it is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. ----henry ward beecher
是挫折使骨头坚如盘石；是挫折使软骨变成肌肉；是挫折使人战无不胜。--h. w. 比彻
one thing i know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. (a. schweizer)
有一点我是知道的：在你们之中，只有那些愿意寻求发现如何为别人服务的人，才是真正幸福的。（施韦策）
life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.( i. berlin )
生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它，有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。（柏林）
the great use of life is to spend it for something that overlasts it.( w. james )
生命的最大用处是将它用于能比生命更长久的事物上。（詹姆斯）
wherever valour true is found, true modesty will there abound. ( w. s. gilbert )
真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。（吉尔伯特）
we can't all be heroes. somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. (w. roger )
我们不可能都成为英雄。总得有人在英雄走过的时候坐在路边鼓掌。（罗杰）
ideas are like the stars --- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them. ( c. schurz )
理想就象是星星——我们永远无法到达，但是我们象水手一样，用它们指引航程。（舒尔茨）
it is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. ( a. e. stevenson )
为原则而斗争容易，按原则的要求活着难。（史蒂文森）
there is nothing permanent except change. ( heracleitus )
惟有变化才是永恒的。（赫拉克利特）
those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ( t. paine )
想要收获自由之果的人，必须承受维护自由的劳苦。（潘恩）
no road of flowers lead to glory. ( la fontaine )
没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。（拉封丹）
love is stronger than death.
爱的力量大于死亡。（《圣经》）
all good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( h. d. thoreau )
一切好的东西都是便宜的，所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。（梭罗）
patience! the windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( andy j. sklivis )
耐心等待！风车从不跑去找风。（斯克利维斯）
the jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( w. penn)
妒忌者对别人是烦恼，对他们自己却是折磨。（佩恩）
many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( e. hubbard )
许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。（哈伯德）
everything ought to be beautiful in a human being: face, and dress, and soul, and ideas. ( chekhov )
人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想，都应该是美好的。（契诃夫）
other man live to eat, while i eat to live. ( socrates )
别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。（苏格拉底）
life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ( s. butler )
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。（巴特勒）
fear not that thy 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曾真正开始。（纽曼）