快樂秘笈

「懶散」走得太慢，很容易被「貧窮」迎頭趕上。

Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.

            ──Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林)

若你自己不動手，沒有人會改善你的際遇。

None will improve your lot, if you yourselves do not.

生命最大的獎賞無疑是有機會去為值得幹的事情努力。

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

            ──Theodore Roosevelt(羅斯福)

寡言的人是最好的人。

Men of few words are the best men. 　

            ──Shakespeare(莎士比亞)

愚昧人的心在其口中，但智慧人的口卻在其心中。

The heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

            ──Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林)

有利於他人的成就，就是最偉大的成就。

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

以活出真理來代替傳講真理。

Live truth instead of professing it.

喜樂是一團聖潔的火焰，保持我們對目標的熟誠，並使我們的智慧發亮。

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. 　

            ──Helen Keller(海倫凱勒)

不要說：「如果我能夠」；要說：「我會」。

By all means, don’t say, “If I can, “say, “I will.”

真理是對抗誹謗的最佳辯白。

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. 　

            ──Abraham Lincoln(林肯)

願你活出生命中每一天。

May you live all the days of your life.

歡欣是生命的潤滑油。

Cheer fulness oils the machinery of life.

不要讓你所學的變成知識，要讓所學的變成行動。

Don't let your learning lead to knowledge, let your learning lead to action.

「開錯」最多的就是我們的口。

Nothing is “opened by mistake ” more than the mouth.

「危機」是由兩個詞語組成的；「危險」和「機會」。

When written in Chinese , the word “crisis” is composed of two characters－one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

要堅持夢想，因為夢想一旦消失，生命就如折翼的鳥，不能再飛了。

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

「我做不到」永不成就任何事；「我願嘗試」卻帶來奇蹟。

”I can't do it” never yet accomplished anything; ” I will try “has performed wonders.

做你害怕的事，就能將「害怕」置諸死地。

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

思想就像降落傘，只有開啟它，才發揮作用。

Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open.

成功的因素，似乎大部皆是為別人都放棄了，而你卻堅持下去。

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

說了仁愛的話，就會聽到仁愛的迴響。

Speak kind words and you will hear kind echoes.

浪費金錢會使你囊空如洗，但浪費時間卻使你生命空白。

Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.

人不是為了承受失敗而生的。

Man is not made for defeat.

            ──Earnest Hemingway (海明威)

「未來」有好幾個名字。軟弱的人，它是「不可能」；對怯懦的人，它是「未知數」；對深思熟慮和勇敢堅毅的人，它是「理想」。

The future has several names. For the weak it is the impossible.For the fainthearted it is the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant it is the ideal. ──Victor Hugo(雨果)

人最偉大的發現，就是知道自己能做到心裡害怕做不到的事。

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great sur prises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

凡你手所當作的事，要盡力去作。

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

            ──Ecclesiastes 9:10a(聖經)

做得好勝過說得好。

Well done is better than well said.

            ──Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林)

成功的大小取決於信心的大小。

The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief.

            ──David J. Schwartz (史懷哲)

最貧乏的人，不是不名一文的人，乃是沒有夢想的人。

The poorest man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.

            ──Pennsylvania school Journal (賓州校期刊)

「運氣」其實是「準備」與「機會」相遇了。

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

不要只是謀生計，多點設計自己生命。

Don't just make a living, design a life.

如果你說真話，就不需要刻意記著甚麼。

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

            ──Mark Twain(馬克吐溫)

「昨天」是一張廢票，「明天」是張期票，「今天」才是你可以好好運用的現金。

Yesterday is a cancelled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have, so spent it wisely.

難題只是穿上了工作服的機會。

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

好消息就是：當你改變態度，壞消息都可以變成好消息。

The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude!

要知道你今天迴避了責任，它明天仍會存在。

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

            ──Abraham Lincoln(林肯)

去做不可能的事其實是一種樂趣。

It is kind of fun to do the impossible.

記著，未得你的同意，沒有人可以令你自卑。

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

嘗試不要去做一個成功的人，卻要盡力做一個有價值的人。

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

            ──Albert Einstein(愛因斯坦)

學習取笑自己的煩惱，你就永不缺乏可笑的題材。

Learn to laugh as your troubles and you’ll never run out of things to laugh at.

諾言可能使你交到朋友，但只有付諸實行才能維持友誼。

Promises may get friends but ’tis performance that keeps them.

            ──Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林)

要從生命中得到你想得到的東西，第一步（也是必需的一步）就是決定你想得到什麼。

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

不是每一件要面對的困難都能改變；但必須面對，才有機會改變它。

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

笑聲是一種沒有副作用的鎮靜劑。

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

由說話去到行動，要踏破很多雙鞋子。

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

            ──Italian Proverb(意大利諺語)

不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

Unless you enter the tiger’s den you cannot take the cubs.

            ──Chinese Proverb(中國諺語)

「總有一天」──是沒有這一天的。

”One of these day “is none of these days.

            ──English proverb(英國諺語)

你要知道快樂之門關上，另一道便會打開；我們若只是注視那道關上的門，便看不到另一道已為我們打開的門。

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

            ──Helen Keller(海倫凱勒)

悲觀的人在機會裡製造困難；樂觀的人在困難裡製造機會。

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

嚴以律己，寬以待人。

When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.

有些人時常埋怨玫瑰有刺，我卻慶幸刺裡有玫瑰。

Some people are always grumbling because roes have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

勤奮工作是無可替代的。There is no substitute for hard work.

            ──Thomas Edison(愛迪生)

每個明天都有兩個把手。你可以握著憂慮的把手，也可以握著充滿熱誠把手，那天過得如何，就要看你的選擇了。

Every tomorrow has two handles .You can take hold of the handle of anxiety or the handle of enthusiasm. Upon your choice so will be the day.

膚淺的人相信運氣‥‥惟有強者相信因果效應。

Shallow men believe in luck ‥‥strong men believe in cause and effect. ──Ralph Waldo Emerson(愛默生)

每日出現的小小機會所帶來的快樂，遠比難得出現的好運所帶來的多。

Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

            ──Benjamin Franklin (富蘭克林)

遲起床的要勞碌整天。

He that riseth late must trot all day.

            ──Benjamin Franklin (富蘭克林)

得人恩惠，永誌不忘。給人恩惠，永不復記。

He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

願耶和華賜福給你，保護你。願耶和華使祂的臉光照你。賜恩給你，願耶和華向你仰臉，賜你平安。

May the Lord bless and protect you, may the Lord’s face radiate with joy because of you .May He be gracious to you, show you His favor and give you His peace.

            ──Numbers 6:24-26(聖經)

你愛生命嗎？若是，就不要浪費時間，因為生命是由時間組成的。

Dose thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

            ──Benjamin Franklin(富蘭克林)

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