“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.”
「困難不能摧毀我，每個困難都讓步於我堅毅的決心。」– 李奧納多‧達文西 (藝術家)
“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”
「只要你下定決心，你可以克服任何恐懼。因為要記住，恐懼除了在心裡不存在於任何地方。」– 戴爾‧卡內基 (勵志作家)
“Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.”
「等待是一個陷阱，永遠都將會有等待的理由。事實是人生只有兩樣東西，理由與結果，而理由完全不算數。」– 羅伯特‧安東尼 (勵志教練)
“Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you’ll have left is your character.”
「成功總是暫時的，一切塵埃落定後，你僅存的將會是你的品格。」– 文斯‧吉爾 (音樂家)
“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”
– Warren Buffett, Investor
「風險來自於不知道你在做什麼。」– 華倫‧巴菲特 (投資家)
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.”
「如果沒有掙扎，就沒有進步。那些聲稱愛好自由，但輕視改革運動的人，是想要不犁地就收成的人，他們想要沒有打雷及閃電就有雨水。」– 弗雷德里克‧道格拉斯 (廢奴主義者)
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
「才華是上帝給的，要謙虛。名氣是人給的，要感恩。自滿是自己給的，要小心。」– 約翰．伍登 (籃球教練)
英文名言佳句
＊ Samuel Butler (1835-1902, 英國小說家)
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
生活不是嚴謹科學，而是一種藝術。
＊ William Hazlitt (1778-1830, 英國作家與文學評論家)
The more we do, the more we can do.
當做的愈多，能做的也就愈多。
＊ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, 前美國第一夫人,民權運動者)
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
未來是屬於那些相信自己美夢的人。
＊ Edison 愛迪生
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是一分靈感加上九十九分的努力。
A healthy mind is in a healthy body.
＊ Sophocles 莎弗克里士(希臘悲劇詩人)
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life—that word is love.
有個字能將我們從生命的重擔與苦痛中釋放—那個字就是「愛」。
＊ Condorcet 康德賽
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
享受自己的生活，別和別人比較。
＊ Horace 赫瑞斯
Well begun is half done.
好的開始是成功的一半。
＊ Jonathan Swift 強納生‧斯威夫特
Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.
人人都希望活得久，卻沒人希望變老。
＊ Publius Syrus 賽魯士
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
富貴交朋友，患難見真情。
＊ Cooke 庫克
No beauty is like the beauty of mind.
心靈之美，最美。
＊ John Clark 約翰‧克拉克
The best fish swim near the bottom.
最好的魚，潛游水底。(勿鋒芒畢露。)
＊ Mary Ellen Chase 瑪莉艾倫切斯
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
孩子們，聖誕節不是一個日期而已，而是心靈的狀態。
＊ Ken Murray 肯‧穆雷
Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand
up.
能過著極盡奢華的生活的確不壞，糟的是你永不知道何時奢華將離你而去。
＊ Fabre 法布雷
Kind words are the music of the world.
親善之言乃人世的美樂。
＊ Napoleon 拿破崙
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
「不可能」，在愚人的字典中才找得到。
＊ Billings 比林斯
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
健康如金錢，失去時才真正知其價值。
＊ Virgil 維吉兒
Labor conquers everything.
勞動能征服萬事。
＊ H. G. Bohn 波恩
A fault confessed is half redressed.
知錯，則已改過一半。
＊ Lord Chesterfield 洛德‧卻斯特菲
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
忠告逆耳，而那些最需要的人卻最不喜歡忠告。
＊ Longfellow 隆菲羅
Enjoy the youth, it will not stay.
享受青春，青春一去不回。
＊ James Kelly 詹姆斯‧凱利
Confession is good for the soul.
懺悔對靈魂有益。
＊ Schiller 席勒
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.
過分謹慎的人難有成就。
＊ Decker 戴克
Anger begins in folly and ends in repentance.
憤怒始於愚蠢，止於懊悔。
＊ W. Wilson 威爾遜
Dare to do right! Dare to be true.
勇於為善!勇於率真!
＊ Alexander Pope 亞歷山大‧波普
To err is human; to forgive, devine.
犯錯是人性，寬恕是神性。
＊ Eleonora Duse 艾略諾拉‧杜斯
The greatest danger in deceiving others is that one will surely end up deceiving one’s self.
欺騙他人最大的危險在於最後會連自己的自我都給欺騙了。
＊ Thomas Fuller 湯瑪斯‧傅勒
Gossiping and lying go together.
八卦與謊言形影不離。
＊ Colton 柯爾頓
Men are born with two eyes but one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they
say.
人生而有一雙眼一根舌，就是要人們多看少說。
＊ Samuel Smiles 山姆‧斯邁爾斯
A man is known by the company he keeps.
觀其友，知其行。
＊ J.F. Kennedy 甘迺迪
Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
不要問國家能為你做什麼，要問你能為國家做些什麼。
＊ Emerson 愛默生
The first wealth is health.
首要之富為健康。
＊ Richard Steels 理查‧斯第爾斯
Every man is the maker of his own fortune.
各人命運各自掌控。
＊ Goethe 歌德
Wisdom is only found in truth.
唯有真理中方能尋得智慧。
＊ Harold Macmillan 哈洛德‧麥克米倫
Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.
太多人沉醉於過去種種，必須將過去作為跳板，而不是當作舒適的沙發。
＊ Lord Acton 洛德艾克頓
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
權力讓人腐化，絕對的權力，絕對的腐化。
＊ Samuel Butler
All of the animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
除了人以外，所有的動物都知道生活的要事就是享受生活。
＊ Mark Twain 馬克吐溫
Everybody is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
人人都是月亮，各有其永不示人的黑暗面。
＊ John Ruskin 約翰拉斯金
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活無目標，有如航行無羅盤。
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste time.”
「根據我長期的觀察，大多數人是在別人浪費時間時超越他們。」– 亨利‧福特 (工業家)
“No matter how much success you’re having, you can’t continue working together if you can’t communicate.”
「不管你們有多成功，如果無法溝通，你們將無法繼續一起工作。」– 馬特‧卡梅倫 (音樂家)
“Remember too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start. They pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they arrive. The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis – through which they are introduced to their other selves.”
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
「心存感謝但不表達它，如同裹起禮物但不送出去。」– 威廉‧亞瑟‧沃德 (學者)
“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
「如果你對自己沒有信心，在人生的競賽裡你是二度被擊倒；有了信心，在開始前你已經勝利。」– 西塞羅 (羅馬哲學家)
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
「時間是你人生的錢幣，它是你唯一的錢幣，只有你能決定將怎麼使用它。要小心，以免其它人替你使用。」– 卡爾‧桑德堡 (文學作家)
“A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition. ”
「一個優秀的人無法幫助一個差勁的人，除非那個差勁的人願意接受幫忙，而即便如此，那個差勁的人得自己變得卓越，他必需靠自己的努力，發展別人使他欽佩的優點，除了他自己沒有別人可以改變他的現狀。」– 詹姆士‧艾倫 (作家)
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
「人生成功的祕密是當一個人的機會來臨時，他已為它準備好。」– 班傑明‧迪斯雷利 (英國首相)
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
「今天我願意做別人不願做的事，因此明天我可以達到別人達不成的事。」– 傑瑞‧萊斯 (美式足球選手)
Source: dailyenglishquote.com
Garden Point (Taken with instagram)
Source: beatsbydre.com
Don’t be afraid love guides you through the darkest night
不要怕愛會引導你通過最黑暗的夜晚
