英文经典座右铭 1、Work makes the workman. 勤工出巧匠。 2、We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more and more like ourselves. 随着年龄的增长，我们并不变好也不变坏，而是变得更像我们自己。—— 贝克尔 3、A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. 少量的常识，当得大量的学问。 4、Business is the salt of life. 事业是生命之盐。 5、It is not work that kills,but worry. 工作不会伤身，伤身乃是忧虑。 6、Business is business. 公事公办。 7、Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。 8、Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. 生活中没有可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。——居里夫人 9、Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 众人的事就是无人过问的事。 10、Do business,but be not a slave to it. 要做事，但不要做事务的奴隶。 11、Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。 12、Doubt is the key of knowledge. 怀疑是知识之钥。 13、It is right to put everything in its proper use. 凡事都应用得其所。 14、If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself. 想把事情来做好，就得亲自动手搞。 15、The shortest answer is doing the thing. 最简短的回答就是一个“干”字。 16、Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事业可以考验人，也可以造就人。 17、Better a glorious death than a shameful life. 宁求光荣死，不可耻辱生。 18、A work ill done must be twice done. 首次做不好，必须重新搞。 19、Finished labours are pleasant. 完成工作是一乐。 20、Better master one than engage with ten. 会十事，不如精一事。 21、Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。 22、Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. 一个人的命运主要由他自己塑造。——彼特拉克 23、Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body. 知识之于精神，一如健康之于肉体。 24、He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得久。 25、Business before pleasure. 事业在先，享乐在后。 26、What may be done at any time will be done at no time. 在任何时候都可做的事情，总是在任何时候都不做的事情。 27、He that doth most at once doth least. 什么都想一次做完，结果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。 28、Work bears witness who does well. 工作能证明谁做的好。 29、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. 行动是知识之佳果。 30、Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps. 知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。 31、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父，记忆是知识之母。 32、Dexterity comes by experience. 熟练来自经验。 33、They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can. 不能如愿而行，也须尽力而为。 34、We prefer to die a hero, rather than live a slave. 宁为英雄而死，不为奴隶生。 35、Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的教师。 36、Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. 照大多数人那样干，人们会把你称赞。 37、Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other. 经验学校学费高，愚人旁处学不到。 38、Put your shoulder to the wheel. 努力工作。 39、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 浅学误人。 40、It is good to learn at another man’s cost. 前车可鉴。 41、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只工作，不玩耍，聪明小孩也变傻。 42、He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business. 自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。 43、Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。 44、Wit once bought is worth twice taught. 由经验而得的智慧，胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲身的体会，胜过两次的教师教导。 45、Deliberate slowly, promptly. 慢慢酌量，快快行动。 46、Interests are anchors, and I believe they will bring peace and even happiness in the end. 兴趣是锚，我相信它最终会带来和平，甚至幸福。—— 本森 47、Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended. 按部就班，事情很快就做完。 48、Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious. 事业虽扰人，懒惰害更大。 49、In for a penny,in for a pound. 做事一开头，就要做到底;一不做，二不休。 50、Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。 51、He that will not work shall not eat. 不工作者不得食。 52、Business neglected is business lost. 忽视职业便是放弃职业。 53、Never think yourself above business. 勿自视过高;不要眼高手低;永远不要认为自己是大才小用。 54、Never do things by halves. 做事不要半途而废。 55、Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。 56、It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil. 没有土壤，播种也是徒劳。 57、If you want knowledge,you must toil for it. 若要求知识，须从勤苦得。 延伸阅读:座右铭的历史沿革 见於史籍、经籍记载最早的“座右铭”，大概就是“金人铭”(参见三缄其口)和周武王为了警戒自己而镂刻於身边随处可见物件上的铭文了。 《太公金匮》记载：武王问师尚父曰：五帝之戒，可得闻乎?师尚父曰：黄帝云：予在民上，摇摇恐夕不至朝，故金人三缄其口，慎言语也。尧居民上，振振如临深渊。舜居民上，兢兢如履薄冰。禹居民上，栗栗(音栗)如不满日。汤居民上，翼翼惧不敢息。吾闻：道自微而生，祸自微而成。慎终与始，完如金城。敬胜怠则吉，义胜欲则昌。日慎一日，寿终无殃。武王曰：吾随师尚父之言。因为慎书铭，随身自诫，书冠曰：宠以著首，将身不正，遗为德咎。书履曰：行必虑正，无怀侥幸。书剑曰：当以服兵，而行道德，行则福，废则覆。书镜曰：以镜自照，则知吉凶。书车曰：自致者急，载人者缓，取欲无度，自致而反。武王曰：吾欲造起居之诫，随之以身，几之书曰(几，古人坐时依靠之物，其形状类似于今之茶几)：安无忘危，有无忘亡，孰惟二者，必後无凶。杖之书曰：辅人无苟，扶人无咎。门之书曰：敬遇宾客，贵贱无二。户之书曰：出畏之，人惧之也。牖之书曰：窥望审，且念所得，可思所忘。钥之书曰：昬慎守，深察讹也。研之书曰：石墨相著，邪心谗言，无得污白。书锋曰：忍之须臾，乃全汝躯。书刀曰：刀利皑皑，无为汝开。书井曰：源泉滑滑(音汩)，连旱则绝，取事有常，赋敛有节。弩之戟为翼，弩之书：见奔远行，在才者与任武者也。赏一人而千人喜者，赏之;赏二人而万人喜者，赏之;赏三人而三军劝者，赏之;杀一人而千人恐者，杀之;杀二人而万人动者，杀之;杀三人而军振者，杀之;屈一人之下，伸万人之上。武王曰：请著金版。
历史的长河流到了今天，“座右铭”由最初器物的铭文，发展到以物寓意之“爵”(酒爵，器型似雀，取其鸣“喈喈”，谐音“节”，节制饮酒之意)、欹器等，到今天的文字，其间演变的诸多“式样”颇多耐人寻味、其蕴涵的警示意义仍给人以深刻的启迪。 |
