Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰,身边都有刺. Yesterday, I met with a young, beautiful professional lady who works as the senior course consultants at the EF Education. When talking with such kind of women, I always feel uncomfortable and pay…
Do what you say, say what you do. 做你说过的,说你能做的. Do what I have said, live up to my promise, answer the expectations with gold. Sometimes we have to boast a little more than what we have done. It is just an effective tactic to win. However, if we boast…
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力. Success is external, value is internal. Success and value are related, but value may be more important, because a man of value must be a man of succes…
Who is able to be egotistical needs to be strong too. 有本事任性的人,也要有本事坚强. What is egotistical? Is it the same to be arrogant? To some extent, to be egotistical is the same as to be arrogant, and we know, such characters often annoy others. But there are…
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切,离别情更深. There is almost no such love that can ignore the impacts of time and space. Even the deepest and the most passionate love may go sour along with the time and distance. I have ever listened…
A lot of things, we can be touched, but we can not shed tears. 很多事情,我们可以感动,却不能流泪. Sometimes I was touched by the scenes I saw, that often made me think about what I would do if I was the one in such cases, but I seldom shed tears because I know that…
A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重. When doing things I love to do, I seldom feel tired or boring, and I'm willing to spend time on those things. However, when doing things I don't like to do, or things that are imposed on me, I always fe…
It is the childlike mind that finds the kingdom. 正是你的童心帮你找到属于自己的王国. From Charles Fillmore. When we were children, we dreamed of growing up to be adults. But when we reach adulthood, the stress of life can make us wish we were back to being a kid agai…
If you are not brave enough, no one will back you up. 如果你不够勇敢,没人会替你坚强. I was told that the real man can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph…
Courage is grace under pressure. 勇气就是压力下的优雅. In the face of stress, can you deal with your task smoothly? I can't, I can't keep calm, because I am vulnerable to pressures. I just become anxious if facing the pressures, but I seldom take measures to r…
Mountains look beautiful from a distance. 远处看山山更美. This gnomic seems to circulate very long, its more universal version is the distance can produce the beauty, alleged far see a flower, see posse hemp nearly. Yes, the distance produces beauty, while…
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. 如果学习是一根蜡烛,那好奇心就是烛芯. From William Arthur Ward. Please keep curiosity strong. We were all born with curiosity, but many of us might lose our curiosity all too soon. But curiosity is very important to our…
We are who we choose to be. 要成为怎样的人,选择在于自己. From Barry Manilow. I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save us, we have got to save ourselves. Nobody is going to give us anything, we have got to go out and fight for it…
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 成功,就是即使经历过一个又一个的失败,都没有失去热情. What is enthusiasm? A simple explanation for the word would be to have a keen interest. It means that we have demonstrated an eagerness a…
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. 除了自己的无知,我一无所知. Believe it or not, true wisdom exists in knowing that we really know nothing, we only have educated guesses. It is humble and honest to admit that we as merely mortal human beings do not…
What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 没有了目的,生活便暗淡无光. We all have dreams about our future, we all have expectations of what we are doing. Sometimes, those dreams, those expectations might be the only things that give us the strength and believ…
No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨,怎能见彩虹. Sometimes you can see a beautiful rainbow high in the sky without having to experience wind and rain, for you can stay in some safe and comfortable places And for some unfortunate ones, they only saw rains but no rain…
Happiness is a direction, not a place. 快乐是一个方向,不是一个目的. Do you remember those moments in your life when you were happy and joyful? Do you remeber how those moments came, and how they made you feel? If you have some clear answers, I think you will know…
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. 整天沉溺于梦想而忘记如何好好生活,毫无意义. Bingo, and I think it is useless, even harmful to spend time on these lack-of-rewarding things. Sometimes it would be far better to format the system and restore the whole e…
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. 成功的秘诀就是把平凡的事情做得异常的好. Sometimes your choice and your luck may play a much more important role than your choice and your efforts. Luck is certainly a deciding factor, but who knows how f…
All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for. 我想要的只不过是一件能让我奋不顾身的事业. Stop complaining the unfairness of fate. Promise yourself to dream more and hesitate less. To believe in yourself more and judge yourself less by the accomplishments of ot…
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. 只有我可以改变我的命运,没有人可以帮我做. Stop complaining about the unfairness of your fate. Except for some unexpected reasons, many of the results are determined by our own actions. So, if we want to make some chang…
I was well beaten myself, and I am beffer for it. 我自己也被打败过,但我因此变得更好. For most of us, the life road can't be as easy and smooth as we had expected, it is inevitable that we would experience failures, frustrations and losses. No doubt the effects of th…
Knowledge is a treasure but practice is the key to it. 知识是宝藏,但实践才是打开它的钥匙. Experience often comes from one's own practice, because what he learns from his own activities can become a part of himself. Though reading books and learning from other's exam…
Don't make promises you can't keep. But those are the best kind. 不要许下做不到的承诺,但是我们做不到的承诺往往是最好的. The best way to be a man of his word may be never making any promise. And the best way to avoid being disappointed is never having any hope or wish for the…
The simplest answer is often the correct one. 最简单的答案通常是最正确的答案. Simplest is always best. Sometimes you may find your answer is astonishingly simple after you have spent enourmous time in seeking for the solutions of your problems. If it works, don't d…
Lonely people will always remember his life occurred in each person. 寂寞的人总是会用心记住他生命中出现过的每个人. If you don't love for yourself, you will always live for others. Don't let others be the major character of your life, try to become the shinest star, full o…
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. 身处艰难,但仍有人仰望星空. When standing on the land, make sure you stand with your feet firmly. When looking up at the stars, don't froget to look down at your feet. Dreams, may be too far away…
