All things in their being are good for something.
天生我才必有用。
Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.
困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。
Failure is the mother of success. - Thomas Paine
失败乃成功之母。
For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人，是自己命运的主人。
The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
混混噩噩的生活不值得过。 -- 苏格拉底
Don’t part with your illusions . When they are gone you may still exist , but you have ceased to live. (Mark Twain , American writer)
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。((美国作家 马克·吐温)
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. -- Bernard Shaw
在这个世界上取得成就的人，都努力去寻找他们想要的机会，如果找不到机会，他们便自己创造机会。 -- 萧伯纳
A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. -- Thomas Addison
强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 -- 爱迪生
He who seize the right moment, is the right man. -- Goethe
谁把握机遇，谁就心想事成。 -- 歌德
Victory won‘t come to me unless I go to it. -- Mamore
胜利是不会向我们走来的，我必须自己走向胜利。 -- 穆尔
Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.
人往高处走，水往低处流。
Man errs as long as he strives. -- Goethe
失误是进取的代价。 -- 歌德
I want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man . I don’t know of any better service to offer for the short time we are in the world .(Thomas Edison , American inventor)
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用来造福人类。我认为，在我们的短暂一生中，最好的贡献莫过于此了。 (美国发明家 爱迪生. T.)
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction ; without direction , there is no life .( Leo Tolstoy , Russian writer)
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向;没有方向，就没有生活。(俄国作家 托尔斯泰. L .)
If winter comes , can spring be far behind ?( P. B. Shelley , British poet )
冬天来了，春天还会远吗?( 英国诗人, 雪莱. P. B.)
If you doubt yourself , then indeed you stand on shaky11 ground .(Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist )
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。 (挪威剧作家 易卜生)
