千里之行，始于足下

1、Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
最可怕的事莫过于行动中的无知。

2、You never know what you can do till you try.
除非你亲自尝试一下，否则你永远不知道你能够做什么。

3、Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.
只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。

4、To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.
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。

5、The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。

6、All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.
做一切事都应尽力而为，半途而废永远不行。

7、Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
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。

8、I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.
可以说成功要靠三件事才能赢得：努力、努力、再努力。

9、If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
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。

10、Dare and the world always yields. lf it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.
大胆挑战，世界总会让步。如果有时候你被它打败，不断挑战，它总会屈服。

11、The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth.
有些理想曾为我引过道路，并不断给我新的勇气以欣然面对人生，那些理想就是真、善、美。

12、If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.
要想射中靶，必须瞄准比靶略为高些，因为脱弦之箭都受到地心引力的影响。

13、Should the diver parse, from the ravening monster’s jaw he’d never hold the precious pearl, the bright pearl, in his grasp.
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。

14、People often ask me if I know the secret of success, and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
人们时常问我是否晓得成功的诀窍，能否告诉别人怎样使他们的梦想成为现实。我的回答是：身体力行。

15、Character cannot be developed in ease. Only through expe-rience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspiredand success achieved.
要使性格有所发展并非简单，只有通过艰难和困苦的磨练才能使心灵强化，视野开阔雄心振奋从而达到成功。

16、Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity, So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness.
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。

17、Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。

18、The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。

19、Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
考虑是不要匆忙，但是一旦行动的时刻来到，就要毫不犹豫地投身行动。

20、A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.
千里之行，始于足下。