Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

與其詛咒黑暗，不如燃起蠟燭。（斯特郎）

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

一個人可以失敗很多次，但只須他沒開始責怪其他人，他還不是一個失敗者。（巴勒斯）

Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries^{1 that ever beset2 mankind. 工作是醫治人間所有病痛和疾苦的萬應良藥。（卡萊爾）}

At twenty years of age, the will reigns^{3; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment4.}

二十歲時起支配用途的是意志，三十歲時是機智，四十歲時是判斷。（富蘭克林）

If a jewel falls into the mire^{5, it remains6 as precious as before; and though dust should ascend7 to heaven, its former worthlessness will not be altered.}

寶石即便落在泥潭里，仍是一樣可貴；塵土即使揚到天上，還是沒價值。（賈比爾）

Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation^8.

要選擇行動的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。（內波斯）

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.

當一個人內心開始斗爭時，他就有了價值。（布郎寧）

There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

只有一種成功，那就是可以用我們的方法度過我們的一生。（莫利）

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

大家需要同意失望，由于它是有限的，但千萬不可失去期望，由于它是無窮的。（馬丁。路德。金）

We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves.

伴隨年齡的增長，大家并不變得更好也不變得更壞，而是變得更象大家自己。（貝克爾）

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.

有一點我是了解的：在你們之中，只有那些想尋求發現怎么樣為其他人服務的人，才是真的幸福的。（施韋策）

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain^{9 it.}

生活要緊的在于確立一個偉大的目的，并有決心使其達成。（歌德）