Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.
人格力量就是愿意为自己的生活承担责任的决心，这正是自尊的来源。
Joan Didion

It is said the feeling called happiness cannot be known alone.
听说，有种叫幸福的感觉无法独享。
Aleskei Arbusov

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.
激情是一种不稳定的情感：如果不将它转化为行动，它便会枯萎。
Susan Sontag

Not hammer-strokes but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.
使卵石臻于完美的，不是锤击，而是水的且歌且舞。
Tagore

Friendship is unnecessary. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
友谊并非必需品，它没有生存价值，却为生存赋予价值。
C.S. Lewis

Maybe that's what life is: a wink of the eye and winking stars.
或许这就是人生：转瞬即逝，像闪烁的繁星。
Jack Kerouac

Nature never did betray a heart that loved her.
大自然从不离弃一颗爱她的心。
William Wordsworth

The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.
唯一重要的事情就是永恒的现在。
Somerset Maugham

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
全新的一天带给你全新的力量和思想。
Eleanor Roosevelt

Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
专注带来活力。它让你和他人联结起来。它让你求知若渴、步履不停。
Susan Sontag

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
将自己从他人的期待中解放出来，把自己还给自己——这样你就获得了最为伟大、独特的自尊。
Joan Didio

My big fish must be somewhere.
一定有属于我的大鱼在什么地方等着。
Ernest Hemingway

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
人重要的并非生命的长度，而是生命的质量。
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
今天要竭尽全力做到最好，就是你为明天所做的最好准备。
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
平凡的才智加上不凡的坚持，一切都能成就。
Thomas Foxwell Buxton