1.有志者,事竟成。nothing is impossible to a willing heart. /where there is a will there is away.
2.千里之行,始於足下。the longest journey begins with the first step.
3.積少成多。every little helps.
4.滿招損,謙受益。pride hurts, modesty benefits.
5.世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲。nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
6.偉業非一日之功/冰凍三尺非一日之寒。romewas not built in a day.
7.一寸光陰一寸金,寸今難買寸光陰。lost years are worse than lost dollars.
8.自助者天助。god helps those who help themselves.
9.欲速則不達。more haste, less speed.
10.台上一分鐘,台下十年功。one minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
11.好的開端是成功的一半。well begun is half done.
12.酒好不怕巷子深。good wine needs no bush.
13.成功源於勤奮。industry is the parent of success.
14.英雄所見略同。great minds think alike.
15.熟能生巧。practice makes perfect.
16.靜水流深。still waters run deep.
17.滴水穿石。little stone fell great oaks.
18.前事不忘,後事之師。the remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
19.君子之交淡如水。a hedge between keeps friendship green.
20.機不可失,時不再來。take time while time is, for time will away.
21.集思廣益。two heads are better than one.
22.未雨綢繆。provide for a rainy day.
23.真金不怕火煉。true blue will never strain.
24.必須相信自己,這是成功的秘訣。you have to believe in yourself. that’s the secret ofsuccess.
25.燕雀安知鴻鵠之志。a sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.
26.身正不怕影子歪。a straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
27.天涯何處無芳草。there is plenty of fish in the sea.
28.大智若愚。cats hind their paws.
29.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。judge not a book by its cover.(never judge from appearances.)
30.有情人終成眷屬。all shall be well, jack shall have jill.
31.海記憶體知己,天涯若比鄰。the world is but a little place, after all.
32.寧為雞頭,不為鳳尾。it is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion.
33.良藥苦口。a good medicine tastes bitter.
34.知識就是力量。knowledge is power.
35.金錢不是萬能的。money is not everything.
36.時不我待。time and tide wait no man.
37.少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。a young idler, an old beggar.
38.趁熱打鐵。strike while the iron is hot.
39.天生我才必有用。every man has his price.
40.看破生死的人能成大事。he who sees through life and death will meet with most success.
41.世上無難事,只要肯登攀。nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
42.不入虎穴,焉得虎子。noting venture, noting gain.
43.不鳴則已,一鳴驚人。it never rains but it pours.
44.勝者為王,敗者為寇。losers are always in the wrong.
45.謀事在人,成事在天。man proposes, god deposes.
46.眾人拾柴火焰高。many hands make light work.
47.不經風雨,怎能見彩虹。no cross, no crown.
48.沒有付出,就沒有收穫。no pain, no gain.
49.不進則退。not to advance is to go back.
50.no way is impossible to courage.勇者無懼。