Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.

困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice¹ of opportunity. So let us seize it, not in fear, but in gladness. —— R.M. Nixon

命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。因此，让我们毫无畏惧，满心愉悦地把握命运。—— 尼克松

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. —— John Ruskin

生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。—— 罗斯金

What makes life dreary² is the want of motive³. —— George Eliot

没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。 —— 乔治 埃略特

Towering genius disdains⁴ a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. —— Lincoln

卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. —— Balzac

没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。 —— 巴尔扎克

The good seaman⁵ is known in bad weather.

惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

Fear not that the life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. ——J.H. Newman

不要害怕你的生活将要结束，应该担心你的生活永远不会真正开始。 —— 纽曼

Gods determine what you're going to be. —— Julius Erving

人生的奋斗目标决定你将成为怎样的人。 —— 欧文

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. —— Robert Louis Stevenson

生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。—— 史蒂文森

While there is life there is hope.

一息若存，希望不灭。 —— 英国谚语

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. —— A. Einstein

不要为成功而努力，要为做一个有价值的人而努力。 —— 爱因斯坦

You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. —— Charles Chaplin

人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 —— 卓别林