The good seaman is known in bad weather.
惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。
A good beginning is half the battle．
良好的开端等于成功的一半。
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
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor. --Sallust
三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。 -- 索卢斯特
Bitter pills may have wholesome effects．
良药苦口利于病。
Humility is the foundation of glory. ---Charles Hodges
谦卑是荣誉的基础。 ---C．霍奇（1797-1878）美国神学教授
Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished. -- Swetchine
只有强者才懂得斗争；弱者甚至失败都不够资格，而是生来就是被征服的。 --斯威特切尼
Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin
能量加毅力可以征服一切。 -- 富兰克林
Deliberate before you begin, then execute with vigor. --Sallust
三思而后行，然后就全力投入行动。 -- 索卢斯特
Life being very short, and the quiet hour of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. —— John Ruskin
人生十分短促，宁静的时间又不多； 我们不应该浪费宝贵的时间 去读毫无价值的书。 —— 约翰·拉斯金