1.If you fight for yourself, only you can win; when you fight for your marriage, you both win.
如果你只为自己奋斗，只有你一个人是赢家；若为婚姻奋斗，夫妻两人都是赢家。

2.When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it. 　　
当你需要知识就像你在水底需要空气时，你准能得到它。

3.Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. 　　
行为是一面镜子，每个人都把自己的形象显现于其中。

4.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 　　
吃一堑，长一智。

5.A guest should suit the convenience of the host. 　　
客随主便。

6.When you give of yourself, you receive more than you give.
当你付出时，你得到的会比付出的更多。

7.Be a leader, Shaq, not a follower. Since people already have to look up to you, give them a good reason to do so.
成为领导者，沙克，而非追随者。既然人们已然不得不仰视你，那就给他们一个仰视你的好理由。

8.The feeling of having nothing left creates a desire to get everything back and more. Don't hole back. Not even a little. Give everything.
一无所有的感觉会激励人们渴望找回失去的一切，甚至获取更多。不要有所保留。要毫无保留。付出一切。

9.There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, but an instant, so to speak, for that.
时光荏苒，生命短暂，别将时间浪费在争吵、道歉、伤心和责备上。用时间去爱吧，哪怕只有一瞬间，也不要辜负。

10.We just have to love them. May all of your moments here then be full of kindness, love, and joy. And may your only competition be with yourself: to be the best possible you that you can be.
我们只需施予爱。愿你生命中的每一刻都充满善良、爱和喜乐。愿你只与自己竞争：竭尽所能成为最好的自己。

11.Life doesn't stop or give you time simply to lick your wounds. Hours pass, you grow older, and nature countries. Every event is part of life's cycle. So you must meet each event head-on, adjust to its ebb and flow, and keep going on.
生活不会停下脚步或是给你时间，让你舔舐伤口。时间渐渐流逝，你慢慢变老，而万物生生不息。万事都是生命轮回的一部分。因此你必须直面每件事，去适应消长起伏，勇往直前。

12.Whatever path you've chosen, be it medicine or business, engineering or humanities, whatever drives your passion, be the last to accept the nation that the world you inherit cannot be improved. Be the last to accept the excuse that says that's just how things are done here.
无论你们选择了哪条路——医学还是商业，工程还是人文学科，无论你们的志趣在哪方面，要成为最后接受“你们所继承的世界无法改善”这个观念的人，成为最后接受“这就是这个世界上的做事方式”这个借口的人。

13.In addition, the time for changing one's mind was over and gone and there was no question for ever returning to the paradise of home. Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance. Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves.
另外，我们再也不能改变主意，再也不能回到天堂般的家里了。摆在我们面前的只有努力奋斗和坚持不懈。一旦机会来了那些有能力的人就会抓住它们去获取成功和幸福。

14.Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a little nearer to some port or other; for since your ship was first launched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment; the sea is too deep, you could not find an anchorage if you would; there can be no pause until you come into port.
你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了吗？是的，你一定更接近某一个港口或者另一个港口了，因为自从你第一次在生活之海中启航，你的船就一刻也没有静止过；海太深了，即便你想，你也找不到一个可以抛锚的地方；在到达自己的港口之前你不可能停下来。

15.If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces, and gardens, and find dinners, and wines, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love books.
如果有人能使我做有史以来最伟大的国王，拥有宫殿、园林、佳肴、美酒、马车、华服和数百名仆从，却以不能读书为条件，我不会做这个国王。我宁愿做个穷人，住在小阁楼里却能博览群书，也不愿做不爱读书的国王。

16.Had I not seen the Sun I could have borne the shade.
如果我不曾见过太阳，我本可以忍受黑暗。

17.The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
问题不是谁会允许我，而是谁能阻止我。

18.Because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you.
因为你以为你看到的越多，你就越容易被欺骗。

19.The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end.
失去的东西到最后总会有办法回来的。

20.An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
行动的蚂蚁比打盹的牛强。