1、Do business,but be not a slave to it.

　　要做事，但不要做事務的奴隸。

　　2、It is not work that kills,but worry.

　　工作不會傷身，傷身乃是憂慮。

　　3、One today is worth two tomorrows.

　　一個今天勝似兩個明天。

　　4、Idle people （folks） have the most labour （take the most pains）。

　　懶人做工作，越懶越費力。

　　5、Time flies.

　　時光易逝。

　　6、Tomorrow comes never.

　　切莫依賴明天。

　　7、Industry is fortune's right hand,and frugality her left.

　　勤勉是幸運的右手，世儉是幸運的左手。

　　8、They who cannot do as they would,must do as they can.

　　不能如愿而行，也須盡力而為。

　　9、Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

　　知識勝過金銀。

　　10、Diligence is the mohter of success.

　　勤奮是成功之母。

　　11、Business may be troublesome,but idleness is pernicious.

　　事業(yè)雖擾人，懶惰害更大。

　　12、The secret of wealth lieth in the letters SAVE.

　　節(jié)儉是致富的秘訣。

　　13、Better late than never.

　　遲做總比不做好。

　　14、Wit once bought is worth twice taught.

　　由經驗而得的智慧，勝于學習而得的智慧；一次親身的體會，勝過兩次的教師教導。

　　15、Knowledge is power.

　　知識就是力量。

　　16、Never think yourself above business.

　　勿自視過高；不要眼高手低；永遠不要認為自己是大。

　　17、He that thinks his business below him will always be above his

　　business.

　　自命大才小用，往往眼高手低。

　　18、Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

　　凡是值得做的事，就值得做好。

　　19、Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

　　經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。

　　20、Make hay while the sun shines.

　　曬草要趁太陽好。

　　21、Procrastination is the thief of time.

　　因循拖延是時間的大敵；拖延就是浪費時間。

　　22、An idle youth,a needy age.

　　少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

　　23、When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

　　機不可失，時不再來；機會一過，永不再來。

　　24、Business is business.

　　公事公辦。

　　25、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。

　　26、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　只工作，不玩耍，聰明小孩也變傻。

　　27、It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

　　沒有土壤，播種也是徒勞。

　　28、An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

　　懶漢的頭腦是魔鬼的工廠。

　　29、A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

　　技術拙劣的工人抱怨自己的工具。

　　30、Doubt is the key of knowledge.

　　懷疑是知識之鑰。

　　31、In for a penny,in for a pound.

　　做事一開頭，就要做到底；一不做，二不休。

　　32、Learn wisdom by the follies of others.

　　從旁人的愚行中學到聰明。

　　33、Every tide hath ist ebb.

　　潮漲必有潮落時。

　　34、Put your shoulder to the wheel.

　　努力工作。

　　35、Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

　　行動是知識之佳果。

　　36、If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.

　　若要求知識，須從勤苦得。

　　37、No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.

　　昨日不復來。

　　38、A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

　　少量的常識，當得大量的學問。

　　39、Time is money.

　　一寸光陰一寸金。

　　40、Time tries all.

　　時間檢驗一切。

　　41、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。

　　42、Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

　　知識可羨，勝于財富。

　　43、No root,no fruit.

　　無根就無果。

　　44、Care and diligence bring luck.

　　謹慎和勤奮帶來好運。

　　45、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。

　　46、Strike while the iron is hot.

　　趁熱打鐵。

　　47、Many hands make light work.

　　眾擎易舉。

　　48、Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.

　　今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻礙多。

　　49、Time and tide wait for no man.

　　歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。

　　50、Many hands make quick work.

　　人多干活快。