Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it.
Horace, ancient Roman poet
 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。
古罗马诗人  贺拉斯
 
Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to .
Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher
 差不多任何一种处境——无论是好是坏——都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。
古罗马哲学家  西尼加  L A
 
Although the world is full of suffering , it is full also of the overcoming of it .
Hellen Keller, American writer
 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的
美国作家  海伦·凯勒
 
As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it , so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it .
Hugh Black, American writer
 水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。
美国作家   布莱克  H
 
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances.
Leonhard Frand ,German novelist
 我可以拿走人的任何东西，但有一样东西不行，这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活态度的自由。
德国小说家  弗兰克  L
 
Every tragedy makes heroes of common people.
Normna Stephens , American writer
 每场悲剧都会在平凡的人中造就出英雄来。
美国作家  斯蒂芬斯  N
 
 He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.
F.C.Comford, British writer
 自己甘愿受辱的人，受污辱也活该。
英国作家   科福德  F  C
 
  find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Helen Keller,Ameican writer (来源：英语麦当劳 http://www.EnglishCN.com)
 我发现生活是令人激动的事情，尤其是为别人活着时。
美国作家   海伦·凯勒
 
I wept when I was born, and every day shows why.
Jack London, American novelist
 我一生下来就开始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。
美国小说家  杰克·伦敦
 
If you want to live your whole life free from pain,
You must become either a god or else a coupes.
Consider other men's troubles,
That will comfort yours.
Menander, Ancient Athenian playwriter    
 如果你想一生摆脱苦难，
你就得是神或者是死尸。
想想他人的不幸，
你就能坦然面对人生。
古雅典剧作家   米南德
 
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
George Bernad Shaw, British dramastist
 对于害怕危险的人，这个世界上总是 危险的。
英国剧作家  肖伯纳   G
 
It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness  does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
William Somerset Maugham, British novelist
 说苦难能使人格得到升华，这是不确切的；幸福有时倒能做到这一点，而苦难常会使人心胸狭窄，产生复仇的心理。
英国小说家  毛姆  W  S
 
Let us suggest  to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficulties ，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis.
Seebohm Caroline, British physician
 让我们建议处在危机之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危险和困难上，相反而要集中在机会上——因为危机中总是存在着机会。
英国医生  卡罗琳  S
 
Light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent.
Lucius Annaeus Seneneca, Ancient Roman Philosopher
 小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷声不响。
古罗马哲学家  尼加  L  A
 
Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
James Russell Lowell, American poetess and critic
 灾难就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以为我们服务，拿住刀刃则会割破手。
美国女诗人、批评家  洛威尔 J  R
 
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
B.T.Washington, American educator
 除了我们自己以外，没有人能贬低我们。如果我们坚强，就没有什么不良影响能够打败我们。
美国教育家   华盛顿 B T
 
No pain , no palm; no thorns , no throne ; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
William Penn, British admiral
 没有播种，何来收获；没有辛劳，何来成功；没有磨难，何来荣耀；没有挫折，何来辉煌。
英国海军上将  佩恩  W
 
Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
Lucius Anaeus Seneca, Ancient Roman  philosopher
 乐观主义者总是想象自己实现了目标的情景。
古罗马哲学家  西尼加  L  A
 
Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life.
Alan Loy Mcginnis ,British writer
 或许你不能支配自己的工作，但你能够使生活发生转变。
英国作家    麦金尼斯  A L