Do you need some extra motivation when it comes to language learning¹? Even though most of us will agree that it pays to be bilingual, it can be difficult to remain optimistic when the journey to multilingualism feels like a never-ending road trip with countless² dead ends.

在学习语言的途中，你是否需要更多学习动力呢？尽管我们都知道会俩种语言是很有用处的，但当学习多种语言的路途变的永无止境处处是死胡同时人们就很难再保持积极乐观的态度了。

The following quotes are a simple reminder³ that learning another language opens our minds and can lead to unforeseen opportunities. Do you have another quote to add to this list? Share it with us in the comments section below!

下面这些语录会敲醒你学习其它语言的警钟，告诉你语言学习可以打开你的思维并为你带来意外的机遇。你是否也有这样的语录，添加到这个清单里吧？请在下面的留言区与大家一起分享吧！

1. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.

如果你用别人能理解的语言与对方谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的大脑。如果你用对方的语言与之谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的心里。

‒Nelson Mandela

2. One language sets you in a corridor⁴ for life. Two languages open every door along the way.

一种语言可以为人生开启一条走廊。俩种语言则会使这条人生走廊的沿途上处处开启大门。

‒Frank Smith

3. The limits of my language are the limits of my world.

语言的限制就是对我的世界的限制。

‒Ludwig Wittgenstein

4. Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

学习一切你所能学，任何时间，无论向谁；总有一天你会为你所做感到欣慰。

‒Sarah Caldwell

5. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

学习是无论到哪都追随主人的财富。

‒Chinese Proverb

6. You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

除非你掌握了俩门以上的语言，否则你永远无法真正理解一门语言。

‒Geoffrey Willans

7. To have another language is to possess a second soul.

掌握另一门语言，拥有第二个灵魂！

‒Charlemagne

8. Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

不了解外语的人也无法真正了解自己的语言。

‒Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

9. Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

语言是文化的地图。它为你解答人们从哪里来到哪里去。

‒Rita Mae Brown

10. Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

语言是灵魂的血肉，有了血肉，思想就可以奔跑，有了灵魂，语言才得以成长。

‒Oliver Wendell Holmes