1.A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
不善始者不善终。
2.A bad thing never dies.
遗臭万年。
3.A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
4.A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
5.A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.
吹牛与说谎本是同宗。
6.A bully is always a coward.
色厉内荏。
7.A burden of ones choice is not felt.
爱挑的担子不嫌重。
8.A candle lights others and consumes itself.
蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。
9.A cat has 9 lives.
猫有九条命。
10.A cat may look at a king.
人人平等。
11.A close mouth catches no flies.
病从口入。
12.A constant guest is never welcome.
常客令人厌。
13.Actions speak louder than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
14.Adversity leads to prosperity.
穷则思变。
1.有志者,事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.
2.千里之行,始于足下.The longest journey begins with the first step.
3.积少成多 Every little helps.
4.满招损,谦受益.Pride hurts, modesty benefits
5.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获.Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.
6.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒.Rome was not built in a day.
7.一寸光阴一寸金,寸今难买寸光阴.Lost years are worse than lost dollars.
8.自助者天助.God helps those who help themselves.
9.欲速则不达.More haste, less speed.
10.台上一分钟,台下十年功.One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.
11.好的开端是成功的一半.Well begun is half done.
12.酒好不怕巷子深.Good wine needs no bush.
13.成功源于勤奋.Industry is the parent of success.
14.英雄所见略同.Great minds think alike.
15.熟能生巧.Practice makes perfect.
16.静水流深.Still waters run deep.
17.滴水穿石.Little stone fell great oaks.
18.前事不忘,后事之师.The membrance of the past is the teacher of the future.
19.君子之交淡如水.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
20.机不可失,失不再来.Take time while time is, for time will away.
21.集思广益.Two heads are better than one.
22.未雨绸缪.Provide for a rainy day.
23.真金不怕火炼.True blue will never strain.
24.必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀.You have to believe in yourself. That''s the secret of success.
25.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志.A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan.
26.身正不怕影子歪.A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
27.天涯何处无芳草.There is plenty of fish in the sea.
28.大智若愚.Cats hind their paws.
29.人不可貌相,海水不可斗量.Judge not a book by its cover.(Never judge from appearances.)
30.有情人终成眷属.All shall be well, Jack shall have jill.
31.海内存知己,天涯若比邻.The world is but a little place, after all.
32.宁为鸡头,不为凤尾.It is better to be a head of dog than a tail of a lion..
33.良药苦口.A good medicine tastes bitter.
34.知识就是力量.Knowledge is power.
35.金钱不是万能的.Money is not everything.
36.时不我待.Time and tide wait no man.
37.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲.A young idler, an old beggar.
38.趁热打铁.Strike while the iron is hot.
39.天生我才必有用.Every man has his price.
40.看破生死的人能成大事.He who sees through life and death will meet with most success.
41.世上无难事,只要肯登攀.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
42不入虎穴,焉得虎子.Noting venture, noting gain.
43.不鸣则已,一鸣惊人.It never rains but it pours.
44.胜者为王,败者为寇.Losers are always in the wrong.
45.谋事在人,成事在天.Man proposes, God deposes.
46.众人拾柴火焰高.Many hands make light work.
47.不经风雨,怎能见彩虹. No cross, no crown.
48.没有付出,就没有收获.No pain, no gain.
49.不进则退.Not to advance is to go back.
50.No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧.
Soon learn, soon forgotten. 学得快，忘得快。
Soon ripe, soon rotten. 熟得快，烂得快。
Speech is silver, silence is gold. 能言是银，沉默是金。
Still water run deep. 静水常深。
Strike the iron while it is hot. 趁热打铁。
Success belongs to the persevering. 坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come. 既来之，则安之。
Talking mends no holes. 空谈无补。
Talk of the devil and he will appear. 说曹操，曹操就到。
Tall trees catch much wind. 树大招风。
Teach others by your example. 躬亲示范。
The best hearts are always the bravest. 无私者无畏。
The best man stumbles. 伟人也有犯错时。
The cat shuts its eyes when stealing. 掩耳盗铃。
The danger past and God forgotten. 过河拆桥。
The darkest hour is nearest the dawn. 黎明前的黑暗。
The darkest place is under the candlestick. 烛台底下最暗。
The devil knows many things because he is old. 老马识途。
The devil sometimes speaks the truth. 魔鬼有时也会说真话。
The die is cast. 木已成舟。
The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The end justifies the means. 只要目的`正当，可以不择手段。
The end makes all equal. 死亡面前，人人平等。
The eye is bigger than the belly. 贪多嚼不烂。
The farthest way about is the nearest way home. 抄近路反而绕远路。
The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢，不成器。
The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man. 烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
The first step is the only difficulty. 迈出第一步是最艰难的。
