1.If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

如果你很有天赋，勤勉会使其更加完善；如果你能力一般，勤勉会补足其缺陷。

编者话：勤能补拙。再优秀的人也需不断提升自己方能走的更长远~

2.When you are convinced that your cause is right, have the courage to take a stand.

当你相信自己的理由是正当的，就要有勇气守住立场。

编者话：要有勇气捍卫自己的立场，如果你坚信它是对的，做事就不要感到害怕。

3.You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

做事绝不要感到害怕，如果它是对的。

编者话：很多人因为惧怕放弃。如果它是对的，坚定的做下去！

4.That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence - hard work.

我渡过没自信那困难时刻的方法是：努力。

编者话：没有人的一生是一片坦途。如果被困难停止了脚步，一定要再努力一点！

5.One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

一次痛苦的经验抵得上无数次的警告。

编者话：一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。吃一堑长一智~

6.People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

有成就的人显少等着让事情在他们身上发生，他们出门造就事情的发生。

编者话：天上不会掉馅饼儿。即使有，如果你不出门照样砸不到你！

7.Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

停止奋斗，你就停止了生活。

编者话：生活就是奋斗，比你差的人尚未放弃，比你优秀的人犹在努力。

8.To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

喜欢或不喜欢同样的事，这决定友谊是否坚固。

编者话：找朋友和找心爱的人是一样的，都讲究三观合。三观合则关系牢固；不合，则不会长久。

9.Few things are impossible in themselves, and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.

事情很少是不可能的；人们之所以不成功，与其说是条件不够，不如说是决心不够。

编者话：如果你没有做成某件事，请先想想是不是你的决心没那么够！

10.If you've got a talent, protect it.

如果你有某种天份，保护好它。

编者话：每个人与身俱来都有某种或某几种天分，用心发现，并且认真保护好它（们）！