A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.——J. Burroughs. American naturalist
一個人可以失敗多次，但是只要他沒有開始責怪旁人，他還不是一個失敗者。——美國博物學家 巴勒斯.J.
All of us bear witness to the dissolution of our piece of creation. Only the novelist can restore to us, in the miracle of ink that pours itself like blood onto paper, the lineaments of our lost worlds, alive.——Norma Rosen, American novelist
我們都眼見自己創造物的變化消亡，唯有小說家能憑借墨水擁有像血一樣息行流注紙上的奇跡，為我們恢復失去的世界，使它的面貌活靈活現。——美國小說家 羅森.N.
All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never done right.——R. H. Stoddard, American poet
做一切事都應盡力而為，半途而廢永遠不行。——美國詩人 斯大林 拖達德.R. H.
Between the annihilating fierceness of personal ambition and those who clutter its path, there is only one possible mediator, and that is love.——Norma Rosen, American novelist
能使兇險的個人野心湮滅和塞滿實現野心的人流之間，只有一樣是可能的調節劑，那就是“愛”。——美國小說家 羅森.N.
Creativity is no more teachable than heritable. No more than the most detail-perfect doll can transubstantiate into a living, breathing baby.——Norma Rosen, American novelist
創造能力既不是遺傳的，也不是教得會的。正如再怎樣完美制作的洋娃娃，也不能夠變成一個會呼吸的活的嬰兒。——美國小說家 羅森.N.
Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.——W. M. Thackeray. British novelist
大膽挑戰，世界總會讓步。如果有時候你被它打敗了，不斷地挑戰，它總會屈服的。——英國小說家 薩克雷.W. M.
Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.——La Rocheforcauld, French writer
事情很少有根本做不成的;其所以做不成，與其說是條件不夠，不如說是由于決心不夠。——法國作家 羅切福考爾德.L.
Genius only means hard-working all one's life.——Mendeleyev, Russian chemist
天才只意味著終身不懈地努力。——俄國化學家 門捷列耶夫
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.——Samuel Johnson, British writer and critic
完成偉大的事業不在于體力，而在于堅韌不拔的毅力。——英國作家和評論家 約翰遜.S.
I have nothing to offer but blood, boil, tears and sweat.——Winston Churchill, British politician
我能奉獻的沒有其它，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。——英國政治家 丘吉爾.W.
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.——Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist
如果你很有天賦，勤勉會使其更加完善;如果你能力一般，勤勉會補足其缺陷。——美國女散文家 雷諾茲.J.
It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.——Adlai Stevenson, British writer
為原則而斗爭比實踐該原則要容易。——英國作家 史蒂文森.A.
It is Enterprise which builds and improves the world's possessions. Thrift may be the handmaid and nurse of Enterprise. But equally she may not. For the engine which drives Enteprise is not Thrift, but Profit.——John Maynard Keynes, British economist
進取精神建造了和增加了世界上的財富。節儉可以是進取精神的仆人和護理人，同樣地也可以不是。因為進取精神的動力不是節儉，而是利潤。——英國經濟學家 凱恩斯.J. M.
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.——G. Eliot, British novelist
天上不會掉下玫瑰來，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必須自己種植。——英國小說家 艾略特.G.
Man errs so long as he strives.——Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet and dramatist
人只要奮斗就會犯錯誤。——德國詩人、劇作家 歌德.J. W.