1..a bad beginning makes a bad ending.

惡始有惡終。

2.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。

3.a blate cat makes a proud mouse.

父母不嚴出逆子。

4.The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

水能載舟，亦能覆舟。

5.Observation is the best teacher.

觀察是最好的老師。

6.Offense is the best defense.

進攻是最好的防御。

7.One cannot put back the clock.時鐘不能倒轉。

8.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。

9.The voice of one man is the voice of no one.

一個人的聲音沒有力量。

10.A great ship asks for deep waters.

大船要走深水。

11.The early bird catches the worm.

早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。

12.Short accounts make long friends.

好朋友勤算賬。

13.The devil sometimes speaks the truth.

魔鬼有時也會說真話。

14.The end justifies the means.

只要目的正當，可以不擇手段。

15.The first step is the only difficulty.

邁出第一步是最艱難的。

16.The greatest talkers are always least doers.

語言的巨人總是行動的矮子。

17.better a little fire to warm us， than a great fire to burn us.

寧要小火暖身，不要大火灼人。

18.better safe than sorry.

安全勝過遺憾。

19.better small fish than empty dish.

盤中小魚勝無魚。

20.better the last smile than the first laughter.

笑在前不如笑在后。

21.children and fools cannot lie.

小孩和傻瓜嘴里沒謊話。

22.christmas comes but once a year.

圣誕節每年只有一次。

23.tough job, tough day, tough world. life is not always sweet. thats life.

艱苦的工作，艱難的日子，不幸的世界。生活并不總是甜蜜的。這就是生活！

24.Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

無熱情成就不了偉業。

25.The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

成功的秘訣在于持之于恒。

26.Storms make trees take deeper roots.

風暴使樹木深深扎根。

27.Live and let live.

自己生活也讓別人生活。

28.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

只要有一顆意志堅強的心，沒事不成。

29.He that can have patience, can have what he will.

唯堅韌者始能遂其志。

30.Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.

我們絕大多數的失敗都是因為缺乏自信之故。