1. 东汉时候，有个人名叫孙敬，是著名的政治家。他年轻时勤奋好学，经常关起门，独自一人不停地读书。每天从早到晚读书，常常是废寝忘食。读书时间长，劳累了，还不休息。时间久了，疲倦得直打瞌睡。

1. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a person named Sun Jing, who was a famous politician. When he was young, he was diligent and eager to learn, often closing the door and reading by himself without interruption. He would read from morning till night, often forgetting to eat or sleep. The long hours of reading would leave him tired, but he would not take a rest. Over time, he became so exhausted that he would doze off.

2. 即使是不成熟的尝试，也胜于胎死腹中的策略。

2. Even an immature attempt is better than a strategy that never sees the light of day.

3. 宁愿做过了后悔，也不要错过了后悔。

3. It's better to regret doing something than regret not doing it.

4. 人并非为获取而给予；给予本身即是无与伦比的欢乐。

4. People do not give in order to obtain; the act of giving itself is unparalleled joy.

5. 别想一下造出大海，必须先由小河川开始。

5. Don't try to create the sea all at once; you must start with small rivers.

6. 大多数人想要改造这个世界，但却罕有人想改造自己。

6. Most people want to transform this world, but few want to transform themselves.

7. 不可压倒一切，但你也不能被一切压倒。

7. Do not be overwhelmed by anything, but you also cannot be overcome by everything.

8. 一千个人就有一千种生存方式和生活道路，要想改变一些事情，首先得把自己给找回来。

8. There are a thousand ways to live and a thousand paths to life for a thousand people. If you want to change something, the first thing you need to do is to find yourself.

9. 唐代书法家怀素以草书著称于世，人称“草圣”。他的草书，气势雄浑豪放有“骤雨狂风”之势。他幼年为僧，寺院附近种值有一万多株芭蕉，每日摘采蕉叶练字。蕉叶用完了就用浅色漆盘和方木板练字，写满字迹后，擦掉再练。

9. The Tang Dynasty calligrapher Huai Su was renowned for his草书 (a style of Chinese calligraphy characterized by flowing and unstructured strokes), and was known as the "Sage of Grass Calligraphy." His grass calligraphy exudes a powerful and unrestrained spirit, with a force reminiscent of "sudden heavy rain and fierce wind." As a child, he became a monk, and there were over ten thousand banana trees planted near the temple. Every day, he picked banana leaves to practice calligraphy. When the banana leaves were exhausted, he used pale lacquer plates and square wooden boards to practice calligraphy. After writing on them, he would wipe off the characters and practice again.

10. 最好的，不一定是最合适的；最合适的，才是真正最好的。

10. The best is not always the most suitable; what is most suitable is truly the best.

11. 人生是一场旅行，在乎的不是目的地，是沿途的风景以及看风景的心情。

11. Life is a journey, what matters is not the destination, but the scenery along the way and the mood with which you view the scenery.

12. 使我们不快乐的，都是一些芝麻小事，我们可以躲闪一头大象，却躲不开一只苍蝇。

12. What makes us unhappy are all trivial matters; we can dodge an elephant, but we cannot escape a fly.

13. 司马光是个贪玩贪睡的孩子，为此他没少受先生的责罚和同伴的嘲笑，在先生的谆谆教诲下，他决心改掉贪睡的坏毛病，为了早早起床，他睡觉前喝了满满一肚子水，结果早上没有被憋醒，却尿了床。

13. Sima Guang was a playful and sleepy child, for which he did not receive fewer scoldings from his teacher and mocking from his classmates. Under the teacher's earnest teachings, he decided to get rid of his bad habit of oversleeping. To wake up early, he drank a full belly of water before going to bed. However, he was not woken up by the need to urinate, but instead wet the bed.

14. 我们总是对陌生人太客气，而对亲密的人太苛刻。

14. We are always too polite to strangers and too harsh to those close to us.

15. 生活的理想，就是为了理想的生活。 —— 张闻天

15. The ideal of life is to live for the ideal. —— Zhang Wen Tian

16. 你若要为你的意义而欢喜，就必须给这个世界以意义。

16. If you wish to be joyful in your significance, you must bestow meaning upon this world.

17. 韩斡是历史上有名的画家，他小时候在长安一家酒店当伙计。韩斡每天都能看见饮酒客人的坐马，对马从心底里产生热爱的情感，并有把马的形态画出来的强烈愿望。于是他就抓紧空隙时间，用竹棍在泥地上练习。他依据脑子里的原始素材， 加以发展，再对照实物涂点饰染。

17. Han Hu is a famous painter in history. When he was young, he worked as a waiter in a hotel in Chang'an. Every day, Han Hu could see the sitting horses of the guests who were drinking, and he developed a deep love for horses from the bottom of his heart, and had a strong desire to depict the form of horses. So he seized the隙缝 time, practiced drawing on the ground with bamboo sticks. He developed the original materials in his mind, and then, according to the actual objects, he added some decorations and colors.

18. 不要对挫折叹气，姑且把这一切看成是在你成大事之前，必须经受的准备工作。

18. Do not sigh over setbacks; rather, consider all of this as the necessary preparation you must undergo before achieving great things.

19. 当你快乐时，你要想，这快乐不是永恒的。当你痛苦时，你要想，这痛苦也不是永恒的。

19. When you are happy, you should think, this happiness is not eternal. When you are in pain, you should think, this pain is also not eternal.

20. 他怕影响自己的读书学习，就想出了一个特别的办法。古时候，男子的头发很长。他就找一根绳子，一头牢牢的绑在房梁上。当他读书疲劳时打盹了，头一低，绳子就会牵住头发，这样会把头皮扯痛了，马上就清醒了，再继续读书学习。

20. He was afraid that his reading and studying would be affected, so he thought of a special method. In ancient times, men's hair was very long. He found a rope and tied one end securely to the beam of the house. Whenever he dozed off while reading, when his head went down, the rope would pull at his hair, causing a painful tug on his scalp, and he would instantly wake up, ready to continue his reading and studying.

21. 老鼠嘲笑猫的时候，身旁必有一个洞。

21. When a mouse ridicules the cat, there must be a hole nearby.

22. 人生里面总是有所缺少，你得到什么，也就失去什么，重要的是你应该知道自己到底要什么。

22. In life, there is always something lacking. What you gain, you also lose. What's important is that you should know what you truly want.

23. 对待生活中的每一天若都像生命中的最后一天去对待，人生定会更精彩。

23. If we treat every day of life as if it were our last, life will certainly be more vibrant.

24. 内心的欢乐是一个人过着健全的、正常的、和谐的生活所感到的喜悦。

24. Inner joy is the happiness one experiences while living a healthy, normal, and harmonious life.

25. 生命的完整，在于宽恕、容忍、等待与爱，如果没有这一切，你拥有了所有，也是虚无。

25. The completeness of life lies in forgiveness, tolerance, patience, and love. Without all these, even if you possess everything, it is all but emptiness.

26. 人生就像一个动物园，当你以为你在看别人耍猴的时候，却不知自己也是猴子中的一员！

26. Life is like a zoo, when you think you're watching others perform monkey tricks, you don't realize that you're also a member of the monkey troupe!

27. 上帝从不埋怨人们的愚昧，人们却埋怨上帝的不公平。

27. God never blames people for their ignorance, yet people complain about God's unfairness.

28. 大部分的人都活得很低调，因为他们本身没有高调的条件；有条件高调的人很低调就不容易了。

28. Most people live a low-profile life because they don't have the conditions for being ostentatious; it's not easy for those who have the conditions to be low-profile.

29. 时间是治疗心灵创伤的大师，但绝不是解决问题的高手。

29. Time is the master of healing emotional wounds, but by no means an expert in solving problems.

30. 人生就像一个空荡荡的巨大的坑，我们把时间丢进去，丢完了就完了！

30. Life is like a vast, empty hole where we throw our time, and once it's all thrown in, that's it!

31. 当一个人先从自己的内心开始奋斗，他就是个有价值的人。

31. When a person starts to struggle from within, they are a valuable individual.

32. 赚钱之道很多，但是找不到赚钱的种子，便成不了事业家。

32. There are many ways to make money, but without finding the seed of making money, one cannot become an entrepreneur.

33. 要让事情改变，先改变我自己；要让事情变得更好，先让自己变得更好。

33. To change things, first change myself; to make things better, first make myself better.

34. 人生就像考古一样，总是要不断地探索和寻觅，才会有意外的惊喜出现！

34. Life is like archaeology, always requiring continuous exploration and seeking, in order for unexpected surprises to arise!

35. 人总是珍惜未得到的，而遗忘了所拥有的。

35. People always cherish what they have not yet obtained, while forgetting what they already possess.

36. 在你发怒的时候，要紧闭你的嘴，免得增加你的怒气。

36. When you are angry, keep your mouth shut to prevent your anger from escalating.

37. 人生如溪流，一路历尽坎坷崎岖的重重的惊险，最终汇入平静的湖泊。

37. Life is like a stream, winding through rugged terrains and encountering numerous dangers along the way, ultimately merging into a tranquil lake.

38. 于是聪明的司马光用园木头作了一个警枕，早上一翻身，头滑落在床板上，自然惊醒，从此他天天早早地起床读书，坚持不懈，终于成为了一个学识渊博的，写出了《资治通鉴》的大文豪。

38. So the wise Sima Guang made a wake-up pillow out of garden wood. Every morning, when he turned over, his head slipped on the bedboard, naturally waking him up. From then on, he got up early every day to read, persisted without giving up, and finally became a learned and erudite scholar, writing the great historical work "Zizhi Tongjian."

39. 如果错过太阳时你流了泪，那么你也要错过群星。 ——泰戈尔

39. If you weep when you miss the sun, you will also miss the stars. – Tagore

40. 人生就像钟表，可以回到起点，却已不是昨天！

40. Life is like a clock, it can return to the starting point, but it is no longer yesterday!

41. 心中装满着自己的看法与想法的人，永远听不见别人的心声。

41. A person whose heart is filled with their own opinions and ideas will never be able to hear the voices of others.

42. 同样的瓶子，你为什么要装毒药呢？同样的心理，你为什么要充满着烦恼呢？

42. Why do you put poison in the same bottle? Why do you fill your mind with烦恼 (worry, trouble)?

43. 许多人缺少的不是美，而是自信的气质，记住：自信本身就是一种美。有了积极的心态就容易成功。

43. What many people lack is not beauty, but the气质 of confidence. Remember: confidence itself is a form of beauty. With a positive mindset, success becomes easier to achieve.

44. 人生就像是向日葵，永远向着太阳，只有夜晚才低下头，这个时候才是自己！

44. Life is like a sunflower, always facing the sun, only bowing its head at night, which is when it is truly itself!

45. 自己打败自己是最可悲的失败，自己战胜自己是最可贵的胜利。

45. It is the most tragic failure to defeat oneself, and it is the most precious victory to conquer oneself.

46. 困难是一块顽石，对于弱者它是绊脚石，对于强者它是垫脚石。

46. Adversity is a stubborn stone; for the weak, it is a stumbling block; for the strong, it is a stepping stone.

47. 如果你希望成功，以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以小心为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。

47. If you wish to succeed, make perseverance your best friend, experience your wise counselor, prudence your brother, and hope your sentry.

48. 得意时应善待他人，因为你失意时会需要他们。

48. Be generous to others when you are successful, for you will need them when you are in a bad situation.

49. 要成就一件大事业，必须从小事做起。 ——列宁

49. To accomplish a great undertaking, one must start from small things. — Lenin

50. 心中欢乐，面带笑容；心里烦愁，神伤体损。

50. Joy in the heart, a smile on the face; sorrow in the heart, injury to the spirit and body.

51. 你出生的时候，你哭着，周围的人笑着；在生命的尽头，你笑着，而周围的人在哭着。

51. When you were born, you cried, and those around you smiled; at the end of life, you smile, and those around you cry.