adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (horace, ancient roman poet)
苦難顯才華，好運隱天資。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)
the more you fight something, the more anxious you become —the more you”re involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. (seebohm caroline, british physician)
你越是為了解決問題而拚鬥，你就越變得急躁——在錯誤的思路中陷得越深，也越難擺脫痛苦。(英國醫生 卡羅琳 s)
in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (george bernad shaw, british dramastist)
對於害怕危險的人，這個世界上總是 危險的。(英國劇作家 肖伯納 g)
it is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (william somerset maugham, british novelist)
說苦難能使人格得到升華，這是不確切的;幸福有時倒能做到這一點，而苦難常會使人心胸狹窄，產生復仇的心理。(英國小說家 毛姆 w s)
let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity—for there is always opportunity in crisis. (seebohm caroline, british physician)
讓我們建議處在危機之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危險和困難上，相反而要集中在機會上——因為危機中總是存在著機會。(英國醫生 卡羅琳 s)
the tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. (thomas carlyle, british essayist and historian)
生活的悲劇不在於人們受到多少苦，而在於人們錯過了什麼。(英國散文家、歷史學家 卡萊爾 t)
the very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me. (miguel de cervantes, spanish writer)
對於過去不幸的記憶，構成了新不幸。(西班牙作家 塞萬提斯 m)
tough–minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. (lucius annaeus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
意志堅強的樂觀主義者用“世上無難事”人生觀來思考問題，越是遭受悲劇打擊，越是表現得堅強。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)
trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(h.j.kaier, american businessman)
困難只是穿上工作服的機遇。(美國實業家 凱澤 h j)