高中英語 雙語美文閱讀 中英文勵(lì)志名言精選素材

1、中英文勵(lì)志名言精選1. Most of it doesnt matter.So much of what I got excited about, anxious about, or wasted my time and energy on, turned out not to matter. There are only a few things that truly count for a happy life. I wish I had known to concentrate on those and ignore the rest.擁有一顆平常心。太多我曾經(jīng)為其興奮,為其焦慮,亦或是

2、浪費(fèi)了我時(shí)間以及精力的事情到最后卻被證明是無關(guān)緊要的。它們只是幸福生活里極其微小的一部分。我多么希望早點(diǎn)知道這些,以便能把精力都投入到這些關(guān)乎幸福的事,而不是其他。2. The greatest source of misery and hatred in this world is clinging to past hurts.Look at all the terrorists and militant groups that hark back to some event long gone, or base their justification for killing on clai

3、ms of some supposed historical right to a bit of land, or redress for a wrong done hundreds of years ago.這個(gè)世界上痛苦與仇恨最大源泉是對過去的執(zhí)迷?？纯茨切┛植澜M織和激進(jìn)分子,他們總是抓住過去的一些事情不放,或把一小片土地的歷史歸屬問題作為他們進(jìn)行殺戮的理由,更或是為了修正幾百年前的所謂的歷史錯(cuò)誤。3. Waiting to do something until you can be sure of doing it exactly right means waiting for ever

4、.One of the greatest advantages anyone can have is the willingness to make a fool of themselves publicly and o ften. Theres no better way to learn and develop. Heck, its fun too.等待有把握時(shí)再去做一件事,往往意味著永遠(yuǎn)的等待。一個(gè)人能做的最大的冒險(xiǎn)事情,就是樂意在公共場合經(jīng)常暴露自己的愚昧。沒有什么能比這樣學(xué)得更快。“哎呀”,也是一種樂趣。4.Following the latest fashion, in work

5、or in life, is spiritual and intellectual suicide.You can be a cheap imitation of the ideal of the moment; or you can be aunique individual. The choice is yours. Religion isnt the opiate of the masses, fashion is.盲目追趕潮流是對精神和智力的扼殺。你可以成為一個(gè)廉價(jià)的時(shí)尚木偶,也可以成為獨(dú)一無二的你,這些都在于自己的選擇。信仰不是群眾的鴉片,流行才是。5. If people comp

6、lain th at youre too fond of going your own way and arent fitting in, you must be on the right track.Who wants to live life as a herd animal? The guys in power dont want you to fit in for your own sake; they want you to stop causing them problems and follow the ir orders. You cant have the freedom t

7、o be yourself and meekly fit in at the same time.如果有人抱怨你太特立獨(dú)行,恭喜你,你正走在正確的路上。誰愿意像動(dòng)物一樣活著?那些強(qiáng)有力的家伙們不希望你按照自己的意愿去做,他們希望你停止給他們制造麻煩并聽從他們的命令。但你得知道,你無法做到在卑躬屈膝的同時(shí)又能活出自我。6. If you make your work your life, youre making your life into hard work. Like most people,I confused myself by looking at people like artis

8、ts and musicians whose lifes “work” fills their time. That isnt work. Its who they are. Unless you have some overwhelming passion that also happens to allow you to earn a living doing it, always remember that work should be a means to an end: living an enjoyable life. Spend as little time on the mea

9、ns as possible consistent with achieving the end. Only idiots live to work.如果你將工作等同于生活,那么你將為工作而生活。和很多人一樣,當(dāng)看到那些藝術(shù)家和音樂家的工作幾乎是全部的生活,我感到很困惑。其實(shí)那不是工作,那是他們的自我。除非你有無法抵擋的激情,恰巧也能讓你從中得以謀生,否則請永遠(yuǎn)記住,工作只是一種手段,而不是目的,我們的最終目的是享受生活。在實(shí)現(xiàn)目的的同時(shí),盡可能地少花時(shí)間在手段上。只有傻瓜才是為工作而生活。7. The quickest and simplest way to wreck any relati

10、onship is to listen to gossip.The worst way to spend your time is spreading more. People who spread gossipare the plague-carriers of our day. Cockroaches are clean, kindly creatures in comparison.破壞關(guān)系的最快最簡單的方法就是聽信謠言。浪費(fèi)你時(shí)間的最糟糕方式是傳播這些謠言。傳播流言蜚語的人好比瘟疫的攜帶者,相比之下,蟑螂都比他們干凈、善良。8. Trying to please other peopl

11、e is largely a futile activity. Everyone will be mad at you sometime.Most of the people you deal with will dislike, disparage, belittle, or ignore what you say or do most of the time. Besides, you can never really know what others do want, so a good deal of whatever you do in that regard will go to

12、waste. Be comforted. Those who love you will probably love you regardless, and they are the ones whose opinions are worth caring about. The rest arent worth five minutes of thought between them.試圖取悅別人是徒勞無益的做法。總有些人會(huì)對你發(fā)飆。很多你接觸的人,在很多時(shí)候也會(huì)不喜歡、貶低、輕視或忽略你。另外,你永遠(yuǎn)也不知道別人真正的需要,因此你為此所做的所有努力都會(huì)付諸東流。放松些吧,愛你的人終究會(huì)包容你

13、的過失,他們才是值得我們在乎的人。其他那些人,他們甚至都不值得花5分鐘去考慮。9. Every winner is destined to be a loser in due course.Its great to be up on the winners podium. Just dont imagine you can stay there for ever. Worst of all is being determined to do so, by any means available.沒有永久的勝利者。踏上冠軍寶座是件好事情。但不要夢想著可以永久占據(jù)這個(gè)位置,最糟糕的是,你正決定為達(dá)

14、此目的而不擇手段。10.You can rarely, if ever, please, placate, change, or mollify an asshole.The best thing you can do is stay away from every one you encounter. Being an asshole is a contagious disease. The more time you spend around one, the more likely you are to catch it and become one too.不可能取悅、平息或改造一個(gè)混

15、蛋。你能做的最好方式,是和他們敬而遠(yuǎn)之。變成混蛋也能傳染,你和他們呆的時(shí)間越長,你也越有可能染上混蛋的習(xí)氣或者你就成為混蛋。11. Everything takes twiceas long as you plan for and produces results about half as good as you hoped. Theres no reason to be downhearted about this. Just allow for it and move on.努力加倍,期望減半。任何事情都是花掉你計(jì)劃的兩倍時(shí)間,最后卻只換來你一半的期望結(jié)果。沒什么好為此沮喪的,(中國俗話

16、說:事倍功半讓它去吧,你要繼續(xù)前行。12. People are oddly consistent.Liars usually tell lies. Cheaters cheat whenever it suits them. A person who confides in you has usually confided in several others firstbut not got the response they wanted. A loyal friend will stay loyal under enormous amounts of thoughtless abuse.

17、人是奇怪的偏執(zhí)狂。撒謊者總是撒謊,騙子總要行騙。一個(gè)人對你傾訴的時(shí)候,通常已在其它人的面前傾訴過,只是可能沒有得到想要回應(yīng)。一位忠誠的朋友,無論遭受多大的冤屈依舊忠誠。13.However hard you try, you cant avoid being yourself.Who else could you be? You can act and pretend, but the person acting and pretending is still you. And if you wont accept yourselfand do the best you can with what you havewho then has any obligation to accept you?接納自己。不管你怎么努力,你都無法逃避成為自己。除了自己,你還能成為誰呢?你可以扮演和假裝,但進(jìn)行扮演和假裝的人還是你自己。如果你都無法接納自己,沒有努力挖掘自己已有的東西,那么誰有義務(wù)接納你呢?14. When it comes to blatant lies, there are none more egregious than budget figures.Time spent agonizing over them is time