丘吉尔语录:
1: For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
我本人是个乐观主义者,因为做别的貌似没什么用。
2: Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
成功就是不断失败而不失信心。
3: A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
神经病就是既不肯听劝又不肯换个话题。
4: We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.
我们靠赚钱生存。我们靠给予生活。
5: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
成功不要紧,失败不致命。继续前行的勇气,才最可贵。
6: A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
悲观主义者在每个机会里看到困难。乐观主义者在每个困难里看到机会。
7: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
勇气是能站起来侃侃而谈。勇气也是能坐下来静静倾听。
8: Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
命运不靠机缘,而是靠你的抉择。命运不是等来的,而是争来的。
9: Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
无限的努力是打开潜能的关键---而不是实力与头脑。
10: The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
人生最重要的一课就是:傻子有时候也是对的。
11: Good and great are seldom in the same man.
美德与伟大不能兼得。
12: Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
我打断你的时候不许打断我!
13: The price of greatness is responsibility.
伟大的代价是责任。
14: All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
伟大的事情总是简单,最伟大的事情只有一个词:自由,正义,荣誉,责任,仁慈,希望。
15: My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.
要求不高,只求最好。
16: History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
历史对我不错,因为都是我写的。
17: Never, never, never give in!
永不,永不,永不屈服。
18: Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
我时刻准备着学习,但是我不喜欢别人给我上课。
19: To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
欲求新,则求变。欲求完美,求常变。
20: Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
态度决定一切。
21: Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.
在以情动人前,你自己要先被打动。在你催人泪下前,你自己要热泪盈眶。在你以理服人前,你自己要坚信不疑。
22: The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
越是往后反省,越看得清前方。
23: A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.
一句谎话需要无数更大的谎话来遮掩。
24: The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
世界历史可以这样总结:强国总行不义。等到他们醒悟了,他们已经不再强了。
25: There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
世界上已经有太多谎言,不幸的是,它们一半都是真的。
26: Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
钱就像肥料,广施才有效。
27: I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
我从不担心行动的危险,我更担心不行动的危险。
28: History is written by the victors.
历史由胜者书写。
29: Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
健康的公民是国家最大的财富。
30: If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
如果你指定一万条规章,你就摧毁了所有对法律的尊重。