English inspirational quotes and aphorisms
1. Do one thing at a time, and do well.
Do one thing at a time, and ensure the best!
2. Never forget to say “thanks”.
Never forget to say "thank you"!
3. Keep on going never give up.
Keep on going and never give up!
4. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.
Everything worth doing is worth doing well!
5. Believe in yourself.
Believe in yourself!
6. I can because i think i can.
This is my profession, because I firmly believe in my profession!
7. Action speaks louder than words.
Action speaks louder than words!
8. Never say die.
Never be discouraged!
9. Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.
Today’s things are done today!
10. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today!
11. You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.
You cannot change your past, but you can improve your future. The future will become happier and happier. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.
12. Knowlegde can change your fate and English can accomplish your future.
Reading can change your fate and English can accomplish your future.
13. Dont aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
If you want to succeed, don’t pursue it. Perfect success; as long as you do what you truly love and believe in it, success will definitely come.
14. Jack of all trades and master of none.
Proficient in every subject, master of everything.
15. Judge not from appearances.
A person cannot be judged by his appearance, and the sea cannot be measured.
16. Justice has long arms.
The legal network is restored, and evil is like collapse.
17. Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
Those who are close to the ink are black, but those who are watching are clear.
18. Kill two birds with one stone.
Kill two birds with one stone.
19. Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
20. Kings have long arms.
Within the four seas, there is nothing but kingly land.
21. Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
21. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
Being knowledgeable makes people humble, and ignorance makes people proud.
22. Learn and live.
Live well in order to learn and train better.
23. Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
A good man becomes better as he learns, and an evil man becomes worse as he learns.
24. Learn not and know not.
Learn not and know not.
25. Learn to walk before you run.
Learn to walk before you run.
26. Let bygones be bygones.
Let the past go.
27. Let sleeping dogs lie.
Don’t cause trouble.
28. Let the cat out of the bag.
Leak the secret.
29. Lies can never changes fact.
A lie is always a lie.
30. Lies have short legs.
Lies do not stand long.
31. Life is but a span.
Life is short.
32. Life is half spent before we know what it is.
33. Life is not all roses.
The road of life is not a bright road.
34. Life without a friend is death.
Without friends, life is still death.
35. Like a rat in a hole.
A turtle in a urn.
36. Like author, like book.
The writing is like the person.
37. Like father, like son.
Like father, like son.
38. Like for like.
Tit for tit.
39. Like knows like.
Like knows like.
40. Like mother, like daughter.
Like mother, like daughter.
41. Like teacher, like pupil.
What kind of teacher teaches what kind of students.
42. Like tree, like fruit.
Wool comes from the sheep.
43. Honest rather clever.
Honesty is more important than intelligence.
44. Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
Take it easy.
45. Be just to all, but trust not all.
Treat all people fairly, but do not have to trust all people.
46. Believe not all that you see nor half what you hear.
What you see cannot be judged, and what you understand cannot be half believed.
47. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
A promise that is never taken lightly will come true.
48. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
Listen more and speak less.
49. Better an empty purse than an empty head.
Better an empty purse than an empty head.
50. Better an open enemy than a false friend.
It is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.
51. Better good neighbors near than relations far away.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.
52. Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
The success fell short.
53. Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Both sides of the pedals should be empty.
54. Beware beginnings.
Beware of beginnings.
55. Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
Too much to chew off.
56. Bind the sack before it be full.
You should do things with a sense of proportion.
57. Birds of a feather flock together.
People are divided into groups, and things of a kind flock together.
58. Birth is much, but breeding is more.
Although birth is important, cultivation is even more important.
59. Bite off more than one can chew.
It is hard to swallow the desire for everything.
60. Bite the hand that feeds one.
Ungrateful.
61. Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease.
62. Blind men can judge no colours.
It is not suitable to ask about blind men.
63. Blood is thicker than water.
Flesh and blood are connected.
64. Bread is the staff of life.
People are like rice and steel.
65. Brevity is the soul of wit.
Simplicity is precious.
66. Bring up a raven and hell pick out your eyes.
Raising tigers will bring trouble.
67. Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
68. Burnt child dreads the fire.
Once bitten by a snake, it will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.
69. Business before pleasure.
Work first, pleasure later.
70. Business is business.
Be ruthless.
71. By doing we learn.
Every experience leads to wisdom.
72. By falling we learn to go safely.
By falling we learn to go safely.
73. By others faults, wise men correct their own.
Stones from other mountains can attack jade.
74. By reading we enrich the mind; by conversation we polish it.
Books can enrich our ideas, and conversations can make them more perfect.