Everyday English

September 2020

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
正直是做对的事,即使你知道没有人会知道你做了什么。
– Oprah Winfrey

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
新颖不是说别人没有说过的话,而是完全说出自己的想法。
– James Stephens

Even the wolf has its moments of weakness, in which it sides with the lamb and thinks: I hope it runs away.
即使狼也有它软弱的时候,它和羊站在同一边并心想:我希望它跑掉。
– Adolfo Bioy Cassares

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.
为了征服,我们需要的是勇气,依然是勇气,永远是勇气。
– Georges Danton

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
你不用看到整个楼梯,你只需跨出第一步。
– Martin Luther King

Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be humble but not timid. Be proud but not arrogant.
坚强但不要无礼,善良但不要软弱,谦虚但不要胆小,自豪但不要傲慢。
– Zig Ziglar

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
最大的沟通问题是,我们聆听不是为了了解,我们聆听是为了回答。
– Stephen Covey, Author

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.
勇敢就是知道即便你失败,你也不是永远失败。
– Lana Del Rey, Singer

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.
坚持不懈可以保证:得到结果是无可避免的。
– Paramahansa Yogananda

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.
不是你控制一天的时间怎么过,就是由那一天来控制你。
– Jim Rohn

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
要问的不是谁会允许我,而是谁能阻止我。
– Andy Rand, Novelist

He who fixes his mistakes and constantly moves forward will reach his goals.
能改正自己的错误并持续前进的人,将可以打倒他的目标。
– Ernst Thalmann

Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.
你的想象是你即将吸引到你的人生的预览。
– Albert Einstein

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
勇气是会传染的,当一个勇敢的人站出立场,其他人的背脊通常也会硬起来。
– Billy Graham

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
生命所能提供的最好犒赏,就是努力于值得做的工作。
– Theodore Roosevelt

You can disagree without being disagreeable.
你可以反对,但又不给人带来反感。
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anyting done.
如果你在确定前把每件事都延后,你将不会完成任何事。
– Norman Vincent Peale

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
传统观点让我们省下痛苦的思考工作。
– John Kenneth Galbraith

You have a choice: pursue your dreams, or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.
你有一个选择:追求你的梦想,或受雇于他人并帮助他完成梦想。
– Jay Samit

Being a winner is never an accident; winning comes about by design, determination and positive action.
成为赢者从来不是意外,赢来自规划、决心和正面行动。
– Bob Proctor

Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being.
目的会引发一个过程,使我们成为我们能够成为的人。
– Lolly Daskal

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
正是在最黑暗的时候,我们必须聚焦在光亮之处。
– Aristotle Onassis

Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.
逆境不会塑造性格,而是揭发性格。
– James Lane Allen

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
绝不要混淆知识与智慧,其中之一帮你维持生计,另一个给你有意义的人生。
– Eleanor Roosevelt

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
让自己能力最大化的方法,是把心中可能性的微弱火花,煸风为达成目标的火焰。
– Golda Meir

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.
软弱的人透过无礼来模仿力量。
– Eric Hoffer

Stop holding your truth; speak your truth. Be yourself. It’s the healthiest way to be.
不要保留你的真相,说出你的真相,做你自己,这是最健康的生活方式。
– Tiffany Haddish

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
唯一真正的错误,是我们没有从中学到教训的那一个。
– John Powell

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
你不是靠规则来学走路,你是靠去做和跌倒来学习。
– Richard Branson

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
正确的态度能将负面压力转换为正面压力。
– Hans Selye