珠璣集

Quotable Quotes  珠璣集

1.We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
人生來一無所有，其後所得皆屬盈利。

2.Each of us is given a pocketful of time to spend however we may. We use what we will. We waste what we will. But we can never get back a day.
我們各有一筆時間任憑自己支配，或善用，或濫用，
。每一天都一去不回。

3.A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one’s life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.
人的心靈就似他的家一樣，一切由屋主佈置。因此，人生要是冷寂空洞，只能怪自己。

4.Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.
朋友像冬天的光，越久的越亮。

5.Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety.
金錢很怪，就像愛情，可以帶來狂喜；也像死亡，予人深憂。

6.There’s nothing like a good family when you’re really up a tree.
到了真正走投無路的時候，親情勝過一切。

7.It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
見識廣了，才會明白自己無知到什麼程度。

8.Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow.
恐懼令人徹夜難眠，信心卻可教人安枕。

9.Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
此時此刻盡力而為，下一刻便可佔盡優勢。

10.Change is not merely necessary to life. It is life.
改變不只是人生所必須；改變就是人生。

11.The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
人生惟一的障礙是自暴自棄。

12.Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.
金錢可以帶來些許快樂，但到了一個地步就只能多帶些錢進來。

13.In a conversation, keep in mind that you’re more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
交談中切記：對你的談話內容最感興趣的，是你自己。

14.Don’t let bad memories from the past ruin your life today.
別讓不開心的回憶破壞今天的人生。

15.All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
了不起的思想都悟於漫步間。

16.You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
根本不試，就一點機會都沒有。

17.Without friends, you’re like a book that nobody bothers to pick up.
沒有朋友的人，就像無人問津的書。

18.We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.
我們生於世上都要找尋自己的路，若按別人想法生活，永遠得不到幸福。

19.Without darkness there are no dreams.
沒有黑暗，何來夢想。

20.If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven’t been born yet.
人生未曾經歷過痛楚的話，簡直是還沒出生。

21.Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
世上有些豐功偉業所以能夠締造，是因為有些人不夠聰明，不知道那原是不可能的。

22.Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
人生難免有錯，關鍵是錯了以後怎麼辦。

23.No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
任何日子，只要有點收穫，都不算白過。

24.There is little room left for wisdom when one is full of judgment.
事事妄下定論，智慧便無立足之地。

25.The most important lesson you can learn from winning is that you can.
從勝利所獲的最大啟示，就是知道自己做得到。

26.If your mind isn’t open, keep your mouth shut too.
如果你心胸打不開，就免開尊口吧。

27.Most people have a desire to look at the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.
與眾不同的事，大多數人只想看不想做。

28.We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
為了尋找玫瑰，可能錯過紫羅蘭。為了追求勝利，可能不再知足。

29.Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
時間有如馬戲團，總是在整裝遠行。

30.One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.
人一開口才發覺自己所知何其廣泛而又何其不足。

31.Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
友情肯定是醫治失戀之痛的良藥。

32.Reading makes immigrants of us all---it takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
閱讀能使我們都成為移民---帶我們離家遠遊，更重要的是，在每一個地方都為我們找到安家之所。

33.When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have.
如果得不到你所愛的，就愛你所得到的。

34.There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
黑夜不能阻止日出，難題無法抹殺希望。

35.You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know something.
你可以憑魅力迷人十五分鐘，接下來就要靠真材實料。


36.Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you’ll have left is your character.
成功總如過眼雲煙，風光過後，所剩的還是原本的你。

37.Life must be lived with love and humor: love to understand it; and humor to put up with it.
生活中須有愛心，有幽默感。有愛心才能了解人生；有幽默感日子才好過。

38.All art, like all love, is rooted in heartache.
藝術就像愛情，源於怦然心動。

39.Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
要推動世界，須先自己行動。

40.Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead---that’s where your future lies.
誰也不能回到過去。要向前看，那才是你要走的路。


41.It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.
人人都希望高壽，矛盾的是沒有人喜歡老。

42.It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.
能從錯誤汲取教訓總是好事，因為那樣錯得才有價值。

43.Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
計劃如果不立即切實執行，便只得紙上談兵之趣。

44.We come to love not by finding a perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
愛情不在於求完美，而在於視不完美為完美。

45.Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.
智慧往往始於疑惑。

46.Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
人生樂趣，一半在於尋覓；視人生為一場破爛堆覓寶的遊戲而非令人驚喜的慶祝會，日子會好過得多。

47.If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
要是有幸覓得自己喜歡的生活方式，你還得有勇氣才能過這種生活。

48.Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.
人人都想改變人性，但誰都沒想到要改變自己。

49.One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
在風度上勝過對手已是一次大勝利。


50.The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
人到了五十歲，對人生的看法如果和二十歲無異，便是浪費了三十年光陰。

51.Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
有時就是音樂也不能代替淚水。

52.No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
未聞有人意志消極而能探知星辰之祕，或出海覓得新土，或為人類精神開拓新天地。

53.Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
偏見是心靈上的累贅，會播迷霧於往事，植危機於未來，更使人無法掌握現在。