Never think yourself above business. 

　　切勿自视过高，眼高手低。 

　　Do business, but be not a slave to it. 

　　尽职尽责做事，但不要沦为事务的奴隶。

　　They who cannot do as they would, must do as theycan. 

　　不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。

　　关于面对困难(失败)

　　Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for 

　　people.    

　　困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。 

　　No cross, no crown.

　　不经风雨,怎能见彩虹。

　　A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until hebegins to blame somebody else.  

　　一个人可以失败很多次，但是只要他没有开始责怪旁人，他还不是一个失败者。

　　In days of adversity, we should stand firm and be unyielding; in days of happiness, we should, all the more, be prudent and careful.

　　身处逆境的日子，要坚强不屈;在幸福的日子里，尤其要谨慎小心。

　　Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.

　　人生要是没有坎坷，那就未免太平滑了。

　　It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.

　　再蠢的鱼，也不会为同一钓饵上钩两次。

　　He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.

　　善于从别人的挫折中得到教益的人，才是真正的聪明人。

　　I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

　　我宁愿光荣地失败，也不愿用欺骗的手段取得胜利。

　　Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failure.

　　我们失败的原因，大多是对自己缺乏信心。

　　He loses indeed that loses at last.

　　最后的失败是真正的失败。

　　All that you do, do with your might; things done by halves are never right.

　　凡事要做，尽力去做;半途而废，就是大错。

　　What is defeat? Nothing but the first step to something better.

　　失败是什么?失败不过是走向较佳境地的第一步。

　　A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

　　一个人如果失败了并不会完蛋，只有放弃了才会完蛋。

　　Failure doesn't mean you are failure; it does mean you haven't succeeded yet.

　　失败并不表明你是一个失败者，它只是意味着你尚未成功而已。

　　He that is foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the punishment.

　　在错误中显得愚蠢的人，让他在惩罚中变得聪明。

　　A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

　　吃一堑，长一智。

　　If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

　　有人骗我一次，可耻在他;若他竟能骗我两次，可耻在我。

　　The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

　　种种过错中最大的过错，就在于不承认任何过错。

　　He that does one fault at first, and lies to hide it, makes it two.

　　犯了错误再用谎言遮盖，便是一错再错。

　　关于珍惜时间

　　Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made up of. 

　　你热爱生命吗?那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。

　　No time like the present. 

　　现在正是时候/只争朝夕。

　　Time and tide wait for no man. 

　　时光如逝水，岁月不待人。 

　　As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time. 

　　一寸光阴一寸金。  

　　An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

　　一日之计在于晨。 

　　Time dresses the greatest wounds. 

　　时间能愈合最大的创伤。

　　To save time is to lengthen life. 

　　节省时间就是延长生命。

　　Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 

　　今日事今日毕/勿将今事待明日。

　　No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.  

　　光阴如流水，一去不复返。 

　　Seize the day, for fleeting youth never returns. 

　　光阴勿虚度，青春不再来。    

　　Those that make the best use of their time have none 

　　to spare.    

　　充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。 

　　Every flow has its ebb. 

　　潮有涨落日，人有盛衰时。    

　　Time stays not the fool's leisure.  

　　时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。