1. 有志不在年高，无志空长百岁。

1. It's not the age that matters, but the ambition; without ambition, a hundred years is but a waste.

2. 有志养千口，无志饿自肚。

2. With ambition, one can feed a thousand; without ambition, one starves in one's own belly.

3. 好汉全凭志气，好马全凭膂力。

3. A hero relies on his spirit, a good horse relies on its strength.

4. 莫道玉关人老矣，壮志凌云，依旧不惊秋。

4. Do not say that the person at the Jade Gate is old, full of ambition soaring to the clouds, yet still undisturbed by the autumn.

5. 老骥伏枥，志在千里。

5. An old horse in a stable, its heart set on a thousand miles.

6. 有志不在年高，无志空活百岁。

6. It's not the age that matters, but the ambition. Without ambition, living a hundred years is empty.

7. 不到长城非好汉。

7. If you haven't climbed the Great Wall, you're not a true hero.

8. 想，要壮志凌云；干，要脚踏实地。

8. Think big and aspire for the sky; act with a solid foundation and be down-to-earth.

9. 宁叫千声有，不叫一声无。

9. It's better to have a thousand 'yeses' than a single 'no'.

10. 己所不欲，勿施于人。

10. Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

11. 老骥伏枥，志在千里；烈士暮年，壮心不已。?>

11. An old horse rests in the stable, its heart set on traveling a thousand miles; a heroic soul in his twilight years, his ambition never wanes.

12. 志足而言文，情信而辞巧。

12. Content with what one has and able to express oneself eloquently; sincere in one's feelings and skillful in one's choice of words.

13. 心如磐石固，志比松柏高。

13. The heart is as firm as a rock, the ambition as high as pines and cypresses.

14. 鸟贵有翼，人贵有志。

14. Birds are valuable for their wings, and people are valuable for their aspirations.

15. 志高品高，志下品下。

15. A person with high aspirations has high character; a person with low aspirations has low character.

16. 有志始知蓬莱近，无为总觉咫尺远。

16. Only when one is determined can one realize that Penglai is near; always feeling distant when one is indifferent.

17. 虎瘦雄心在，人穷志不短。

17. A tiger may be lean, but its雄心 (male heart, referring to ambition) remains; a person may be poor, but their ambition is not short.

18. 有志的人战天斗地，无志的人怨天恨地。

18. Those with ambition battle against heaven and earth, while those without ambition complain about heaven and恨 the earth.

19. 人凭志气，虎凭威势。

19. People rely on their spirit, tigers rely on their might.

20. 天下兴亡，匹夫有责。

20. The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every ordinary person.

21. 忧国忘家，捐躯济难，忠臣之志也。

21. To worry about the country and forget one's own family, sacrificing oneself to help in times of distress, this is the spirit of a loyal subject.

22. 一人立志，万夫莫敌。

22. One person with a determined resolve is invincible.

23. 石看纹理山看脉，人看志气树看材。

23. Stones are judged by their grain, mountains by their veins, people by their ambition, and trees by their timber.

24. 无志之人常立志，有志之人立常志。

24. Those without ambition often set ambitious goals, while those with ambition set constant goals.

25. 心志要苦，意趣要乐，气度要宏，言动要谨。

25. The mind should be enduring, the spirit should be joyful, the demeanor should be grand, and the words and actions should be cautious.

26. 坚志者，功名之主也。不惰者，众善之师也。

26. The resolute are the masters of success and fame. The undeterred are the teachers of all virtues.

27. 雨伞虽破，骨格尚在。

27. Although the umbrella is torn, the frame is still intact.

28. 不怕路长，只怕志短。

28. It's not the length of the road that matters, but the length of one's resolve.

29. 不怕事难，只怕志短。

29. It's not the difficulty of the matter that one fears, but rather the shortness of one's ambition.

30. 大丈夫处世，当扫除天下，安事一室乎！

30. A man should make a name for himself in the world, why should he concern himself with just one room?

31. 不为穷变节，不为贱易志。

31. Will not change in adversity, will not compromise one's resolve in times of low status.

32. 草若无心不发芽，人无志气无作为。

32. If grass has no heart, it will not sprout; if a person has no ambition, they will not act.

33. 人无意不发，树无根不发。

33. A person cannot not make a mistake; a tree cannot grow without roots.