A man，like a watch， is to be valued by his manner of going.
——William Penn， British admiral
一个人，正如一个时钟，是以他的行动来定其价值的。
——英国海军上将W.佩恩
Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
——Oscar Wilde，British dramatist
不善于想象的人一切乞求于行动。
——英国剧作家O.王尔德
Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of glittering illusions.
——Joseph Conrad， British novelist
行动是令人安慰的。它是思想的敌人，是美好幻想的朋友。
——英国小说家J.康拉得
Action springs not from thought， but from a readiness for responsibility.
——Dietrich Bonhoeffer， German theologian
行动并不来自思想，而是来自愿意承担责任。
——德国神学家D.邦赫费尔
Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe， German poet and dramatist
行为是一面镜子，每个人都把自己的形象显现于其中。
——德国诗人、剧作家J.W.歌德
Deeds are fruits， words are but leaves.
——Joseph Rlema Drake， American poet
行动才是果实，言词不过是树叶。
——美国诗人J.R.德雷克
Do all the good you can，
By all the means you can，
In all the ways you can，
In all the places you can，
At all the times you can，
To all the people you can，
As long as ever you can.
——John Weskley， British religious leader
尽可能地做一切好事，
尽可能地采取一切手段，
尽可能地利用一切方式，
尽可能地利用一切地方，
尽可能地利用一切时间，
尽可能地惠及一切人，
尽可能地持之以恒。
——英国宗教领袖J.韦斯利
Do what you ought， and come what can.
——George Herbert， British poet
做你该做的事情，不要问结果怎样。
——英国诗人 G.赫伯特
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
——R.Lowell James， American poet and critic
人们生来就认识人世间所有美好的情感都不如一个高尚的行动显得更有力量。
——美国诗人、评论家R.L.詹姆斯
Follow your own course， and let people talk.
——Aleghieri Dante， Italian poet
走你自己的路，让人家去说吧。
——意大利诗人A.但丁
He is immortal， not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice， but because he has a soul， a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
——William Faulkner， American writer
他之所以不朽不是因为在动物中唯独地永远能发言，而是因为他有灵魂、有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。
——美国作家W.福克纳
I donˊt wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got down to work.
——Pearl Buck， American writer
我从不等待情绪的来临。如果你一味等待，就将一事无成。你必须牢记，只有动手才能有所得。
——美国作家赛珍珠
If you would have a thing well done， you must do it yourself.
——Longfellow，American poet
如果要将事情做好，就得亲自动手。
——美国诗人朗费罗
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
——Elbert Hubbard， American writer
主动性是指在没有人告诉你的情况下去做合适的事情。
——美国作家E.哈伯德
Never look down to test the ground before taking your step； only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.
——Day Hammarskjold， American writer
迈步之前千万不能向下看，去试脚下的地面；只有注视远处地平线的人才能找到正确的道路。
——美国作家D.哈马舍尔德
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
——Desideratum Eramus， Dutch humanist
最可怕的事莫过于行动中的无知。
——荷兰人文主义者D.伊拉莫斯
Our deeds determine us， much as we determine our deeds.
——George Eliot， British novelist
干什么样的事决定了是什么样的人。 同样，什么样的人也决定了干什么样的事。
——英国小说家G.艾略特
Something attempted， something done.
——Menander， Ancient Greek dramatist
有所尝试，就有所作为。
——古希腊剧作家梅南德
Strong reasons make strong actions.
——William Shakespeare， British dramatist
强有力的理由产生强有力的行动。
——英国剧作家W.莎士比亚
Take time to deliberate； but when the time for action arrives，stop thinking and go in.
——John Albion Andrew， American Leader against slavery
考虑时不要匆忙，但是一旦行动的时刻来到，就要毫不犹豫地投身行动。
——美国废奴运动领导人J.A.安德鲁
The measure of a manˊs real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
——Thomas Bobington Macaulay， British historian
衡量一个人真正的品质，要看他在知道永远也不会被人发现的情况下做些什么。
——英国历史学家T.B.麦考莱
The more we do， the more we can do； the more busy we are， the more leisure we have.
——William Hazlitt， British critic and essayist
事越做越能，人越忙越有空。
——英国评论家、散文家W.哈兹里特
The sum of behavior is to retain a manˊs own dignity， without in truing upon the liberty of others.
——Francis Bacon， British philosopher
人的行为准则是，维护自己的尊严而又不妨碍他人的自由。
——英国哲学家F.培根
The world can only be grasped by action， not by contemplation， the hand is more important than the eye...the hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
——Jacob Bronowski， writer of the former Soviet Union
只有勇敢地付诸行动而不是瞻前顾后，才能掌握这个世界。手比眼睛更加重要……手是思想的利剑。——前苏联作家J.布洛夫斯基
There is no time like the present.
——Tobias George Smallett， British novelist
时不我待，没有比现在更宝贵的了。
——英国小说家T.G.斯摩莱特
There is something that is much more scarce， something finer far， something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize.
——Robert Half， British writer
有的东西比才能稀罕得多、珍贵得多、这就是识别的能力。
——英国作家R.哈夫
Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.
——Aesop， Ancient Greek fable writer
你希望别人如何对待你，你就如何对待别人。
——古希腊寓言家伊索
We must beat the iron while it is hot， but we may polish it at leisure.
——John Drydon， British poet
打铁必须趁热，但是要磨光它则不妨从容。
——英国诗人J.德莱顿
What we love to do we find time to do.
——John Lancaster Spalding， American educator and writer
我们喜欢做的事，总能找到时间去做。
——美国教育家、作家J.L.斯波尔丁
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty little package.
——John Ruskin， British writer and critic
一个只顾自己的人不足以成大器。
——英国作家、批评家J.罗斯金
Words and deeds are quite indifferent modes of the divine energy. Words are also action， and actions are a kind of words.
——Ralph Waldo Emerson， American thinker
语言和行动是人的非凡活力的两种普通的表现形式。语言也是行动，行动也是语言。
——美国思想家R.W.爱默生