1. 成功需要付出代价，不成功需要付出更高的代价。

1. Success requires a price to be paid, and failure demands an even higher price.

2. 常常听到有人说：“只要付出了，就会有收获”。有句谚语讲得好：“一分耕耘，一分收获。”企业经营中最重要的事情莫过于每一天都竭尽全力、拼命工作。这是妇孺皆知的道理。如果这样问一个人：“你努力了吗？”估计所有的人都会异口同声：“是的。”稻盛和夫经常问许多人：“你是否在竭尽全力地工作？”

2. Often, people say, "As long as you put in the effort, there will be a return." There's a proverb that goes, "As much as you cultivate, so much will you reap." The most important thing in business is to give your all and work hard every single day. This is a well-known truth to everyone. If you were to ask someone, "Did you make an effort?" I bet everyone would respond in unison, "Yes." Kazuo Inamori often asks many people, "Are you working to the best of your ability?"

3. 一分钟的成功，付出的代价却是好些年的失败。

3. Success takes but a minute, but the price paid is years of failure.

4. 春种一粒子，秋收万颗粮。

4. Sow a single grain in spring, reap ten thousand grains in autumn.

5. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。

5. If one perseveres, a piece of iron can be ground to a needle.

6. 回报不一定在付出后立刻出现，只要你肯等一等生活的美好总在你不经意的时候如期而至，山有顶峰，湖有彼岸，一切终有回报。

6. Returns are not always immediate after investment, but as long as you are willing to wait, the beauty of life will always arrive as scheduled when you least expect it. There are peaks to mountains, and there are opposite shores to lakes; everything will eventually receive its reward.

7. 获取信用是要付出很高代价的。?>

7. Acquiring credit comes at a high cost.

8. 经历过；才会明白；有付出才有回报。

8. Having experienced, one will understand; there is a return on what is invested.

9. 谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦！

9. Who would have known that the food in the bowl, every grain has come from toil!

10. 不受苦中苦，难得甜上甜。

10. Without enduring hardship, one can rarely appreciate the sweetness of success.

11. 只要路是对的，就不怕路远。

11. As long as the path is right, there is no fear of the road being far.

12. 智者一切求自己，愚者一切求他人。

12. The wise seek everything within themselves, while the foolish seek everything from others.

13. 春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。

13. Sow a grain of millet in spring, reap ten thousand seeds in autumn.

14. 想不付出任何代价而得到幸福，那是神话。

14. To desire happiness without paying any price is a myth.

15. 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。

15. Enduring hardships, one can become the master of others.

16. 要想获得什么，就看你付出什么。

16. What you get depends on what you give.

17. 宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。

17. The sharpness of the sword comes from grinding, and the fragrance of the plum blossoms is from the bitter cold.

18. 少壮不努力，老大徒悲伤。

18. If you do not strive when you are young, you will only regret in your old age.

19. 不是每一次的付出都会有回报，但是坚持付出一定会有所收获。

19. Not every effort will be rewarded, but persistent effort will definitely yield some results.

20. 谁给我一滴水，我便回报他整个大海。

20. If anyone gives me a drop of water, I will repay them with the entire ocean.

21. 我们能做到的，比想象的更多。

21. We can achieve more than we imagine.

22. 为了高尚的目标，多大的代价我也愿付出。

22. For noble goals, I am willing to pay any price.

23. 世上无难事只怕有心人。

23. There are no difficulties in the world that a determined person cannot overcome.