1.Better master one than engage with ten.

　　會十事,不如精一事.

　　2.A work ill done must be twice done.

　　首次做不好,必須重新搞.

　　3.They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

　　不能如愿而行,也須盡力而為.

　　4.If you would have a thing well done,do it yourself.

　　想把事情來做好,就得親自動手搞.

　　5.He that doth most at once doth least.

　　什么都想一次做完,結果一件也做不完；貪多嚼不爛.

　　6.Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

　　照大多數人那樣干,人們會把你稱贊.

　　7.What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

　　在任何時候都可做的事情,總是在任何時候都不做的事情.

　　8.Better late than never.

　　遲做總比不做好.

　　9.Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

　　凡是值得做的事,就值得做好.

　　10.The shortest answer is doing the thing.

　　最簡短的回答就是一個“干”字.

　　11.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

　　行動是知識之佳果.

　　12.Finished labours are pleasant.

　　完成工作是一樂.

　　13.It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

　　沒有土壤,播種也是徒勞.

　　14.It is right to put everything in its proper use.

　　凡事都應用得其所.

　　15.Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

　　按部就班,事情很快就做完.

　　16.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　只工作,不玩耍,聰明小孩也變傻.

　　17.Work bears witness who does well.

　　工作能證明誰做的好.

　　18.It is not work that kills,but worry.

　　工作不會傷身,傷身乃是憂慮.

　　19.He that will not work shall not eat.

　　不工作者不得食.

　　20.Business is business.

　　公事公辦.