1、Idle folks lack no excuses.
懶散之人藉口多。
2、Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of aII evil.
懶惰是行乞的敲門磚，是萬惡的根源。
3、Idleness is the root/mother of aII eviI/sin/vice.
懶惰是萬惡之源。
4、Idleness is the rust of the mind.
懶惰使人笨。
5、Idleness rusts the mind.
懶惰使人的頭腦遲純。
6、Industry is fortune』 s right hand, and frugality her left.
勤儉為富貴的左右手。（frugality:勤儉）。
7、Industry is the parent of success.
勤勉為成功之本。
8、Industry keeps the body healthy， the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full.
勤奮使身體健康，使心情開朗，使思想專注，使經濟充裕。
9、Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.
勤勞可以清償債務，消沉只會徒增債務。
10、Kail spares bread.
喝湯省麵包。
11、Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.
吸取他人教訓，自己才會走運。
12、Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
天才不過是勤奮而已。
13、Great hopes make great man.
偉大的抱負造就偉大的人物。
14、He that will not work shall not eat.
不勞動者不得食。
15、Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
實磨無聲空磨響滿瓶不動半瓶搖。
16、One false move may lose the game.
一著不慎，滿盤皆輸。
17、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
經驗是智慧之父，記憶是智慧之母。
18、Example is better then percept.
說一遍，不如做一遍。
19、A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.·
千里之行，始於足下。
20、Cease to struggle and you cease to live.
21、A man can succeed at almost anything for which he was unlimited enthusiasm.
只要有無限的熱情，一個人幾乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。
22、It is not enough to be industrious, the ants are very industrious. You are what? There are two basic mistakes, other errors are all born: impatience and laziness
光勤勞是不夠的，螞蟻也非常勤勞。你在勤勞些什麼呢？有兩種過錯是基本的，其他一切過錯都由此而生：急躁和懶惰。
23、Laziness and poor forever is shameful, so everyone will try their best to conceal from others property, to conceal their lazy.
懶惰和貧窮永遠是丟臉的，所以每個人都會盡最大努力去對別人隱瞞財產，對自己隱瞞懶惰。
24、No double diligence, neither can, no genius.
沒有加倍的勤奮，就既沒有才能，也沒有天才。
25、Is a good training, a hard one to.
勤能補拙是良訓，一分辛勞一分才。()
26、If you have great talents, industry will improve it.; if you can be flat, industry will supply their deficiency.
如果你很有天賦，勤勉會使天賦更加完善；如果你的才能平平，勤勉會補足缺陷。