻她的唇。
Be the same around her and your friends.
同性异性朋友面前一个样。
Never use the words "sexy" unless it's in a joking fashion.
除了开玩笑，"性感"等词儿慎用。
Don't ever tell her that she looks bad.
永远别说她看起来很糟。
Don't panic if you do something embarrassing. A lot of girls find that really cute.
不小心做了囧事，别紧张，很多女生会认为这很可爱。
Warnings警告:
Do not make sexist jokes.
别讲有性别歧视的笑话。
Don't focus too much on one girl if she isn't enjoying the extra attention. She may get annoyed,
and it will likely hurt your relationship.
如果女生不想你们之间发生额外的关系，那么不要对她表现出特别的关注。一旦激怒了她，那么很可能会损害你们现有的关系。
Get to know her friends and be friends with them. This will show her that you're nice and friendly.
与她的女朋友们适当接触，并也和她们成为朋友。这会显示你的亲和以及友善。 The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy less.
我们这个时代在历史上的说法就是我们更高的建筑，但是有更暴的脾气；我们拥有更宽阔的高速公路，却有更狭隘的观点；我们花费得更多，拥有得却更少；我们购买得更多却得更少。 We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
我们的房子越来越大，却越来越小；便利越来越多，却越来越少；学位越来越多，却越来越少；知识越来越多，观点却越来越少；专家越来越多，问题也越来越多；药物越来越多，健康却越来越少。
We drink too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
我们喝得太多，花钱大手大脚，笑得太少，开车太快，易怒，熬夜，赖床，书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，却很少向上帝祈祷。
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
我们常常夸夸其谈，却很少付出，且常常心中充满了仇恨。我们学会了如何谋生，而不知如何。我们延长了的期限，而不是生活的期限。
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We’ve conquered outer space, but not inner space; we’ve done larger things, but not better things.
我们登上了月球，并返回，却不能穿过街道去拜访新邻居。我们已经征服了太空，却征服不了自己的；我们的越做越大，但质量却没有提高。
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less.
我们清洁了空气，却污染了灵魂；我们分离了原子，却无法驱除我们的偏见；我们写得更多，学到的却更少；我们的计划更多，完成的却更少。
We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but, lower morals. 我们学会了奔跑，却忘记了如何；我们的收入越来越高，道德水平却越来越低。
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.
我们制造了更多的计算机来存储更多的信息，制造了最多的副本，却减少了交流；我们开始渴望数量，但忽视了质量。
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but more broken homes.
这个时代有双收入，但也有了更高的率；有更华丽的房屋，却有更多破碎的家庭。 These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. Where are we heading...?
这个时代有了快速旅游，免洗尿布，却抛弃了道德、一夜情、超重的身体，以及可以从中走向静止和自杀的药物。我们将走向何方……？
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. 如果我们明天就死掉，我们为之工作的公司可能会在一天内很轻易地找人代替我们的位置。但是当我们家人后，他们的余生将会在失落中度过。
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.
考虑一下吧，我们将自己的时间更多地投入到工作中，而与家人在一起的时光，实在并非明智之举。
So what is the morale of the story?
那么这则的主旨是什么呢?
Don’t work too hard... and you know what’s the full word of family?
不要工作得太辛苦，你知道家的全称吗？
Are you waiting for your dreams to come true and change your life? I am sorry to tell you that dreams don’t come true.Rather, it is your goals that can forever change your life. You need to set goals in order turn your dreams into reality.
你正在等待你的梦想成真借以改变你的生活吗？我很遗憾地告诉你，梦想实现不了了。事实上，可以永远改变你的生活的是你的目标。为了把你的梦想变成现实，你需要设定目标。 Don’t confuse dreams and goals. Dreams are easy. They are free, too. However, dreams by themselves are just that… dreams. They are imaginary. And they don’t produce tangible results. You need to turn your dreams into action. You need goals to make the visions of your dreams real. 不要混淆梦想和目标。梦想来的容易，而且还是免费的。然而，梦想本身只是梦想，它们是虚构的。而且他们产生不了触手可及的结果。你需要把你的梦想变成行动，你需要目标使你的梦想变成现实。
Dreams can inspire you, but goals can change your life. Goals are all about action. Goals change you and can change your life. What will it take to turn your dreams into goals?
梦想可以激励你，但目标可以改变你的生活。目标都是关乎行动的，目标可以改变你，也可以改变你的生活。怎样才能把你的梦想变成目标？
Here are 10 Big Differences Between Goals and Dreams:
这里是目标和梦想之间的10大差异：
1.Goals are something you are acting on. Dreams are something you are just thinking about. Goals require action. Dreams can happen without lifting a finger, even while you are asleep.
目标是指你可以采取的行动，梦想只是你的思考。目标则需要行动。梦想，不用动动手指头就能拥有，甚至在你睡着的时候。
2.Goals have deadlines. Dreams are just, well, dreams. Goals must have a deadline. They have a time limit. Dreams can go on forever. In fact, many people maintain dreams their entire lives without ever reaching them.
目标有最后期限，梦想只是梦。目标必须有一个期限，它们有一个时间限制。梦想可以永远继续下去。事实上，许多人一生都在梦想，却从来没达到梦想。
3.Dreams are free. Goals have a cost. While you can daydream for free, goals don’t come without a price. Time, money, effort and sweat. How will you pay for your goals?
梦想是免费的，目标是要付出代价的。虽然您可以免费做白日梦，但不付出努力，是无法实现目标的。时间、金钱、努力和汗水，你愿为你的目标付出什么？
4.Goals produce results. Dreams don’t. Want to change your life? Your job?Your status in life? Goals can do that. A good friend of mine made six-figures on the ebook he published. He did that. Had it stayed as a dream, his life would have been as it always was.
目标产生结果，梦想则不会。想要改变你的生活？你的工作？你的生活状态？目标可以实现这些。我的一个好朋友靠发表他的电子书赚了几十万。他做到了。如果只是作为一个梦想，他的生活依旧是老样子。
5.Dreams are imaginary. Goals are based in reality. You may dream of being Superman, but that is probably not going to happen. Goals are about what you can actually accomplish. They are grounded in the reality of our world. Goals should be big, but not supernatural.
梦想是虚构的，目标是建立在现实中的。你可以梦想成为超人，但这不太可能发生，而目标则是关乎你可以完成的事，它们是以我们的现实世界为基础的。目标应该宏伟，但不会超越自然。
6.Goals have a finish line. Dreams never have to end. Dreams can go on forever. They don’t have to have an ending point. Goals must have a specific outcome.
目标有终点，梦想从来不会结束。梦想可以永远继续下去，它们不需要有终点。目标必须有一个特定的结果。
7.Dreams can inspire you. Goals can change your life. Dreams can bring you motivation. They can inspire you. But, goals can change your life forever.
梦想可以激励你，目标可以改变你的生活。梦想可以带给你的动力，它们可以激励你。但是，目标能永远改变你的生活。
8.Goals must have focus. Dreams don’t. Dreams can be drifting, ever-changing thoughts. Goals must be laser-focused. They must be specific and they must be always on your mind. 目标必须有重点，梦想可以没有。梦想可以是漂浮的、千变万化的想法。目标必须是有 聚焦的重点的，它们必须非常具体，同时必须时刻在你的脑子里。 9.Goals require hard work. Dreams just require your imagination. Dreaming is easy. Almost everyone has a dream. But, fewer people have goals. Goals are hard and they require hard work. 目标需要努力工作，梦想只需要你的想象力。拥有梦想是容易的，几乎每个人都有一个 梦想。但是很少有人设立目标。目标是艰难的，而且它们需要我们的努力工作才能实现。 10.Dreams stretch your imagination. Goals stretch you. Dreaming leads to bigger dreams. They stretch the limits of your imagination. But, goals stretch you. They increase your skills, your abilities, and change you forever. 梦想拓展你的想象力，目标会拉伸你。梦想让你越做越大，它们延伸你的想象。但是， 目标会拉伸你。它们提升你的技能、你的能力，而且改变你的一生。 Sometimes it only takes one step to change a dream into a goal. Yet, it can take years to take that goal to the finish line. Always dream big, but make sure your goals are just as big. Because dreams don’t come true… but goals do. 有时让梦想变成目标只需要一个步骤。然而，实现这一目标可能需要数年时间。梦想要 大，你的目标一定也要大。因为梦想不能成真…...但目标可以。英语美文：10 种简单方法帮你建立自信 来源：233 网校【233 网校：教育考试门户网站】 2013 年 4 月 30 日您的位置：原版英语学习网>英语阅读>美文欣赏>英语美文欣赏励志篇 10 种简单方法帮你建立自信英语美文推荐 jo19870724 于 2013-04-24 发布 l 已有 1060 人浏览 玩歪歪博， 拯救你的脖子和颈椎数百名外教任意选， 每天陪你练口语圣诞节英语专题宅 在家里与外教老师学英文我们生活在一个这样的世界里： 人们恣意批评他人， 专注于消极情 绪，而这些似乎成为了社会规范。 0We live in a world where criticizing people and focusing on negative attributes seems to be the social norm.
我们生活在一个这样的世界里：人们恣意批评他人，专注于消极情绪，而这些似乎成为了社会规范。
It’s an unfortunate aspect of life and many people well into adulthood still struggle with their own self confidence. It’s also unfortunate that these same people may be missing out in life
because they don’t believe in themselves, or they don’t believe that they deserve the good things in life. This is simply not true.
这是生活中不幸的一面，许多人就算在成年后仍也旧在为自信而奋斗，这些人可能在生活中迷失了自己，因为他们不相信自己，或者他们不相信他们值得拥有生活中美好的东西，这对他们来说也是不幸的。这就是不对的。
It all begins within yourself, and you have to want to change things for the better. If you can’t change your environment, you can at least change your own ways.
这一切都源于你自己，你必须要为变得更好而改变。如果你不能改变环境，你至少可以改变自己的方式。
1. Get good at something
有一技之长
Sometimes all it takes is a little talent. Taking up a hobby or refining a talent can do wonders for your confidence. If you feel brave enough, you can show other people your hard work. It never hurts to hear a little praise on occasion.
有时候所需要的仅是一点点天赋。培养一种爱好或发挥天赋，这对增强信心起着不可思议的作用。如果你能勇敢面对，你可以让其他人看到你的勤奋工作。偶尔听一听赞扬也没什么不好。
2. Keep a journal
写日志
You are your own worst critic, but you don’t have to be. Recording your accomplishments or writing about things that make you happy can help you realize your own self worth. Life is worth living and you should remind yourself of that.
你是你自己最刻薄的批评家，但是你不需要这样去做。记录你的成就或写一些能让自己快乐的事情，这可以帮助实现你的自我价值。生活值得活下去，你应该提醒自己这一点。
3. Keep fit
保持健康
Exercising and eating healthy food can make you feel good about the choices you make for yourself. When you notice how good and healthy you look, you won’t have reason to try to hide behind baggy clothes.
锻炼和吃健康的食物可以让你为自己所做的选择感觉良好。当你意识到你看起来是那么的良好和健康时，你将不会找理由试图把自己藏到宽松的衣服里。
4. Take care of yourself
照顾好自己
Do something that you want to do. If nobody wants to see that cheesy movie with you, go by yourself and don’t get into the mindset that only losers go to the movies alone. Being independent and not having to constantly have companionship is a strength, not a weakness.
做你想做的事。如果没有人愿意陪你看那种俗气的电影，那就自己去吧，但是不要陷入只有失败者才会独自去看电影的心理模式。保持独立而非成群结队是一种优势，而不是劣势。
5. Turn into an optimist
做个乐观主义者
It makes no sense remarking on the dark clouds while ignoring the rainbow. Seeking positive ideas and looking at the “bright side” can affect your mood for the better. Focusing on the good things in life can help you hold your head high, knowing that life is good, even when it seems bad. 忽视彩虹却只把重点放在乌云上，这是完全没有意义的。寻求积极的想法，看到“光明的一面”可以让你的情绪变得更好。关注生活中美好的东西让你能抬头挺胸，即使当生活看起来糟糕，你也会明白它是美好的。
6. Spend some time alone…but not too much
花点时间独处，但不要太多
Everyone should have some time to themselves every day. Reading a book or enjoying the outdoors are great for the soul. But too much alone time can get the brain to sit stagnant.
Sometimes people get sick of themselves and end up thinking of things that end up depressing them. Have a healthy dose of “you” time, but make sure you leave the room to seek out the people who matter most.
每个人每天都应该在自己身上花点时间。阅读一本书或享受户外活动，对心灵来说是很好的方式。但是过多的独处会让大脑反应缓慢呆滞。有时人们会讨厌自己，最终陷于令自己沮丧的事情中。对“自己” 的独处时间要有一个合理的安排，保证在你走出房门后去寻找最重要的人。
7. Do good deeds
做好事
There’s nothing like helping other people to give you that warm, fuzzy feeling inside. You know you’ve done something good and that you made another person happy. Making a difference in someone’s life can make a difference in your own, for the better.
没有什么比帮助别人能带给你内心更温暖、舒适的感觉了。你自己知道，你做过好事，你让别人感到快乐。你让别人的生活变得不同，这也会让你自己的生活变得不同，也许会变得更好。
8. Set achievable goals
设立可完成的目标
Setting impossible goals only sets you up for failure. If, for example, you want to lose weight, small increments at a time may be a good option. You can easily lose five pounds. Lose those five pounds and you will feel a sense of accomplishment. Further challenge yourself to another small amount. The more goals you achieve, the more you will see how awesome you really are.
设立一个无法实现的目标只会将你引向失败。比如说你想减肥，每次小幅度的增加可能是一个不错的选择。你可以很容易的减掉5磅。减掉了5磅体重，你会有成就感。进一步挑战自己，再减掉一小部分体重。你实现的目标越多，你会意识到你是多么的了不起。
9. Who cares what other people think?
不用在意别人怎么想
It’s very difficult to turn off the thoughts of what others might be thinking. The only way you can shrug it off is if you resolve to just not care. Who cares? If someone thinks poorly of you, that’s their problem. That issue is on them, not you. Move on, stay fabulous.
不去理会他人可能怎么想是非常难做到的。唯一能屏蔽这些想法的是你决定不去理会。谁会在意？如果有人贬低了你，那是他们的问题。问题在他们身上，而不是你。保持前进，做到极致。
10. Learn to love yourself
学会爱自己
The person whose opinion matters the most is your own. If you don’t love yourself, try to find out why. Then try to find a solution to that reason. Can it be fixed? If not, can you find
someone who can help, perhaps a psychologist, a friend, or a pastor? Make room in your heart for yourself. You’re the only “you”, you’ve got.
你自己的想法最重要。如果你不爱自己，试着找出原因。然后试着找到一个针对这个原因的解决方案。你自己可以解决吗？如果不能，你能找到一个帮你忙的人吗？也许是一位心理学家，一个朋友，或者是一位牧师。在你心里给自己腾出一些空间。你是唯一的“你”。