[英文]：Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty.
[中文]：工作撵跑三个恶鬼:无聊,堕落和贫穷.
[出处]：Voltaire 伏尔泰 [英文]：If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.
[中文]：如果有了正确的理论,只是把它空谈一阵,束之高阁,并不实行,那末,这种理论再好也是没有意义的.
[出处]：Mao Zedong 毛泽东

[英文]：Labour created man himself.
[中文]：劳动创造人.

[英文]：All things are attained by diligence and toil.
[中文]：一切都是通过勤劳获得的. [英文]：The shortest answer is doing.
[中文]：最简短的回答是干.
[出处]：英格兰谚语

[英文]：The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
[中文]：为把明天的工作做好,最好的准备是把今天的工作做好.
[出处]：[英]Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特.哈伯德

[英文]：Whatever you do, do with your might.
[中文]：不论干哪 一行,都要尽力干. [英文]：Who likes not his business, his business likes not him.
[中文]：谁若不爱本职,他的本职也不喜欢他. 

[英文]：Honour lies in honest toil.
[中文]：光荣在于诚恳地劳动.

[英文]：Laziness is like a lock, which bolts you out of the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling.
[中文]：懒惰是一把锁,锁住了聪明和智慧的仓库,使你在工作和学习上永远是个"缺粮户". [英文]：Idleness rusts the mind.
[中文]：懒散使头脑衰退.

[英文]：A work ill done must be twice done.
[中文]：工作没做好,就应当重新做.

[英文]：Never was a good work done without great effort.
[中文]：不花大力气干不好工作.

[英文]：New brooms sweep clean. /A new official applies strict measures.
[中文]：新官上任三把火.

[英文]：On Monday morning don’t be looking for Saturday night.
[中文]：别在开始工作时就想休息. [英文]：To know everything is to know nothing.
[中文]：样样都通,件件稀松. 

[英文]：The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
[中文]：不亲口尝一尝,不知布丁的好坏. 

[英文]：The used key is always bright.
[中文]：常用的钥匙不长锈.
[出处]：英语谚语

[英文]：No mill, no meal.
[中文]：不磨面,没饭吃.  [英文]：No song, no supper.
[中文]：不出力,不得食. 

[英文]：Work while you work, play while you play.
[中文]：工作的时候工作,游玩的时候游玩. 

[英文]：A bow long bent at last waxeth weak.
[中文]：良弓张久必驰. 

[英文]：The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
[中文]：坟前洒下的最悲伤的眼泪,是痛悔应说而未说的话和应做而未做的事. [英文]：He that doth most at once doth least.
[中文]：越想一次做完最多,越是做得最少. /欲速则不达.

[英文]：Affairs that are done by due degress are soon ended.
[中文]：按部就班,只快不慢.

[英文]：Fair and softly to far in a day.
[中文]：从容不慌,办事顺当.

[英文]：A stitch in time saves nine.
[中文]：不洞不补,大洞尺五. /及时处理,事半功倍. [英文]：Fool’s haste is no speed.
[中文]：急急忙忙, 欲速反慢.

[英文]：Just definitions either prevent or put an end to disputes.
[中文]：正确的定义不但能避免争论,也能结束争论.

[英文]：It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
[中文]：想要通过争论去战胜无知的人是不可能的.

[英文]：The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.
[中文]：最有力的争辩看上去只是一种解释. [英文]：Courage consists, not in the ability of overlooking danger, but in seeing and conquering it.
[中文]：勇敢不在于能够忽视危险,而在于认清危险,战胜危险.

[英文]：Put all your eggs in one basket--and watch that basket.
[中文]：把所有的鸡蛋放在一只篮子里,然后看好这只篮子.

[英文]：The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
[中文]：我年纪越大,就越不相信智慧会随年龄增长这句老生常谈.[英文]：Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
[中文]：人人负责,无人负责. /龙多四靠.
[出处]：英语谚语

[英文]：Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind.
[中文]：天才是将心里想到的东西付诸实施的能力.

[英文]：Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
[中文]：天赋是埋藏在矿里的黄金;才能是挖掘矿藏的矿工. [英文]：To know a little less and understand a little more is our greatest need.
[中文]：少知道一点,多理解一点是我们最大的需要. 

[英文]：Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.
[中文]：言词是人类最有效的药物.

[英文]：Brevity is the soul of wit.
[中文]：言以简为贵.
[出处]：Shakespeare 莎士比亚

[英文]：One volunteer is better than ten forced men.
[中文]：一个志愿者胜过十个被迫者. [英文]：If you have a job without any aggravations, you don’t have a job.
[中文]：如果你的工作一点都不使你烦恼,那就不配称为工作.

[英文]：He who commences many things finishes but few.
[中文]：样样都搞, 完成者少.

[英文]：There are tricks in every trade.
[中文]：各行各业都有诀窍.