Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。）
Experience is the mother of wisdom.（经验是智慧之母。）
Every man is his own worst enemy.(一个人最大的敌人就是他自 己。）
Saying and doing are two different things. (说和做是迥然不同的两回事。）
Actions speak louder than words. (行动比语言更响亮。）
From small beginnings comes great things. (伟大始于渺小。）
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. (智力投资绝不会白花。）
Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
（脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）
The voice of one man is the voice of no one. (一个人的声音没有力量。）
A great ship asks for deep waters.（大船要走深水。）
While there is life, there is hope.（有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧）
Two heads are better than one. (一人不及二人智;三个臭皮匠,胜个过一个诸葛亮。）
Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes; fools by their own.
(聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训；笨人则自己付出代价。他山之石可以攻玉。）
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. (行路有良伴就是捷径。）
It takes all sorts to make a world. (世界是由各种不同的人所组成的。）
If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well.
(如果事情值得做，就值得好好做。）
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
(无热情成就不了伟业。）
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
(没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。）
It is never too late to learn. (活到老，学到老。）
It is never too late to mend. (亡羊补牢，犹时未晚。）
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
（成功的秘诀在于持之于恒。）
Misfortunes never come alone/single.
(祸不单行。）
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot.
(遭祸容易脱祸难。）
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
(不经灾难不知福。）
To an optimist every change is a change for the better.
(对于乐观者总是越变越好。）
Truth never fears investigation.(事实从来不怕调查。）
A good medicine tasks bitter.（良药苦口。）
Great minds think alike. （英雄所见略同。）
Storms make trees take deeper roots.（风暴使树木深深扎根。）
Live and let live. (自己生活也让别人生活。）
Better late than never. (迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来强。）
A bold attempt is half success.(勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。）
All things are difficult before they are easy. (凡事必先难后易。）
What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.
(得之不费力，弃之不可惜。）
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
（只要有一颗意志坚强的心，没事不成。）
Work makes the workman.（勤工出巧 匠。）
Constant dropping wears the stone. (滴水穿石。）
He that can have patience, can have what he will.
（唯坚韧者始能遂其志。）
Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.
（我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。）
The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.
（成功之路没它，唯全力投入工作，而不稍存沽名钓誉之心。）
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
(读书不思考，犹如吃饭不消化。）
The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the
determination to attain it.
（人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。）
One of these days is none of these days.
(有这么一天就是没有这么一天。/吾生待明日，万事成蹉跎。）
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
(每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。）
Nothing down, nothing up. (无下则无上。/不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹？）
A good book is your best friend. (好书如挚友。）
Asking costs nothing. (问人不费分文。）
Ask me no questions and I will tell you no lies.
(你不问我，我就不会说谎话。）
The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. (舌无骨却折断骨。）
A good name is easier lost than won.（名誉失之易，而得之难。）
Every profession produces its own best（行行出状元。）
Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow. (今日事今日毕。）
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