A man can fail many times， but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
——J. Burroughs. American naturalist
一个人可以失败多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。
——美国博物学家J.巴勒斯
All that you do， do with your might； things done by halves are never done right.
——R. H. Stoddard， American poet
做一切事都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。
——美国诗人R. H .斯托达德
Between the annihilating fierceness of personal ambition and those who clutter its path， there is only one possible mediator， and that is love.
——Norma Rosen， American novelist
在能使凶险的个人野心湮灭和塞满实现野心的人流之间，只有一样是可能的调节剂，那就是“爱”。
——美国小说家N.罗森
Creativity is no more teachable than heritable. No more than the most detail-perfect doll can transubstantiate into a living， breathing baby.
——Norma Rosen， American novelist
创造能力既不是遗传的，也不是教得会的。正如再怎样完美制作的洋娃娃，也不能够变成一个会呼吸的活的婴儿。
——美国小说家N.罗森
Dare and the world always yield. If it beats you sometimes， dare it again and again and it will succumb.
——W. M . Thackeray， British novelist
大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败了，不断地挑战，它总会屈服的。
——英国小说家W. M.萨克雷
Few things are impossible in themselves， and it is often for want of will， rather than of means， that man fails to succeed.
——La Rochefoucauld， French writer
事情很少有根本做不成的。其所以做不成，与其说是条件不够，不如说是由于决心不够。
——法国作家L.罗切福考尔德
Genius only means hard working in all ones life.
——Mendeleyev， Russian chemist
天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。
——俄国化学家门捷列夫
Great works are performed not by strength， but by perseverance.
——Samuel Johnson， British writer and critic
完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。
——英国作家和评论家S.约翰逊
I have nothing to offer but blood， boil， tears and sweat.
——Winston Churchill， British politician
我能奉献的没有其他，只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。
——英国政治家W.丘吉尔
If you have great talents， industry will improve them； if you have but moderate
abilities， industry will supply their deficiency.
——Joshuas Reynolds， American female essayist
如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。
——美国女散文家J.雷诺兹
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
——Adlai Stevenson， British writer
为原则而斗争比实践该原则要容易。
——英国作家A.史蒂文森
It is Enterprise， which builds and improves the worlds possessions. Thrift may
be the handmaid and nurse of Enterprise. But equally she may not. For the engine， which drives Enterprise， is not Thrift， but Profit.
——John Maynard Keynes， British economist
进取精神建造了和增加了世界上的财富。节俭可以是进取精神的仆人和护理人，同样地也可
以不是。因为进取精神的动力不是节俭，而是利润。
——英国经济学家J. M.凯恩斯
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
——George Eliot， British novelist
天上不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。
——英国小说家G.艾略特
Jovons saw the kettle boil and cried out with the delighted voice of a child； Ma
rshal too had seen the kettle boil and sat down silently to build an engine.
——John Maynard Keynes， British economist
杰文斯看见壶开了，高兴得像孩子似的叫了起来；马歇尔也看见壶开了，却悄悄地坐下来造
了一部蒸汽机。
——英国经济学家J. M.凯恩斯
Man errs so long as he strives.
——Johann Wolfgang von Goethe， German poet and dramatist
人只要奋斗就会犯错误。
——德国诗人、剧作家J. M.歌德
Miracles sometimes occur， but one has to work terribly for them.
——C. Weizmann， Irish president
奇迹有时候是会发生的，但是你得为之拼命的努力。
——爱尔兰总统C.魏茨曼
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 American 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J.肯尼迪
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R.尼克松
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.
——Ralph Waldo Emerson， American thinker
进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。
——美国思想家R. W.爱默生
Should the diver parse， from the ravening monsters jaw hed never hold the precious pearl， the bright pearl， in his grasp.
——Jaber， Kuwait king
采珠人如果被海中张牙舞爪的怪物吓住，他就得不到宝贵的闪闪发亮的珍珠。
——科威特国王贾比尔
The world can be changed by mans 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 face novel facts and to deal with them.
——Franklin Roosevelt， American president
人经过努力改变世界，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F.罗斯福
There is no royal road to science，and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous 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K.马克思
The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible”.
——Bonapart 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B.拿破仑
To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest basin 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R.里根
To strive， to seek， to find and not to yield.
——Alfred Tennyson， British poet
要奋斗，要探索，要有所发现，而不要屈服。
——英国诗人A.丁尼生
We cannot always build the future for our youth， but we can build our youth forthe 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F.罗斯福
We cannot wait for favors from nature； we must take them from her—that is our task.
——Ivan V.Michurin， Russian agronomist
我们不能等待大自然的恩赐，我们必须向她索取——这就是我们的任务。
——俄国家农艺学家I.V.米丘林
When the going gets tough， the tough get going.
——Seebohm Caroline， British writer
艰难之路，唯勇者行。
——英国作家S.卡罗琳
Where there is a will， there is a way.
——Thomas Edison， American inventor
有志者，事竟成。
——美国发明家T.爱迪生
Where there is no hope， there can be no endeavor.
——Samuel Johnson， British writer
哪里没有希望，哪里就不可能有努力。
——英国作家S.约翰逊
You can build a reputation on what you are going to do.
——Henry Ford， American businessman
你不能靠你声称将要去做的事情来建立声誉。
——美国实业家H.福特