No man can make a good coat with bad cloth. 巧妇难为无米之炊. One can't make bricks without straw. There is no building built without foundations. That is the same to our life, if we want to realize our dreams, we must prepare a lot to abtain a solid foundat…

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. 乐于工作才能有完美表现. From Aristole. Do you want promotion? Do you want to get some raise in paycheck? If you want, you should improve your performace in your work, make it perfect, or at least put it at a leve…

And if you really want to see what people are, all you have to do is to look. 想真正了解他人,只需要用心看. From Wonder. At least once in our life someone would do something that make us say: Why did they do that? How could they do that? Why did they make such stu…

A man can't ride your back unless it is bent. 你的腰不弯,别人就不能骑在你的背上. Have you ever ride a horse, or ride a bicycle? When you were young, it may be somewhat difficult for you to get onto the horse or the bike. You always had to ask for help from your pare…

Rather than envy others, it is better to speed up their own pace. 与其羡慕他人,不如加快自己的脚步. The envy of others' success or happy life is not always a bad thing. Negative emotions, like envy, loneliness, and guilt, also have an important role to play in a hap…

No way is impossible to courage. 勇敢面前没有通不过的路. Without faith and courage, nothing is possible. With them, nothing is impossible. There are great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations, once you try to make them possible, you will…

You are never wrong to do the right thing. 坚持做对的事情,永远都不会错. I think the translation may be not precise enough, there is at least one thing that is omitted in the translation, maybe it wants to tell us it is always better later than never. So as long a…

Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要从别人的愚行中学到智慧. How to become smart or what characters should a man have so that he can be considered as smart or wise? People say a smart man, like most of his peers, also makes mistakes, but they can learns from…

Knowledge is the antidote to fear. 知识可以解除恐惧. Fear always steps from unknown things. Once we know what those things are, what lies behind the seemingly fearful appearance, we will successfully remove our fears. With knowledge, we even have the ability…

Nothing is really beautiful but truth. 只有真理才是真美. Truth can be beautiful, but it also can be cruel. We must judge it in accordance with the specific conditions. If it is cruel, we must accept it, any action to escape from it may be in vain. I want to…