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 Erving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。—— Alexandre 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
太多了,你想学我可以发给你,这里写不下,只能给你百分之二的.
where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者,事竟成。
Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半。
East, west, home is best.
金窝、银窝,不如自己的草窝。
There is no royal road to learning.
学无坦途。
Look before you leap. First think, then act.
三思而后行。
It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢,犹为未晚。
Light come, light go.
来得容易,去得快。
Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
Great hopes make great man.
远大的希望,造就伟大的人物。
After a storm comes a calm.
雨过天晴。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大路通罗马。
Art is long, but life is short.
人生有限,学问无涯。
Stick to it, and you'll succeed.
只要人有恒,万事都能成。
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
早睡早起,富裕、聪明、身体好。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
It is good to learn at another man's cost.
前车之鉴。
Keeping is harder than winning.
创业不易,守业更难。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it.
船到桥头自然直。
More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达。
No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。
Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.
世上无难事,只要肯登攀。
Where there is life, there is hope.
生命不息,希望常在。
An idle youth, a needy age.
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."
求神不如求己。
A plant may produce new flowers; man is young but once.
花有重开日,人无再少年。
God helps those who help themselves.
自助者,天助之。
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
明日待明日,明日不再来。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作,不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
Truth is the daughter of time.
时间见真理。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
积少自然成多。
No man is wise at all times.
智者千虑,必有一失。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。
Live and learn.
活到老,学到老。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一石双鸟。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。
In doing we learn.
经一事,长一智。
Anyone who does a crime won’t escape being punished./Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
Language is like a huge city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
All that glitters is not gold.
发亮的不一定都是金子。
Looks aren’t everything./Don’t judge by appearances.
外表不是一切。
All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill.
有情人终成眷属。
All good things must come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
The love of wisdom is the guide of life.
What always matters most is what is on the inside.
内在最重要。
After rain comes fair weather.
否极泰来。
Action speaks louder than words.
百说不如一干。
After a storm comes a calm.
风暴过后是宁静。
Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.
阅读是精神食粮。
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
久别情深。
The man who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man.
不到长城非好汉。
All roads lead to Rome.
殊途同归。
All things are difficult before they’re easy.
万事开头难。
Ask much, know much.
问多则广识。
The best fish are near the bottom.
好鱼居水底。
Whoever does wrong must answer for it in the end.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
饥不择食。
Modesty helps one go forward and pride makes one fall behind.
谦虚使人进步,骄傲使人落后。
Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水。
Books and friends should be few but good.
买书如交友,必须少而精。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
良药苦口利于病。
A bad workman always blames his tools.
拙匠总怪工具差。
The style is the man.
文如其人。
Be a whole man to one thing at a time.
办事要一心一意。
As you brew, so must you drink./As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
自食恶果/自作自受/种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林,不如一鸟在手。
Bad news travels fast.
恶事传千里。
Bamboo door is to bamboo door as wooden door is to wooden door.
门当户对。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分。
To say something is one thing; to do is another.
Better ask twice than lose your way once.
宁问两次路,不迷一回途。
Never do wrong for the sake of money.
千万不要见利忘义。
The beautiful is believed to overcome the evil in the end.
Custom makes all things easy.
习惯成自然。
Time and tide waits for no man.
时不我待。
The child is father to the man.
三岁看到老。
A penny saved is a penny gained.
A chair is no stronger than its weakest link.
一环薄弱,全局必垮。
All man are equal in the eye of law.
法律面前人人平等。
The darkest place is under the candlestick.
当局者迷,旁观者清。
Claw me and I’ll claw thee.
投之以桃,报之以李。
The darkest hour is nearest the down.
黎明之前最黑暗。
Don’t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
不要班门弄斧。
Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket.
不要孤注一掷。
Diamond cut diamond.
旗鼓相当。
Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
不要把今天的事留到明天。
In the end ,things will mend./Don’t cross a bridge till you come to it.
车到山前必有路/船到桥头自然直。
Don’t bite off more than you con chew.
不要自不量力。
Don’t kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.
切莫杀鸡取卵。
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
别指望得过早。
Drops of water outwear the stone.
水滴石穿
You have to crawl before you can walk./Don’t try to run before you can walk.
人要学走,先得学爬。
Don’t wait for a rainy day to fix the roof.
不要等到下雨才修补屋顶。
Enough is enough.
适可而止。
Enough is as good as a feast.
知足常乐。
Every bean has its black.
人各有其短。
Easy come, easy go.
来得容易,去得快。
Easier said than done.
说来容易做来难。
加分哦!
奋斗篇
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.)
Knowledge is power.知识就是力量--弗朗西司说的..
To be or not to be.
(古英语没有固定翻译,例如:要死还是要活)沙士比亚说的
Confucius(孔子的英文名字)曾经曰过:
The man of wisdorm is never in tow minds. 智者不惑
The man of benevolence never worries. 仁者不扰
The man of courage is never afraid. 勇者不惧