篇一：英语励志美文-志存高远
志存高远便是成功之道The Road to Success-英语励志美文(双语中英)
It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom，and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices，and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning，the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself.
年轻人创业之初，应该从最底层干起，这是件好事。匹兹保有很多商业巨头，在他们创业之初，都肩负过“重任”：他们以扫帚相伴，以打扫办公室的方式度过了他们商业生涯中最初的时光。我注意到我们现在办公室里都有工友，于是年轻人就不幸错过了商业教育中这个有益的环节。如果碰巧哪天上午专职扫地的工友没有来，某个具有未来合伙人气质的年轻人会毫不犹豫地试着拿起扫帚。在必要时新来的员工扫扫地也无妨，不会因为而有什么损失。我自己就曾经扫过地。
Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is “aim high”. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how extensive. Say to yourself, “My place is at the top.” Be king in your dreams. 假如你已经被录用，并且有了一个良好的开端，我对你的建议是：要志存高远。一个年轻人，如果不把自己想象成一家大公司未来的老板或者是合伙人，那我会对他不屑一顾。不论职位有多高，你的内心都不要满足于做一个总管，领班或者总经理。要对自己说：我要迈向顶尖！要做就做你梦想中的国王！
And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it. 成功的首要条件和最大秘诀就是：把你的精力，思想和资本全都集中在你正从事的事业上。一旦开始从事某种职业，就要下定决心在那一领域闯出一片天地来；做这一行的领导人物，采纳每一点改进之心，采用最优良的设备，对专业知识熟稔于心。
The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket." is all wrong. I tell you to "put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket." Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.
一些公司的失败就在于他们分散了资金，因为这就意味着分散了他们的精力。他们向这方面投资，又向那方面投资；在这里投资，在那里投资，到处都投资。“不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”的说法大错特错。我要对你说：“把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好那个篮子。”看看你周围，你会注意到：这么做的人其实很少失败。看管和携带一个篮子并不太难。人们总是试图提很多篮子，所以才打破这个国家的大部分鸡蛋。提三个篮子的人，必须把一个顶在头上，而这个篮子很可能倒下来，把他自己绊倒。美国商人的一个缺点就是不够专注。
To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm's interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says,"no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves."
把我的话归纳一下：要志存高远；不要出入酒吧；要滴酒不沾，或要喝也只在用餐时喝少许；不要做投机买卖；不要寅吃卯粮；要把公司的利益当作自己的利益；取消订货的目的永远是为了挽救货主；要专注；要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好它；要量入为出；最后，要有耐心，正如爱默生所言，“谁都无法阻止你最终成功，除非你自己承认自己失败。”
篇二：英语励志美文
英语励志美文 Just ten years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor with a stethoscope. “Yes, ” he said, “there is a lesion in the left, upper lobe. You have a moderately advanced case…” I listened, stunned, as he continued, “You’ll have to give up work at once and go to bed. Later on, we’ll see.” He gave no assurances.
Feeling like a man who in mid-career has suddenly been placed under sentence of death with an indefinite reprieve, I left the doctor’s office, walked over to the park, and sat down on a bench, perhaps, as I then told myself, for the last time. I needed to think. In the next three days, I cleared up my affairs; then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, but the months. 2 years and many dashed hopes later, I left my bed and began the long climb back. It was another year before I made it.
I speak of this experience because these years that past so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe. They said to me: Take time, before time takes you. I realize now that this world I’m living in is not my oyster to be opened but my opportunity to be grasped. Each day, to me, is a precious entity. The sun comes up and presents me with 24 brand new, wonderful hours—not to pass, but to fill.
I’ve learned to appreciate those little, all-important things I never thought I had the time to notice before: the play of light on running water, the music of the wind in my favorite pine tree. I seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered freshness of childhood. How well, for instance, I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed. It was almost more than I could bear. It was like regaining one’s citizenship in a world one had nearly lost.
Frequently, I sit back and say to myself, Let me make note of this moment I’m living right now, because in it I’m well, happy, hard at work doing what I like best to do. It won’t always be like this, so while it is I’ll make the most of it—and afterwards, I remember—and be grateful. All this, I owe to that long time spent on the sidelines of life. Wiser people come to this awareness without having to acquire it the hard way. But I wasn’t wise enough. I’m wiser now, a little, and happier.
“Look thy last on all things lovely, every hour.” With these words, Walter de la Mare sums up for me my philosophy and my belief. God made this world—in spite of what man now and then tries to do to unmake it—a dwelling place of beauty and wonder, and He filled it with more goodness than most of us suspect. And so I say to myself, Should I not pretty often take time to absorb the beauty and the wonder, to contribute a least a little to the goodness? And should I not then, in my heart, give thanks? Truly, I do. This I believe.
第二次生命的启示 十年前的一天，我坐在一名手持听诊器的医生对面。“你的左肺叶上部确实有一处坏损，而且病情正在恶化”——听到这里，我整个人一下懵了。“你必须停止工作卧床休息，有待观察。”医生对我的病情也是不置可否。
就这样，事业方面方兴未艾的我仿佛突然被人判了死刑，却说不准何时执刑。我离开医生的办公室，来到公园的长椅上坐下。这也许是最后一次来这儿了，我对自己说。我真得好好整理一下思绪。接下来的三天我把手头的事务全部处理完毕。我回到家，躺到床上，然后把手表从显示分钟改为显示月份。两年半的时间过去了，在无数次的失望之后，我终于可以离开病床，艰难地向从前的生活状态回归。一年之后，我做到了。
我之所以谈起这段经历，是因为那段度日如年的岁月让我懂得应该珍惜什么，信仰什么。那段岁月让我明白一个道理：牢牢抓住时间，而不是让时间将你套牢。现在我终于明白，我生活着的这个世界不是等待我去打开的一扇牡蛎，而是需要我去抓住的一个机会。每一天我都视若珍宝，每一轮太阳带给我的崭新的二十四小时都鲜活而精彩，我绝不可将其虚度。
如今，我仿佛重返童年，又觉得自己所见所闻所感的一切都那么新鲜。当我卧床数年后重新将双脚踏在大地上的那一刻，脚下那久违了的松软土壤让我激动得情难自抑，仿佛重新拥有我差一点就失去的世界。
我现在时常舒舒服服地坐着，提醒自己要记住当下的每分每秒，因为现在的我健康、快乐，能努力做自己最爱做的工作。这一切如此美好，却终将消逝，在如此美好的生活消逝之前，我一定要倍加珍惜。在它逝去之后，我会记得曾经拥有的美好，并心存感激。这一切改变都得益于我在生命边缘徘徊的那几年。智者无需被逼到如此境地也能明白这些道理——可惜我从前太愚钝。现在的我比从前多了几分睿智，我也因此更加快乐。
英国诗人沃尔特.德拉.梅尔曾说过：“时刻记住，最后看一眼所有美好的事物！”这句诗正好总结了我的人生哲学与信仰。上帝创造的这个世界——这个人类时常试图毁灭的世界——是个美丽奇妙的家园。这里充满了上帝所赐予的美好事物，超过我们大多数人的想象。我于是常常自问，难道自己不应该去细细品味这些美丽与奇迹，尽绵薄之力去创造世间的美好吗？难道我不应心存感激吗？我确实应该——这就是我的信仰。
lobe [l?ub] video
n. （脑、肺等的）叶；裂片；耳垂；波瓣
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n. 不顾；恶意；怨恨vt. 刁难；使恼怒
lesion ['li:??n] video
n. 损害；身体上的伤害；机能障碍 oyster ['?ist?] video
n. 牡蛎，[无脊椎] 蚝；沉默寡言的人 assurance [?'?u?r?ns] video n. 保证；保险；确信；断言
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vi. 居住；存在于；细想某事
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adj. 不确定的；无限的；模糊的
awareness [?'w??nis] video
n. 意识，认识；明白，知道
citizenship ['sitiz?n?ip] video
n. [法] 公民身份，公民资格；国籍；公民权
篇三：励志英语美文
1 When you finally let go of the past, something better comes along.唯有放下过去，好事才会降临。
2 Real strong men are not those without tears,but those running in tears. 真正的强者，不是没有眼泪的人，而是含着眼泪奔跑的人
3 生命是一场漂泊的漫旅，遇见谁都是美丽的意外，珍惜着每一可以被称作朋友的人，你漂泊的心在那里会得到休息。（Treasure every one can be called a friend）
4 Don't ask yourself how many fruit harvest, but ask yourself how many seed sowing today ------不要问自己的人生收获了多少果实，而是要问自己今天播种了多少种子。
5 Be truthful. Do what you know is right, put forth effort when it is called for and persist. The more you do so, the more easily you’ll be able to do so.要坦诚，要做你认为对的事，当有需要时便应奋力而为，并坚持到底。你越是这样，越会觉得游刃有余。
6 Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. 人是理性动物，但当他被要求按照理性的要求行动时，可又要发脾气了。
7 You’re a mistake I’m willing to make.~~~你是一个我愿意犯的错。
8 If the end result is not what I want, then I would rather not to participate in this process. I have my pride, with what to you go humble yourself!————如果结局不是我想要的，那么我宁愿不去参与这个过程。我有我的骄傲，凭什么为了你去卑微自己！
9 If you ask for God to help you, it means you trust His ability. If He doesn't help you yet, it means He trusts yours. 如果你向上天寻求帮助，说明你相信老天的能力。而如果上天不帮你，则意味着他也相信你的能力。
10 When you truly love someone, age, distance, height, and weight are just numbers.———— 真爱一个人时，年龄，距离，高度都只是些数字而已。
11 总有一种爱情，会姗姗来迟。没关系，走得慢、来得晚，我都会等。只要它是真的……--------There is always a kind of love, will be long in coming. Never mind, go slowly, come in late, I will wait. As long as it is true......
12 Be the best version of you. ~~~做最好版本的你。
13 Life is like a road, from the most desolate journey out of the most prosperous scenery. don't stop easily.人生如路，得从最荒凉的旅途中走出最繁华的风景。如果没有遇见最想要的，就不要轻易停留。
14 Trust is an expensive thing, don't expect it from cheap people. 信任是很昂贵的，别期盼那些廉价的人会拥有它。
15 Anger, like grief is a weakness. (Marcus Aurelius Antonius)—— 愤怒和悲哀一样，也是一种软弱。(马可·奥勒利乌斯)
16 Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. 有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
17 Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.——成功就是日复一日那一点点小小努力的积累
18 The wholeness of life, forgiveness, tolerance, and is waiting for love, if not all of it, you have all the, is nothing.生命的完整，在于宽恕、容忍、等待与爱，如果没有这一切，你拥有了所有，也是虚无
19 Love cures people, the ones who receive love and the ones who give it, too.爱能改善人们的心灵——奉献者和接受者皆然。
20 When someone walk out your life, let them. They are just making more room for someone
better to walk in.—— 当某人走出你的生活，就让TA走。他们只是让出了位置，让更好的人进来。
21 Thinking too much can only cause problems.想得太多，麻烦越多。
22 Life is tough, but if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it——人生虽然艰难，但是如果你能笑对人生，你就能享受人生。
23 If you smile, even if you’re in a bad mood, it will immediately improve your mood.——如果笑一笑，即使心情很坏，也能在那个瞬间，改善一点你的心情。
24 Want to know a person loving you， to see him and you have no vitality， it does not happy， there is love， there is no just do not love. -----想知道一个人爱不爱你，就看他和你在一起有没有活力，开不开心，有就是爱，没有就是不爱。
25 成熟是一个很痛的词，它不一定会得到，却一定会失去。--------Maturity is a painful word, it will not necessarily be, but it will lose.
26 Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.别无视那个爱你、关心你、总想着你的人。因为有一天你可能从沉睡中醒来，发现自己在数星星时竟然失去了月亮。
27 You are the one,in particular,I care,I treasure.最在乎的人，最重视的人，最特别的人，最珍惜的人，都是你。
28 A woman can’t change a man because she loves him, a man changes himself because he loves her. 因为爱他，女人不会改变男人，因为爱她，男人会改变自己。
29 To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。 30 Pain makes you stronger. Tears makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser. So thank the past for a better future. 痛苦让人更坚强；眼泪让人更勇敢；心碎让人更睿智；所以感谢过去，它让你有个更好的未来。
31 心若不动，风又奈何。你若不伤，岁月无恙。--------If the heart does not move, the wind is. If you do not hurt, years.
32 The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. ——过去的没办法改变，但未来还在你的掌握之中。
33 Whether it’s friendship or love, all based on trust, no faith, no anything.————无论是友情还是爱情，都建立在信任的基础上，没了信任，就没有一切。
34 Sound heath is the greatest of gifts,contentedness,the greatest of ches,trust,the greatest of qualities.健康为最好的天赋，知足为最大的财富，信任为最佳的品德。
35 If choose quietly, quietly forgotten, let the life water, flowing and limpid.人生，是磨难在枝头上，被晾晒成了坚强。静静选择，静静遗忘，让生命若水，静静流淌一泓清澈。
36 One had better memory not too good, because the more memory, the less happiness.一个人最好记性不要太好，因为回忆越多，幸福感越少。
37 No one is in charge of your happiness except you.~~~ 除了自己，没人能为我们的快乐负责。
38 这个世界上没有那么多的如果，有时候，我们一瞬间失去的东西就是永恒。--------This world is not so much if, sometimes, we lose something is the eternal moment.
39 The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. 通往成功的路旁充斥许多诱人的休息区
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