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A man , like a watch , is to be valued by his manner of going. 
Wlliam Penn, British admiral 
一个人,正如一个时钟,是以他的行动来定其价值的。
英国海军上将佩恩W. 

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. 
Oscar Wilde, British dramatis 
不善于想象的人一切乞求于行动。
英国剧作家王尔德O . 

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of glittering illusions. 
Joseph Conrad, British novelist  
行动是令人安慰的,它是思想的敌人,是美好幻想的朋友。英国小说家康拉得. J . 

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for
responsibility. 
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian  
行动并不来自思想,而是来自愿意承担责任。
德国神学家邦赫费尔. D . 

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone shows his image. 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and dramatist 
行为是一面镜子,每个人都把自己的形象显现于其中。
德国诗人、剧作家歌德.J . W . 

Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 
Joseph Rlema Prake, American poet  
行动才是果实,言词不过是树叶。
美国诗人德雷克.J .R.  

Do all the good you can , 
By all the means you can, 
In all the ways you can, 
In all the places you can , 
At all the times you can , 
To all the people you can, 
As long as ever you can. 
John Weskley, British religious leader 
尽可能地做一切好事,
尽可能地采取一切手段,
尽可能地利用一切方式,
尽可能地利用一切地方,
尽可能地利用一切时间,
尽可能地惠及一切人,
尽可能地持之以恒。
英国宗教领袖韦斯利. J 

Do what you ought, and come what can . 
George Herbert, British poet  
做你该做的事情,不要问你结果怎样。
英国诗人赫伯特G 

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single 
lovely action. 
R.Lowell James, American poet and critic  
人们生来就认识人世间所有美好的情感都不如一个高尚的行动显得更有力量。
美国诗人、评论家詹姆斯R L  

Follow your own course, and let people talk. 
Aleghieri Dante, Italian poet  
让人家去说吧,走你自己的路。
意大利诗人但丁.A. 

He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has 
a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance. 
William Faulkner, American writer  
我之不朽不是因为在动物中唯独地永远能发言,而是因为他有灵魂、有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。
美国作家福克纳.W . 

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got down to 
work. 
Pearl Buck, American writer  
我从不等待情绪的来临。如果你一味等待,就将一事无成。你必须牢记,只有动手才能有所得。
美国作家赛珍珠

If you would have a thing well done, you must do it yourself. 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet  
如果要将事情做好,就得亲自动手。
美国诗人朗费罗. H . W . 

Initiative 10is doing the right thing without being told. 
Elbert Hubbard, American writer  
主动性是指在没有人告诉你的情况下去做合适的事情。美国作家哈伯德E . 

Never look down to test the ground before taking your step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far 
horizon will find his right road. 
Day Hammarskjold, American writer  
迈步之前千万不能向下看去试脚下的地面;只有注视远处地平线的人才能找到正确的道路。
美国作家哈马舍尔德D . 

Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. 
Desiderius Eramus, Dutch humanist  
最可怕的事莫过于行动中的无知。
荷兰人文主义者伊拉莫斯.D.

Our deeds determine us, much as we determine our deeds. 
George Eliot, British Novelist  
什么样的人便决定了干什么样的事;同样,干什么样的事也决定了是什么样的人。
英国小说家艾略特. G . 

Something attempted, something done. 
Menander, Amcerican Greek dramatist 
有所尝试,就有所作为。
古希腊剧作家梅南德

Strong reasons make strong actions. 
William Shakespeare, British dramatist 
强有力的理由产生强有力的行动。
英国剧作家莎士比亚W .

Take time to deliberate ; but when the time for action arrives ,stop thinking and go in . 
John Albion Andrew, American Ieader against slavery  
考虑时不要匆忙,但是一旦行动的时刻来到,就要毫不犹豫地投身行动。
美国废奴运动领导人安德鲁. J .A . 

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. 
Thomas bobington Macaulay, British historian  
衡量一个人真正的品质,要看他在知道永远也不会被人发现的情况下做些什么。
英国历史学家麦考莱, T. B . 

The more we do , the more we can do ; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. 
William Hazlitt, British critic and essayist  
事越做越能,人越忙越有空。
英国评论家、散文家哈兹里特. W . 

The sum of behavior is to retain a man's own dignity, without in -truing upon the liberty of others. 
Francis Bacon, British philosopher  
人的行为准则是,——维护自己的尊严而又不妨碍他人的自由。英国哲学家培根. F . 

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation, The hand is more important than the eye…
The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. 
Jacob Bronowski, writer of the former soviet Union  
只有勇敢付诸于行动而不是瞻前顾后,才能掌握这个世界。手比眼睛更加重要……手是思想的利剑。
前苏联作家布洛夫斯基. J . 

There is no time like the present. 
Tobias George Smallett, British novelist 
时不我待,没有比现在更宝贵的了。
英国小说家斯摩莱特.T . G . 

Their is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to 
recognize. 
Rbert Half, British writer  
有的东西比才能稀罕得多,珍贵得多,这就是识别的能力。
英国作家哈夫. R .  

Treat other people as you hope they will treat you. 
Aesop, Ancient Greek fable writer  
你希望别人如何对待你,你就如何对待别人。
古希腊寓言家伊索

We must beat the iron while it is hot , but we may polish 19it at leisure20. 
John Drydon, British poet  
打铁必须趁热,但是要磨光它则不妨从容。
英国诗人德莱顿. J . 

What we love to do we find time to do . 
John Lancaster Spalading , American educator and writer  
我们喜欢做的事,总能找到时间去做。
美国教育家、作家斯波尔丁. J . L . 

When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty little package22. 
John Ruskin, British writer and critic  
一个只顾自己的人不足以成大器。英国作家、批评家罗斯金. J. 

Words and deeds are quite indifferent 23modes of the divine 24energy. Words are also action, and actions 
are a kind of words. 
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American thinker  
语言和行动是人的非凡活力的两种普通的表现形式。语言也是行动,行动也是语言。
美国思想家爱默生. R .W.