过而能改,善莫大焉

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ( A. Einstein )
不要为成功而努力,要为作一个有价值的人而努力。(爱因斯坦)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ( Bernard Shaw )
明白事理的人使自己适应世界;不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。(萧伯钠)

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel )
少时喜欢聪明人,老来喜欢仁厚人。(赫歇尔)

The failures and reverses which await men - and one after another sadden the brow of youth - add a dignity to the prospect of human life, which no Arcadian success would do. -- Henry David Thoreau
尽管失败和挫折等待着人们,一次次地夺走青春的容颜,但却给人生的前景增添了一份尊严,这是任何顺利的成功都不能做到的。——梭罗

The road of life is like a large river,because of the power of the currents,river courses appear unexpectedly where there is no flowing water.(Tagore India)
人生的道路就像一条大河,由于急流本身的冲击力,在从前没有水流的地方,冲刷出崭新的意料不到的河道。(泰戈尔 印度)

Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb.                 -- W.M.Thackeray
你勇敢,世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜你,你要不断地勇敢再勇敢,它就会屈服。                         -- W.M. 萨克雷

Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare )
不要只因一次挫败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚)

It's never too late to mend.
过而能改,善莫大焉(亡羊补牢,犹未晚也)

Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前,先完善并了解自己。

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ( Martin Luther King, Jr.)
我们必须接受失望,因为它是有限的,但千万不可失去希望,因为它是无穷的。(马丁。路德。金)