My philosophy of life is work. (Thomas Alva Edison, Averican inventor)
我的人生哲学就是工作。(美国发明家 爱迪生.T.A.)

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown¹ is the belief that one's .work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster, If I were a medical man , I should precribe a holiday to many patient who consicered his work important. (Bernard Russell, British philosopher)
神经即将崩溃的症状之一是相信自己的工作极端重要，休假将会带来种种灾难。如果我是医生，我给这样的病人开的药方是：休假。(英国哲学家 罗素.B.)

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. (Elbert Hubbard, Bitish writer)
为把明天的工作做好，最好的准备是把今天的工作做好。(英国作家 哈伯德.E.)

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker)
学者的工作就是通过向大众提示存在于现象中的事实来鼓舞大众、教育大众、引导大众。(美国思想家 爱默生.R.W.)

To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious². (Samuel Bubler, American educator)
要从事伟大的工作，一个人必须既非常勤劳又非常空闲。(美国教育家 勃特勒.S.)

To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge³ in without delay. (Johm Erskine, American educator)
我感激他使我 发现即使是很短的时刻，只要我分秒必争的一头钻进工作，积累起来就成为我需要的特别有用的几个钟头。(美国教育家 厄斯金.J.)

To youth I have three words of counsel ---work, work and work. (Otto Btismarck, Greman statesman)
对于青年，我的忠告只有三个词——工作，工作，工作。(德国政治家 俾斯麦.O.)

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. (John Lubbock , British banker)
我们常常听人说，人们因工作过度而垮下来，但是实际上十有八九是因为饱受担忧或焦虑的折磨。(英国银行家 卢伯克.J.)

Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
不管是谁，匆匆忙忙只能说明他不能从事他从事的工作。

We should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction.A good share of the answer rest in the kind of pride that is stimulated⁴ by the job , by the activity of accomplishing. (Leonard R.Sayles, British writer)
为什么工作竟然是人们获得满足的如此重要的源泉呢？最主要的答案就在于，工作和通过工作所取得的成就，能激起一种自豪感。(英国作家 塞尔斯.L.R.)

Work banishes⁵ those three great evils: boredom⁶, vice⁷ ,and poverty. (Voltaire, French Philosopher)
工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊，堕落和贫穷。(法国哲学家 伏尔泰)

Work is more that a necessary for most human beings; it is the focus of their lives , the souece of their identity and creativity. (Leonard R.Sayles, British writer)
对大多数人来说，工作不仅仅是一种必需，它还是 人们生活的焦点，是他们的个性和创造性的源泉。(英国作家 塞尔斯.L.R.)

Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries⁸ that ever beset⁹ mankind. (Thoas Carlyle, British historian)
工作是良药，能医治一切困扰人的疾苦。(英国历史学家 卡莱尔.T.)

Work is worth doing of worth doing well. (Thomas Carlyle, British historan)
一件事如果值得做好，就值得去做。(英国历史学 爱卡莱尔.T.)