1. 绳锯木断，水滴石穿。——罗大经《鹤林玉露》

1. "The persistent sawing of the rope will eventually saw through wood, and the continuous dripping of water will wear away a stone." — From "Huo Lin Yu Lu" by Luo Dajing.

2. 事业最要紧，名誉是空言——歌德

2. The most important is one's career; fame is mere talk — Goethe

3. 共同的事业，共同的斗争，可以使人们产生忍受一切的力量——奥斯特洛夫斯基

3. A common cause, a common struggle, can produce the power in people to endure anything – Ostroumov.

4. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。——《长歌行》

4. "If one does not strive while young, one will only regret it when old." — From the poem "Long Song"

5. 树德务滋，除恶务尽。——书经

5. Cultivate virtue diligently; eradicate evil thoroughly. — Book of Documents

6. 昨天的不可能将变成今天的可能。——伽利略

6. The impossible of yesterday will become the possible of today. - Galileo

7. 天行健，君子以自强不息。——《周易》

7. The firmament is strong, and the superior man is not weary of cultivating himself. — Zhouyi (The Book of Changes)

8. 志不强者智不达，言不信者行不果。——墨子

8. The strong-willed are not necessarily wise, and those who speak without trust do not act resolutely. — Mozi

9. 积土而为山，积水而为海。——《荀子·儒效》?>

9. Accumulating soil makes a mountain, accumulating water makes a sea. — From the Book of Xunzi on the Effectiveness of儒 (Confucian) Practice

10. 扬汤止沸，莫若去薪。——《后汉书》

10. It is better to remove the firewood than to pour water to stop the boiling. — From the Book of the Later Han Dynasty

11. 哪里会有人喜欢孤独，不过是不喜欢失望罢了。——村上春树《挪威的森林》

11. Who would actually like to be alone, it's just that one doesn't like to be disappointed. — Haruki Murakami, "Norwegian Wood"

12. 对于丑人，细看是一种残忍。——钱钟书《围城》

12. To scrutinize an ugly person is a form of cruelty. — Qian Zhongshu, "Fortress Besieged"

13. 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已。——《后出师表》

13. To give one's all in devotion and toil, and only then rest in peace after death. — From "The Later Record of the Campaigns"

14. 察己则可以知人，察今则可以知古。——《吕氏春秋》

14. By examining oneself, one can understand others; by examining the present, one can understand the past. — From "Lüshi Chunqiu"

15. 博观而约取，厚积而薄发。——《杂说送张琥》

15. "To take the broad view and select the essential, to accumulate wealthily and reveal sparingly." — From "Miscellaneous Sayings: A Farewell to Zhang Hu"

16. 不要贬低黄昏，黄昏同清晨一样是成就事业的时间。——天雄

16. Do not belittle dusk; just like dawn, dusk is also a time for achieving great things. - Tian Xiong

17. 做一件事情而名誉扫地，做一件事情而往地狱里坠落，做一件事情而破坏了自己的事业，这一件事情就不应该做。——《五卷书》

17. It is not worthy to do a thing that would tarnish one's reputation, that would send one into hell, or that would destroy one's own career. This is the one thing that should not be done. —— "The Panchatantra"

18. 人的思想是了不起的，只要专注于某一项事业，就一定会做出使自己感到吃惊的成绩来。——马克;吐温

18. The human mind is remarkable; if focused on a single pursuit, it will undoubtedly achieve something astonishing to oneself. — Mark Twain

19. 莫待萧萧两鬃丝！——朱学勉

19. Do not wait until the hair on both temples turns white! - Zhu Xueyan

20. 人生就象弈棋，一步失误，全盘皆输，这是令人悲哀之事;而且人生还不如弈棋，不可能再来一局，也不能悔棋。——弗洛伊德

20. Life is like playing a game of chess, where one wrong move can lose the whole game, which is a tragic thing; and life is even worse than chess, as it is impossible to start over or undo a move.—Sigmund Freud

21. 烈士暮年，壮心不已。——《龟虽寿》

21. A hero in his old age still harbors a strong ambition. —— From "The Tortoise's Longevity"

22. 人生如下棋，必须有远见方能获胜。——巴克斯顿

22. Life is like a game of chess, one must have foresight to win. — Buxton

23. 生于忧患，而死于安乐。——《孟子·告子下》

23. One lives in distress but dies in comfort. — Mencius, "Gaozi Xia"

24. 如烟往事俱忘却，心底无私天地宽。——陶铸

24. All past events, like smoke, should be forgotten; the heart without any bias is as vast as the heavens and earth. - Tao Zhusong