i find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (helen keller,ameican writer)
我發現生活是令人激動的事情，尤其是為別人活著時。(美國作家 海倫·凱勒)

i wept when i was born, and every day shows why.(jack london, american novelist)
我一生下來就開始哭泣，而每一天都表明我哭泣的原因。(美國小說家 傑克·倫敦)

if you want to live your whole life free from pain 

如果你想一生擺脫苦難

you must become either a god or else a coupes
你就得是神或者是死屍

consider other men's troubles
想想他人的不幸

that will comfort yours
你就能坦然麵對人生

menander, ancient athenian playwriter
古雅典劇作家 米南德

in this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. (george bernad shaw, british dramastist)
對於害怕危險的人，這個世界上總是 危險的。(英國劇作家 肖伯納 g)

it is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. (william somerset maugham, british novelist)
說苦難能使人格得到升華，這是不確切的；幸福有時倒能做到這一點，而苦難常會使人心胸狹窄，產生複仇的心理。(英國小說家 毛姆 w s)

let us suggest to the person in crisis that he cease concentrating so upon the dangers involved and the difficultie，and concentrate instead upon the opptunity---for there is always opportunity in crisis. (seebohm caroline, british physician)
讓我們建議處在危機之中的人：不要把精力如此集中地放在所涉入的危險和困難上，相反而要集中在機會上因為危機中總是存在著機會。(英國醫生 卡羅琳 s)

light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent. (lucius annaeus seneneca, ancient roman philosopher)
小困難，大聲叫嚷；大困難，悶聲不響。(古羅馬哲學家 尼加 l a)

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) 
 
adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (horace, ancient roman poet)
苦難顯才華，好運隱天資。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)

almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (lucius annaus seneca, ancient roman philosopher)
差不多任何一種處境無論是好是壞都受到我們對待處境的態度的影響。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 l a)