英语名言
A bold attempt is half success．
大胆的尝试等于一半成功。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast．
知足常乐。
A contented mind is always rich．
知足常富。
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。
Action speak louder than words．
行动比语言更响亮。／行动胜于言词。
Adversity is a good disciPline．
逆境成才。
Adversity leads to prosperity．
逆境是通向成功之路。
A good beginning is half the battle．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
A good example is the best sermon．
身教重于言教。
A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder．
人生无目的，犹如船失舵。
A little(small)leak will sink a great ship．
千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
All are not friends that speak us fair．
说我们好话的未必都是朋友。
All is not gold that glitters．
闪光的未必皆是金子。
All roads lead tO Rome．
条条道路通罗马。
All things are difficult before they are easy．
万事开头难。
All things are easy to industry；all things difficult to sloth．
勤劳诸事易，懒惰万事难。
All things will come round to him who will but wait．
只要耐心等待，一切都会如期到来。An eye finds more truth than two ears．
百闻不如一见。
An idle youth，a needy age．
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell．
为山九仞，功亏一溃。
A stitch in time saves nine．
亡羊补牢，贵在及时。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity．
苦难才能看出真正的朋友。
Birds of a feather flock together．
一丘之貉。Oil and water don't mix．
水火不相容。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear．
过耳之言，未可尽信。
Better early than late．
宁早勿迟。
Be slow choosing a friend；slower in chaning．
择友宜慎，弃友更宜慎。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse．
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Out of sight，out of mind．
眼不见心不烦。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口利于病。
Business is business．
公事公办。
Business before pleasure．
先苦后甜／先办正事。
By uniting we stand；by dividing we fall．
团结则昌，分裂则亡。
Care and diligence bring luck．
细心勤奋，幸福之本。
Character iS the first and last word in the success．
品德是成功的决定因素。
Complacency is the root of loss,and modesty is the cause of gain.
满招损，谦受益。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success．
自信是向成功之路迈开的第一步。
Conquer the desires，or they will conquer you．
人不克制欲望，欲望就克制人。 Constant dropping wears away a stone．
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。／水滴石穿。
Do as you would be done by．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Difficulties strengthen the mind，as labour does the boby.
劳动锻炼身体，困难锻炼意志。
Don’t put off till tomorrowwhat should be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
Don’t put the cart before the horse．
不要本末倒置。
Early start makes easy stages．
早点着手，事易成功。
Easier said than done．
说起来容易做起来难。
Error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future．
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
Every man has his faults．
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every little make a nickle．
积少成多／积沙成塔。
Example is bette rthan precept．
言传不如身教。
Failure iS the mother of sucess．
失败是成功之母。
Few words，many deeds．
少说多干。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs．
友谊可以增添欢乐，减轻悲伤。
Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails．
运气永远不会帮助没有勇气的人。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent perpiration．
天才是一分灵感加九十九分血汗。
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance．
成大事不是靠力量大小，而是靠坚忍不拔。 ，
He is the wise man who is the honest man．
老实人才是聪明人。He laughs best who laughs last．
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He who does not advance falls backward．
不进则退。
He who has an art，has everywhere a part．
人有一技在身，到处都可立足。
Hope is life and life is hope．
希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
In doing we learn．
边干边学／认识源于实践。
It is a good horse that never stumbles．
人有失手，马有失蹄。
Knowledge is power．
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble；ignorance makes proud．
知识使人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps．
学习只能循序渐进，不能一蹴而就。
Look before you leap；see before you go．
三思而后行。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry，lost knowledge by study，lost health by temperance or
medicine，but lost time is gone forever．
失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物
而恢复，但失去的时间一去永不复返。
Man proposes，God disposes．
谋事在人，成事在天。
Great minds think alike．
英雄所见略同。
Money answers all things．
金钱万能(反面引用)。
Money makes the mare go．
有钱能使鬼推磨。(反面引用)
Money is a bottomless sea，in which honour，conscience，and truth may be drowned．
金钱是无底的海洋，荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。
More haste，less speed．
欲速则不达。 Necessity is the mother of invention．
需要是发明之母。
Never do things by halves．
凡事不可半途而废。
Neverjudge from appearance．
人不可貌相。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
No man is wise at all times．
智者千虑，必有一失。
No practice，no gains in one's wit．
实践出真知。
Nothing is difficult to a man who wills．
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
One false step will make a great difference，
失之毫厘，谬以千里。
Pay somebody back in his own coin．
以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Patience and application will carry us through．
忍耐和勤勉会使我们渡过难关。
Repetition is the mother of konwledge．
反复学习是知识之源。
Seek the truth from facts．
实事求是。
Standers—by see more than gamesters．
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Strike while the iron is hot．
趁热打铁。
Still waters have deep bottoms．
静水流深。
Take time when time comes lest time steal away．
机不可失，时不再来。
Take things as they are．
随遇而安。
The first wealth is health．
健康是最重要的财富。There iS mo royal road to learning．
学习是没有捷径的。
The course of true love never did run smooth．
真正的爱情总是要经受波折的。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose．
成功之秘诀在于目标坚定不移。
Think much，speak little，and write less．
勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary．
对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
Too much humility is pride．
过分谦逊就是骄傲。
Well begun is half done．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
The people who get on this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want，
and if they cannot find them，make them．
在这个世界上取得成功的人，是那些努力寻找他们想要的机会的人，如果找不到机会，
人们就自己创造机会。
The most tragic blow for one is the death of his mind．
哀莫大于心死。
He who does not have a strong will can never achieve high intelligence· ．
志不强者智不达。
When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a man，it always tests his resolution first，
exhausts his body and makes him suffer great hardships，frustrates his efforts to recover from mental
lassitude．Then Heaven toughens his nature and makes good his deficiencies．
天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所
以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。
How can a sparrow know the will of a swan?
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉!
Among three people I meet on the way，there will be at least ont from whom I can learn something．
I may follow his goodness or correct my own mistakes by learning from him．
三人行必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
Education should be for all，irrespective of their social status，
有教无类。
Too many cooks spoil the broth．
厨师多坏一锅汤。A friend in need is a friend in deed.
患难见真交。 I
We would rather be short of books than believe all that they say。
尽信书则不如无书。 I
Long as the way is I will keep on searching above and below.
路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
When a book is read a hundred times，its meanings will naturally become clear.
读书百遍，其义自见。
He owns a gifted pen，who reads tremendously.
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。
A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot.
君子欲讷于言而敏于行。
Do not do evil things though they may be insignincant．Do not given up good things though they
may be minor matters．
勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。
One must stand by one's words and must not stop one's action until success is achieved．
言必信，行必果。
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
To surpass others，a person has to surpass himself first；to criticise others，he has to criticise himself
first；to make comments upon others，he has to make comments on himself first.
欲胜人者，必先自胜；欲论人者，必先自论；欲知人者，必先自知。
Where there's smoke，there's fire．
无风不起浪。
Where there’s a will，there’s a way．
有志者事竟成。
No fish can survive if the watert is too clean. For the same reason,no company can bear one whose
requirements are too critical．
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。
A bold attempt is half success．
大胆的尝试等于一半成功。
A contented mind is a perpetual feast．
知足常乐。
A contented mind is always rich．
知足常富。
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。
Action speak louder than words．
行动比语言更响亮。／行动胜于言词。
Adversity is a good disciPline．
逆境成才。
Adversity leads to prosperity．
逆境是通向成功之路。
A good beginning is half the battle．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
A good example is the best sermon．
身教重于言教。
A life without a purpose is a ship without s rudder．
人生无目的，犹如船失舵。
A little(small)leak will sink a great ship．
千丈之堤溃于蚁穴。
All are not friends that speak us fair．
说我们好话的未必都是朋友。
All is not gold that glitters．
闪光的未必皆是金子。
All roads lead tO Rome．
条条道路通罗马。
All things are difficult before they are easy．
万事开头难。
All things are easy to industry；all things difficult to sloth．
勤劳诸事易，懒惰万事难。
All things will come round to him who will but wait．
只要耐心等待，一切都会如期到来。An eye finds more truth than two ears．
百闻不如一见。
An idle youth，a needy age．
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell．
为山九仞，功亏一溃。
A stitch in time saves nine．
亡羊补牢，贵在及时。
A true friend is known in the day of adversity．
苦难才能看出真正的朋友。
Birds of a feather flock together．
一丘之貉。Oil and water don't mix．
水火不相容。
Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear．
过耳之言，未可尽信。
Better early than late．
宁早勿迟。
Be slow choosing a friend；slower in chaning．
择友宜慎，弃友更宜慎。
Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse．
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾。
Out of sight，out of mind．
眼不见心不烦。
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口利于病。
Business is business．
公事公办。
Business before pleasure．
先苦后甜／先办正事。
By uniting we stand；by dividing we fall．
团结则昌，分裂则亡。
Care and diligence bring luck．
细心勤奋，幸福之本。
Character iS the first and last word in the success．
品德是成功的决定因素。
Complacency is the root of loss,and modesty is the cause of gain.
满招损，谦受益。
Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success．
自信是向成功之路迈开的第一步。
Conquer the desires，or they will conquer you．
人不克制欲望，欲望就克制人。 Constant dropping wears away a stone．
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。／水滴石穿。
Do as you would be done by．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
Difficulties strengthen the mind，as labour does the boby.
劳动锻炼身体，困难锻炼意志。
Don’t put off till tomorrowwhat should be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
Don’t put the cart before the horse．
不要本末倒置。
Early start makes easy stages．
早点着手，事易成功。
Easier said than done．
说起来容易做起来难。
Error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future．
前车之覆，后车之鉴。
Every man has his faults．
金无足赤，人无完人。
Every little make a nickle．
积少成多／积沙成塔。
Example is bette rthan precept．
言传不如身教。
Failure iS the mother of sucess．
失败是成功之母。
Few words，many deeds．
少说多干。
Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs．
友谊可以增添欢乐，减轻悲伤。
Fortune never helps the man whose courage fails．
运气永远不会帮助没有勇气的人。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety—nine percent perpiration．
天才是一分灵感加九十九分血汗。
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance．
成大事不是靠力量大小，而是靠坚忍不拔。 ，
He is the wise man who is the honest man．
老实人才是聪明人。He laughs best who laughs last．
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
He who does not advance falls backward．
不进则退。
He who has an art，has everywhere a part．
人有一技在身，到处都可立足。
Hope is life and life is hope．
希望才有人生，人生要有希望。
In doing we learn．
边干边学／认识源于实践。
It is a good horse that never stumbles．
人有失手，马有失蹄。
Knowledge is power．
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble；ignorance makes proud．
知识使人谦虚；无知使人骄傲。
Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps．
学习只能循序渐进，不能一蹴而就。
Look before you leap；see before you go．
三思而后行。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry，lost knowledge by study，lost health by temperance or
medicine，but lost time is gone forever．
失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物
而恢复，但失去的时间一去永不复返。
Man proposes，God disposes．
谋事在人，成事在天。
Great minds think alike．
英雄所见略同。
Money answers all things．
金钱万能(反面引用)。
Money makes the mare go．
有钱能使鬼推磨。(反面引用)
Money is a bottomless sea，in which honour，conscience，and truth may be drowned．
金钱是无底的海洋，荣誉、良心和真理都可以淹没在其中。
More haste，less speed．
欲速则不达。 Necessity is the mother of invention．
需要是发明之母。
Never do things by halves．
凡事不可半途而废。
Neverjudge from appearance．
人不可貌相。
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today．
今日事，今日毕。
No man is wise at all times．
智者千虑，必有一失。
No practice，no gains in one's wit．
实践出真知。
Nothing is difficult to a man who wills．
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
One false step will make a great difference，
失之毫厘，谬以千里。
Pay somebody back in his own coin．
以其人之道，还治其人之身。
Patience and application will carry us through．
忍耐和勤勉会使我们渡过难关。
Repetition is the mother of konwledge．
反复学习是知识之源。
Seek the truth from facts．
实事求是。
Standers—by see more than gamesters．
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Strike while the iron is hot．
趁热打铁。
Still waters have deep bottoms．
静水流深。
Take time when time comes lest time steal away．
机不可失，时不再来。
Take things as they are．
随遇而安。
The first wealth is health．
健康是最重要的财富。There iS mo royal road to learning．
学习是没有捷径的。
The course of true love never did run smooth．
真正的爱情总是要经受波折的。
The secret of success is constancy of purpose．
成功之秘诀在于目标坚定不移。
Think much，speak little，and write less．
勤思考，寡发言，少落笔。
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary．
对于一只漫无目标的船来说，不论什么方向的风都是逆风。
Too much humility is pride．
过分谦逊就是骄傲。
Well begun is half done．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
The people who get on this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want，
and if they cannot find them，make them．
在这个世界上取得成功的人，是那些努力寻找他们想要的机会的人，如果找不到机会，
人们就自己创造机会。
The most tragic blow for one is the death of his mind．
哀莫大于心死。
He who does not have a strong will can never achieve high intelligence· ．
志不强者智不达。
When Heaven is about to place a great burden on a man，it always tests his resolution first，
exhausts his body and makes him suffer great hardships，frustrates his efforts to recover from mental
lassitude．Then Heaven toughens his nature and makes good his deficiencies．
天将降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所
以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。
How can a sparrow know the will of a swan?
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉!
Among three people I meet on the way，there will be at least ont from whom I can learn something．
I may follow his goodness or correct my own mistakes by learning from him．
三人行必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。
Education should be for all，irrespective of their social status，
有教无类。
Too many cooks spoil the broth．
厨师多坏一锅汤。A friend in need is a friend in deed.
患难见真交。 I
We would rather be short of books than believe all that they say。
尽信书则不如无书。 I
Long as the way is I will keep on searching above and below.
路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。
When a book is read a hundred times，its meanings will naturally become clear.
读书百遍，其义自见。
He owns a gifted pen，who reads tremendously.
读书破万卷，下笔如有神。
A gentleman would rather be quick in action than talk a lot.
君子欲讷于言而敏于行。
Do not do evil things though they may be insignincant．Do not given up good things though they
may be minor matters．
勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。
One must stand by one's words and must not stop one's action until success is achieved．
言必信，行必果。
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you．
己所不欲，勿施于人。
To surpass others，a person has to surpass himself first；to criticise others，he has to criticise himself
first；to make comments upon others，he has to make comments on himself first.
欲胜人者，必先自胜；欲论人者，必先自论；欲知人者，必先自知。
Where there's smoke，there's fire．
无风不起浪。
Where there’s a will，there’s a way．
有志者事竟成。
No fish can survive if the watert is too clean. For the same reason,no company can bear one whose
requirements are too critical．
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒。
