在浩瀚的宇宙中，有一个被称作“百贝之岛”的神秘之地。这里，贝壳的形状各异，闪耀着迷人的光芒。今天，就让我们揭开这神秘面纱的一角，探寻百贝之岛背后的传奇故事。

1. Genius only means hard-working all one’s life.天才只意味着终身不懈地努力。

2. Where there is life, there is hope.有生命必有希望。

3. Experience is the best teacher.实践出真知。

4. It six of one and half a dozen of the other.彼此彼此。

5. Hope for the best,but prepare for the worst.做最好的打算，做最坏的准备。

6. Great works are performed not by strength , but by perseverance.完成伟大的事业不在于体力，而在于坚韧不拔的毅力。

7. All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。

8. Never judge by appearances.切莫以貌取人。

9. Behind every successful man there’s a lot u unsuccessful years.每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月。

10. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。

11. Between two stools one falls to the ground.脚踏两头要落空。

12. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。

13. That man is the richest whose pleasure are the cheapest.能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。

14. Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。

15. It is never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。

16. The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.车到山前必有路。

17. Each man is the architect of his own fate.每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。

18. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.到任何值得去的地方都没有捷径。

19. I have no secret of success but hard work.除辛勤工作之外，我别无成功的秘诀。

20. Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

21. Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一日建成的。

22. The man who has made up his mind to win will never say “impossible “.凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说”不可能的”。

23. Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.苦难是人生最伟大的老师。

24. Gods determine what you’re going to be.人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。

25. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。

26. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

27. Think great thoughts and you will be great!心怀伟大的理想，你将会变得伟大。

28. You make the failure complete when you stop trying.当你停止尝试的时候，你就完全失败了。

29. Man is not made for defeat.人不是为失败而生存的。

30. If you fail, don’t forget to learn your lesson.如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训。

31. Keep trying no matter how hard it seems. it will get easier.坚持不懈，难也变易。

32. Meet plot with plot.将计就计。