In life the most interesting things tend to happen when you are on your way to do something else. 生活中最有趣的事情往往在你正要做别的事情的时候出现. Do you want to persuade me not to give up my current endeavors in learning oral-language and improving my writing skills? I r…

How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second. 永远有多久?有时候只是一秒. Just one second can make your life totally different. If you value every minute and every second, you can make them become everlasting. Time is always passing, and we are changing also.…

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. 我们可能会失败很多次,但决不能被打败. As long as we are confident, passionate and committed, then we will always have a savior and we will never get frustrated, and God may be there and may be willing to provi…

Anyone who has no spiritual aspirations is an idiot. 任何没有精神追求的人都是愚昧无知的人. Today I went to a bookshop with my girlfirend. I was surprised that there were so many people, not only students, but also many adults, who enjoyed reading there. Maybe we all h…

To remember is to disengage from the present. 铭记过去就是放弃当下. To remember the past doesn't mean we would disengage from the present. For most of us, the present is always the extension of the past, we can't easily make a clean break with our past. The pr…

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. 不要因为恐惧未知的可能而妄下决定. Perhaps I should stop casting away my time on those things wiht little positive effects on my career development. I always pray to God to endue me with…

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think differently. 就做你自己所能做的,因为天外有天,人外有人,总会有人想的不同. Just now, I saw a quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau: People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say…

My existence is not without reason. I know that I could be a quite a different person. 我的存在必定有意义,我知道我会成为一个与众不同的人. When you are considered to be indispensable in your organization, that means you have become quite a different person. Try to make yours…

I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream. 我梦见我的画,然后我画我的梦. It was a long time after I had a good dream the last time. I dreamed I was the lucky one who won the lottery, a lot of money. I dreamed I was capable of dealing with everything well. Tha…

Life's like a movie, write your own. Keep believing, keep pretending. 人生如同电影,书写自己的结局.持续相信,继续演出. Sometimes a movie with a dreary opening may turn out to be quite creditable in its middle part and have a happy ending which will be very memorable. Thoug…

Soon is not as good as now. 别谈未来,现在就行动. From Seth Godin. I always told myself that I should finish what I should do as soon as possible, but the ending might be always the same: The things were finished just before the deadlines with poor quality. An…

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. 生命无限,除非你自我设限. From Les Brown. There would be no limitation if we can set the right goals and go all out for them. Right goals? Yes, frankly speaking, I want to single out that setting right or suitab…

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. 如果学习是一根蜡烛,那好奇心就是烛芯. From William Arthur Ward. Please keep curiosity strong. We were all born with curiosity, but many of us might lose our curiosity all too soon. But curiosity is very important to our…

We are who we choose to be. 要成为怎样的人,选择在于自己. From Barry Manilow. I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save us, we have got to save ourselves. Nobody is going to give us anything, we have got to go out and fight for it…

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 成功,就是即使经历过一个又一个的失败,都没有失去热情. What is enthusiasm? A simple explanation for the word would be to have a keen interest. It means that we have demonstrated an eagerness a…

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. 除了自己的无知,我一无所知. Believe it or not, true wisdom exists in knowing that we really know nothing, we only have educated guesses. It is humble and honest to admit that we as merely mortal human beings do not…

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. 不要为成功而努力,要为做一个有价值的人而努力. Success is external, value is internal. Success and value are related, but value may be more important, because a man of value must be a man of succes…

Do what you say, say what you do. 做你说过的,说你能做的. Be honest to yourself, and be honest to those people we make our promises to. Sometimes it would be better if we don't agree to or promise anything that we are not absolutely sure we can deliver. That se…

All good things must come to an end. 好景无常. Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. 情是君喜胜于己欢. From H. Jackson Brown Junior. These days I am busy with an important project.…

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算. To hope for the best and prepare for the worst was first said by John Jay in 1813. Back then, that saying made sense because life was tough, conditions were tough and people had little cont…

No cross, no crown. 不经历风雨,怎能见彩虹. Sometimes you can see a beautiful rainbow high in the sky without having to experience wind and rain, for you can stay in some safe and comfortable places And for some unfortunate ones, they only saw rains but no rain…

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. 那是我的原则,要是你不喜欢......那我还有其他原则. From Groucho Marx. Please hold on to your principles, if you think they are right. But sometimes, you can be more flexible so that you can stick…

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. 人生一大乐事莫过去早上醒来可以赖赖床. From Samuel Johnson. Of course it is one of the happiest things, especially when you don't have to worry about your life. But if there are too…

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. 头脑聪明还不够,重要的是好好运用. From Rene Descartes. My colleagues have always brought me some surprises these days, and their talented skills and eloquence have made some indelible impression…

Life takes on the meaning that you give it. 你赋予生活什么,生活就是什么样子. I always wonder why on earth I am here and why on earth I am living the current life. I always wonder what is the purpose of my life, whether I can be a man that is somewhat useful to othe…

Real love is not just instinct, but intent. 真正的爱不是身体上的一见钟情,而是要用心去经营. What is real love? Honestly, I have no idea, and I think most of the love relationship may be conditional, there is seldom unconditional love or real love. Even the strongest love m…

The things you own end up owning you. 你占有的东西终将会占有你. When we are longing for something, we would be willing to struggle very hard to get it. Once we attain it, we may fear that it would be gone sometimes, such fear would make us constantly bother abou…

Losing all hope was freedom. 彻底绝望就是真正的自由. Losing all the hopes, and we are free to challenge everything. It would be better to stop dreaming unrealistic dreams and focus on things we are doing now. Sometimes, we must know some of our dreams or goals…

I wish you all I ever wanted for you, I wish you the best. 我希望你不负我的期望,愿你一切安好. I hope I can live up to all my own expectations about my life. I hope I can deserve all the confidence and expectations from others. I hope I can no longer disappoint those…

A great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 最小的火能点着最大的树林. It is just a spark, but it is enough to light the way forward for me. It is just a spark, but it is enough to light a great fire. It is just a spark, but if I can notice it, take care of i…