mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.(james russell lowell, american poetess and critic)
     災難就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以為我們服務，拿住刀刃則會割破手。(美國女詩人、批評家 洛威爾 j r)
     no one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us. (b.t.washington, american educator)
     除了我們自己以外，沒有人能貶低我們。如果我們堅強，就沒有什麼不良影響能夠打敗我們。(美國教育家 華盛頓 b t)

     no pain , no palm; no thorns , no throne ; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. (william penn, british admiral)
     沒有播種，何來收獲；沒有辛勞，何來成功；沒有磨難，何來榮耀；沒有挫折，何來輝煌。(英國海軍上將 佩恩 w)

     optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals. (lucius anaeus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
     樂觀主義者總是想象自己實現了目標的情景。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)

     perhaps you can''t control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life. (alan loy mcginnis ,british writer)
     或許你不能支配自己的工作，但你能夠使生活發生轉變。(英國作家 麥金尼斯 a l)

     prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
     順境時顯現惡習，逆境時凸現美德

     rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (john kennedy, american president)
     從希望中得到歡樂，在苦難中保持堅韌。(美國總統 肯尼迪 j)

     sweet are the uses of adversity.(william shakspeare,british playwriter)
     苦盡甘來。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞 w)

     the chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity. (burejer, british writer)
     中文的“危機”分為兩個字，一個意味著危險，另外一個意味著機會。(英國作家 布瑞傑) 

tough--minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. (lucius annaeus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
     意誌堅強的樂觀主義者用“世上無難事”人生觀來思考問題，越是遭受悲劇打擊，越是表現得堅強。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)

     trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.(h.j.kaier, american businessman)
     困難隻是穿上工作服的機遇。(美國實業家 凱澤 h j)

     we have all sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others. (la rochefoucauld, french writer)
     我們都有足夠的力量來忍受別人的不幸。(法國作家 拉羅什富科) 



     the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.(james russell lowell, american poetess and critic)
     最難忍受的不幸是那些從未來臨的不幸。(美國女詩人、評論家 洛威爾 j r)

     the more you fight something, the more anxious you become ---the more you''re involved in a bad pattern, the more difficult it is to escape. (seebohm caroline, british physician)
     你越是為了解決問題而拚鬥，你就越變得急躁——在錯誤的思路中陷得越深，也越難擺脫痛苦。(英國醫生 卡羅琳 s)