中国文化集锦
A Collection of Choice Specimens from Chinese Culture

英语逾甲子情缘
Over Sixty Years’ Love of Knowledge about the English Language

每个人的成功需要付出巨大的努力。
Everyone’s success requires tremendous effort.

我奉献，我快乐。
Devotion and dedication will always bring me happiness.

我们一起工作，实现相互成就。
We work together to achieve mutual accomplishment (or achievement).

越学越意识到在知识的海洋里有许多东西要去学习。
The more you learn, the more you realize that there is much more to be learned in the vast ocean of knowledge.

世上从不缺努力的人，缺的是努力到底的人！ There is no shortage of hard-working people in the world, but of those who work hard to the end!

自己爱自己 Love yourself

想要别人看得起，To gain respect from others,
自己必须靠自己；You must stand stand on your own two feet.
吃过苦头上过当，Only after suffering
才懂人生啥模样。Can one truly understand the nature of human hearts.

心宽一寸，路宽一丈。A broader heart makes a wider way ahead.

清醒的人不合群；干净的人不扎堆。The clear—sighted stay apart; the pure don't crowd.

优秀的人并非关赋异禀，他们只是在别人放弃时多坚持一下，在别人敷衍时多认真了一点。
Excellent people are not unusually gifted. They just hold on a little longer when others give up, and take things a little more seriously when others are perfunctory.

每一滴汗水都是对未来的预付。别怕付出没有立竿见影的回报，大地从不会辜负每一颗种子。
Every drop of sweat is the repayment for the future. Don't be afraid that your efforts won't be rewarded immediately. The earth will never let down any seed.

人活着的最终意义，不在于结果如何，而在于用心享受每一个过程，认真活好当下，便是对生命的最好回应。 The ultimate meaning of a man's life lies not in the outcome, but in cherishing every process with your heart. To live earnestly in the present is the best response to life.

能滋养生命的，不仅是锦衣玉食，不是物资财富，而是丰盈的思想、高贵的精神、澄澈的灵魂，是心底永不凋零的繁花盛景。What nourishes life is never luxurious clothes，& sumptuous feasts, nor material wealth. It is a rich mind, a noble spirit, a pure soul, and an eternal bloom of flowers that never fades deep in the heart.

总之为时间取之不却忘了此刻时间不会重来。We always think time is endless, yet forget this moment will never come again.