启示Inspiration[英语名人名言]_名人名言

启示Inspiration[英语名人名言]

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Every flower must grow through dirt.

-- Anonymous¹

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

-- Anonymous

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

-- Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence², then, is not an act, but a habit.

-- Aristotle

Motivation will almost always beat mere³ talent.

-- Norman R. Augustine

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

-- Lauren Bacall

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

-- James Baldwin

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

-- Lucille Ball

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

-- Arnold Bennett

Having once decided⁴ to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium⁵ and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished⁶ a tiresome⁷ labor⁸ is immense.

-- Thomas Arnold Bennett

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

-- Josh Billings

He who kisses the joy is it flies lives in eternity's sunrise

-- William Blake

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

-- Phillip Brooks⁹

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars

-- Les Brown

We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches¹⁰, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition -- plowing¹¹ straight ahead, come what may.

-- Jimmy Buffett, Cowboy in the Jungle (song)

Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.

-- Emily Dickinson

Genius is 99 percent perspiration¹² and 1 percent inspiration.

-- Thomas Edison

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom.

-- Albert Einstein

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

-- Albert Einstein

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

-- George Eliot

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

-- Buke Ellington

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Vitality¹³ shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward¹⁴.

-- Henry Ford¹⁵

Obstacles are those frightful¹⁶ things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

-- Henry Ford

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

-- Henry Ford

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

-- Henry Ford

He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

-- Thomas Fuller, M.D.

We must become the change we want to see.

-- Gandhi

Whatever you do will be insignificant¹⁷, but it is most important that you do it.

-- Gandhi

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.

-- Ellen Hubbard

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

-- Irish Blessing¹⁸

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

-- Helen Keller

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought¹⁹ in our life, or in the life of another.

-- Helen Keller

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

-- Robert Francis Kennedy

He who limps is still walking.

-- Stanislaw J. Lec

Whatever you are, be a good one.

-- Abraham Lincoln

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.

-- Vince Lombardi

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering²⁰ before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

-- Orison Swett Marden

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

-- Abraham Maslow

Victory belongs to the most persevering²¹.

-- Napoleon Bonaparte

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

-- Andre Norton

Chance is always powerful. - Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

-- Ovid

Remember your dreams.

-- Maryanne Radmacher-Herhey

To achieve the impossible, it is precisely²² the unthinkable that must be thought.

-- Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

Fanaticism²³ consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

-- George Santayana

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

-- Semisonic, Closing Time

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

-- Seneca

... then the world 's mine oyster²⁴

-- William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

-- James Stephens

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, 'cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are...

-- Cat Stevens, from a song lyric²⁵

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

-- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

-- The Artist Formerly²⁶ Known As Prince

Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.

-- Mao Tse-tung

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

-- Sun Tzu

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.

-- Colin Wilson

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

-- John R. Wooden, Practical Modern Basketball

Do or do not. There is no try.

-- Yoda, character in the movie The Empire Strikes Back

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed²⁷ to a star does not change his mind.

-- Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks

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收听单词发音

1 anonymous
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

2 excellence
n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德
参考例句：
His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。 My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

3 mere
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。 It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

4 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 tedium
n.单调；烦闷
参考例句：
We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey.我们玩游戏，来解除旅行的沉闷。 In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium. 从我自己身上，我所观察到的烦闷的根源有下列一些。

6 accomplished
adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的
参考例句：
Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。 Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

7 tiresome
adj.令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的
参考例句：
His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。 He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。

8 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

9 brooks
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。来自《简明英汉词典》 Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 hunches
预感，直觉( hunch的名词复数 )
参考例句：
A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle. 一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。 We often test our hunches on each other. 我们经常互相检验我们的第六感觉。

11 plowing
v.耕( plow的现在分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过
参考例句：
"There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀，宝贝儿。来自飘（部分） Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后，他一直过着孤独的生活。来自辞典例句

12 perspiration
n.汗水；出汗
参考例句：
It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了，我的衣服被汗水湿透了。 The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。

13 vitality
n.活力，生命力，效力
参考例句：
He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。 He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

14 onward
adj.向前的，前进的；adv.向前，前进，在先
参考例句：
The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping.黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。 He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward.他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。

15 Ford
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。 If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

16 frightful
adj.可怕的；讨厌的
参考例句：
How frightful to have a husband who snores!有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊！ We're having frightful weather these days.这几天天气坏极了。

17 insignificant
adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的
参考例句：
In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。 This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。

18 blessing
n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿
参考例句：
The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。 A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

19 wrought
v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的
参考例句：
Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。 It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。

20 cowering
v.畏缩，抖缩( cower的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He turned his baleful glare on the cowering suspect. 他恶毒地盯着那个蜷缩成一团的嫌疑犯。来自《简明英汉词典》 He stood over the cowering Herb with fists of fury. 他紧握着两个拳头怒气冲天地站在惊魂未定的赫伯面前。来自辞典例句

21 persevering
a.坚忍不拔的
参考例句：
They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities. 他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。 Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于不屈不挠的人。

22 precisely
adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
参考例句：
It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。 The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

23 fanaticism
n.狂热，盲信
参考例句：
Your fanaticism followed the girl is wrong. 你对那个女孩的狂热是错误的。 All of Goebbels's speeches sounded the note of stereotyped fanaticism. 戈培尔的演讲，千篇一律，无非狂热二字。

24 oyster
n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人
参考例句：
I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。 I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。

25 lyric
n.抒情诗，歌词；adj.抒情的
参考例句：
This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry.这首诗是雪莱抒情诗的范例。 His earlier work announced a lyric talent of the first order.他的早期作品显露了一流的抒情才华。

26 formerly
adv.从前，以前
参考例句：
We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。 This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

27 fixed
adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的
参考例句：
Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？ Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

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