A lack of confidence is not because of the difficulties and problems are because of the lack of confidence. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

缺乏信心并不是因为出现了困难，而出现困难倒是因为缺乏信心 。 – 塞内加

To rise steadily based on its accumulated strength; well-grounded. - Chinese Idiom

厚积薄发。- 汉语成语

A good name has (or keeps) its luster in the dark. – Maxim

美名在暗处也熠熠生辉。- 格言

人生应该树立目标，否则你的精力会白白浪费。- 彼得斯

Have an aim in life, or your energies will all be wasted. – R. Peters

知道爱情何时开始是困难的，但知道爱情已经开始则不那么困难了。 – 朗费罗

It's difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun. - Longfellow

无与伦比。- 汉语成语

Incomparable; matchless. - Chinese Idiom

The dust receives insult and in return offers her flowers. – Rabindranath Tagore

尘土承受屈辱，却以鲜花来回报。 – 泰戈尔

吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。- 孔子

At the age of fifteen, I set my heart on learning; 
at thirty, I was already well established; 
at forty, I began to be immune from confusion; 
at fifty, I could understand Heaven's will; 
at sixty, I felt no surprise at any opinion; 
and in my seventies, I have been able to do whatever I intend to without transgressing the rules. - Confucius

Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. - Maxim

礼貌就是以最善良的方式做最善良的事、说最善良的话。- 格言

材料好不如手艺高。- 谚语

The workmanship surpasses the material. - Proverb

People who have faith in victory can be winners on the battlefield. – Higginson

有必胜信念的人才能成为战场上的胜利者。 – 希金森

A flower never blooms for a hundred days, and a man is never happy for a thousand. - Chinese Idiom

花无百日红，人无千日好。- 汉语成语

求同存异。- 汉语成语

Seek common ground while reserving differences. - Chinese Idiom

The darkest place is under the candelstick. - Proverb

灯下黑。- 谚语

我从不怜惜自负的人们，因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。- 艾略特

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. - George Eliot

口若悬河不能证明其人有智慧。- 谚语

A flow of words is no proof of one's wisdom. – Proverb

爱情和咳嗽是藏不住的。- 谚语

Neither love nor cough can be hidden. – Proverb

In doing we learn. - Chinese Maxim

摸着石头过河。- 汉语格言

A remarkable talent of many ages; a genius without peer in one's generation. - Chinese Idiom

旷世奇才。- 汉语成语

Be exasperated at somebody's failure to make good. - Chinese Idiom

恨铁不成钢。- 汉语成语