If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. -- Margaret Thatcher

如果你一心为了讨喜，那你就要准备随时随地的屈就，并且你会一事无成。-- 玛格丽特·撒切尔

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

站在路中间是很危险的，因为你会被从两个方向来的车辆撞倒。

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

只要最后能随我所愿，我就会极有耐心。

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

注意你的思想，因为它们将变成言辞；

Watch your words, for they become actions.

注意你的言辞，因为它们将变成行动；

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

注意你的行动，因为它们将变成习惯；

Watch your habits, for they become your character.

注意你的习惯，因为它们将变成性格；

And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

注意你的性格，因为它们将决定你的命运。

What we think, we become.

我们想的是什么，就会成为什么样的人。

Where there is discord may we bring harmony,

混乱处我们带来和谐

Where there is error may we bring truth,

错误处我们带来真实

Where there is doubt may we bring faith,

怀疑处我们带来信任

Where there is despair may we bring hope.

沮丧处我们带来希望

Home is where you go when you have nothing to do.

家就是你没事可做时去的地方。

If your starting point is to please people， you have to be ready at any time， in any matter compromise， and you will accomplish nothing.

如果你的出发点就是讨人喜欢，你就得准备在任何时候、在任何事情上妥协，而你将一事无成。

A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.

缄默的嘴，真诚的心，是世界上最令人赞美的东西。

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

没有人可以回到过去从头再来，但是每个人都可以从今天开始创造一个全新的结局。

Don t part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist. But you have ceased to live.

不要放弃你的幻想。当它们消失之时，你虽然还可以生存，但是虽生犹死。

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

问题的出现,不是止步的信号，而是前进的指示。

There s nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man.True nobility is being superior to your former self.

优于别人，并不高贵。真正的高贵是优于过去的自己。

One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.

人只有用自己的心才能看清事物，真正重要的东西用眼睛是看不到的。

On simple happiness , a worldly will grow old . Keep a young heart , do a simple people , enjoy sunshine and warmth . Life should be so.

人一简单就快乐,一世故就变老。保持一颗年轻的心，做个简单的人，享受阳光和温暖。生活就应当如此。

Life doesn t just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you ve given.

发生在你身上的一切均非偶然。你付出了什么，就会从生活中得到了什么。

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty , the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

二十岁时起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。

撒切尔夫人说过：所有成长的秘诀在于自我克制，如果你学会了驾驭自己，你就有了一位最好的老师。

无论我们做什么事情，自律永远是通向成功的必备品质。所以，你今天有没有坚持学习英语呢？