You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed¹ if you don't try. 　
失败了你或许会失望，但如果不去试，你就死定了。
                 ——Beverly Sills

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. 　
成功没有秘诀。它是仔细准备，努力工作，从失败中吸取教训的结果。
                 ——Gen.Colin L.Powell

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any one thing. 　
永远记住：决心成功比任何一件事都重要。
                  ——Abraham Lincoln

Chances favor the minds that are prepared. 　
机遇总是降临到时刻做好准备的人身上。
                 ——Pasteur

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. 　
成功的奥秘在于坚持不懈地奔向目标。
                 ——Benjamin Disraeli

You are your greatest enemy if you are a coward, but if you are brave, you are your greatest friend. 　
如果你是懦夫，你是自己最大的敌人；如果你是勇敢的人，你是自己最好的朋友。
                 ——Frank

Give me a place to stand and I will move the world. 　
给我一个支点，我将移动地球。
                 ——Archimides

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration². 　
天才等于百分之一的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水。
                 ——Thomas Edison

At twenty years of age , the will reigns³; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment⁴.
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。
                 ——Benjamin Franklin ,American president

Do you love life ? Then do not squander⁵ time ; for that's the stuffs  life is made of .
你热爱生命吗？那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的
                ——Benjamin Franklin ,American president