一．常见谚语学习To open a book is always beneficial. / Reading enriches the mind. 开卷有益。

Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

A little learning is a dangerous thing.一知半解，危害不浅。

Empty vessels make the most sound.一瓶不响，半瓶哐当。

It’s never too late to learn.活到老学到老。

Never too old to learn; never too late to turn.学习不厌老，改过不嫌迟。

A good beginning is half done. / Well begun is half done.好的开始是成功的一半。

Opportunity knocks only once.机不可失，失不再来。

Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成。

Failure teaches success.失败是成功之母。

A burden of one’s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。

Love makes one fit for any work.热爱让人胜任任何工作。

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.经验是人们加给自己的所犯错误的名称。

Science to the human mind is what air or water is to the body.科学之于人类思想正如水或空气之于身体。

Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。

Self-trust is the first secret of success.自信是成功的第一秘诀。

Example is better than precept.言传不如身教。

God helps those that help themselves.自助者天助。

Early sow, early mow.早耕耘，早收获。

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.学而不思，犹如食之未化。

Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.脑中的知识胜过手中的金钱。

To be successful, the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work. 成功的第一要素就是热爱你的事业。

Something attempted, something done.有尝试就有收获。

Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.无知的狂热犹如脱缰之马。

All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.教育投资必有回报。

No man is born wise or learned.人非生而知之。

Birth is much, but breeding is more.教养比门第更重要。

Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器。

By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.读书可以使我门的思想充实，谈话使其更臻完美。

A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change. 好书千载常如新。

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.读书如择友，宜少且宜精。

Learn young, learn fair.学习趁年轻，学就要学好。

Reading makes a full man.读书长见识。

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. 愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。

勤奋Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness.业精于勤荒于嬉。

Diligence is the mother of success.勤奋是成功之母。

Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。

Diligence is near success.勤奋近乎成功。

Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.勤奋出天才。

Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.今日事今日毕。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯攀登。

No sweet without sweat.没有辛勤劳动就没有甜蜜的收获。

Idle young, needy old. / A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

The shortest answer is doing.最简短的回答就是干。

Talking mends no holes.空谈无补。

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.空谈不如实践。

Easier said than done.说来容易做时难。

Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。

Nothing seek, nothing find.无所求则无所获。

No pains, no gains.不劳不获。

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. 千里之行始于足下。

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.心之所愿，无事不成。

All things come to those who wait.苍天不负有心人。

God helps those who help themselves.苍天不负有心人。

Nothing is impossible to a waiting mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Ninety percent of inspiration is perspiration.百分之九十的灵感是汗水浇出来的。

The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。

Better early than late.宁早勿迟。

Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。

A man can do no more than he can.量力而行。

All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难。

Experience is the father of wisdom.经验是智慧之父。

Drive your business, do not let it drive you.要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。

Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.世上无难事，只怕有心人。

坚持Every little make a nickel.积少成多。

Constant dripping wears away the stone.滴水穿石。

Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。

Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

Little strokes fell great oaks.小劈可以砍倒大树。

Drop by drop the oceans are filled; stone by stone the walls are built. 滴水汇大海，垒石筑高墙。

The course or true love never did run smooth.好事多磨。

Rome was not built in one day.罗马不是一日建成的。

/冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

Every little/bit helps.点滴皆有用。

Never accept failure, no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up. Never.即使再多的失败也不能认输，坚持不懈，永不放弃。

A good beginning makes a good ending.善始才有善终。

He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑到最后，谁笑的最好。

More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。

Never do things by halves.切勿半途而废。

Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。

Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。

If at first you don’t succeed, try again.如果初次不成功，就要再试一次。

Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. 世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。

Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。

There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。