英語勵志文章：變老的那一天
“I dread to come to the end of the year,said a friend to me recently, ”it makes me realize I am growing old.“
William James, the great psychologist, said that most men are ”old fogies at twenty-fiveHe was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have accumulated the little stock of prejudices that they call their “Principles, ” and closed their minds to all new ideas; they have ceased to grow.
The minutea man ceases to grow-no matter what his years-that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old.
Goethe passed out at eighty-three, and finished his Faust only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, “What we know is nothing; what we do not know is immense.”
And there you have the real answer to the question, “When is a man old?”
Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn.
As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look back on every year and say , “I grew,” he is still young.
The minute he ceases to grow, the minute he says to himself, “I know all that I need to know,”--that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five, it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old.
“我懼怕臨近歲末年尾”，一位朋友最近對我說：“它使我意識到我正在變老。”
偉大的心理學家威廉？詹姆斯就曾說過，大多數人“25歲時就成了守舊落伍者”。他的話是對的。大多數人25歲時就滿足於他們的工作。他們已經積累了一些他們稱之為“原則”的偏見，對所有新的思想關閉心靈之門；他們已經停止成長。
一個人一旦停止成長--不管他年齡多大--他就開始衰老。反之，真正的偉人從來不會衰老。
歌德享年83歲，逝世前幾年才完成《浮士德》；格萊斯頓70歲時又開始學習一門外國語；法國天文學家拉普拉斯78歲死時還在工作著。
“一個人何時變老？”，從這類事例中對這個問題你已經有了真正的答案。
拉普拉斯78歲逝世時依然年輕。他依舊不滿足，依舊感到許多東西要學。
一個人，只要他能夠保持這種心態，只要他在回首過去的一年時能夠說“我在成長”，他就依然年輕。
他一旦停止成長，他一旦對自己說“我該懂的都懂了”，這個時候他的青春也就完了。他可能在25歲時死去，也可能在75歲時死去，這都沒有區別。就在那一天，他開始變老。 （勵志演講） 英語勵志文章 英語勵志文章： Be a Fighter 精彩英語勵志演講稿
英語勵志寓言：The Hare And The tortoise
The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never been beaten,” he said, “when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me.”
The tortoise said quietly, “I will race with you.” “That is a good joke,” said the hare. “I could dance around you the whole way.”
The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.
The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.
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《龜兔賽跑》
兔子向動物們誇耀他的速度，
烏龜平靜地說：“我要與你比賽。”“真是笑話，我可以邊玩邊和你賽跑。”兔子說。
比賽開始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已經跑得不見了蹤影，但是他覺得自己跑得快，對比賽掉以輕心，躺在路邊睡著了。
烏龜慢騰騰地卻持續不停地走，當兔子一覺醒來，他看到烏龜已經快到終點線了。兔子輸了比賽。
寓意：驕兵必敗；只有持之以恆，才能實現目標。
讓你受益終生的30個英語成語
1、 pain past is pleasure.
過去的痛苦就是快樂。[無論多麼艱難一定要咬牙沖過去，將來回憶起來一定甜蜜無比。]
2、 while there is life, there is hope.
有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。
3、 wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。[從小灌輸給孩子的堅定信念。]
4、 storms make trees take deeper roots.
風暴使樹木深深紮根。
5、 nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
心之所願，無所不成。[堅持一個簡單的信念就一定會成功。]
6、 the shortest answer is doing.
最簡單的回答就是幹。[想說流利的英語嗎？那麼現在就開口！心動不如嘴動。]
7、all things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事必先難後易。[放棄投機取巧的幻想。]
8、great hopes make great man.
偉大的理想造就偉大的人。
9、god helps those who help themselves.
天助自助者。
10、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
四個簡短的詞彙概括了成功的秘訣：多一點點！
[比別人多一點努力、多一點自律、多一點決心、多一點反省、多一點學習、多一點實踐、多一點瘋狂，多一點點就能創造奇跡！]
11、in doing we learn.
實踐長才幹。
12、 east or west, home is best.
東好西好，還是家裡最好。
13、two heads are better than one.
三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。
14、good company on the road is the shortest cut.
行路有良伴就是捷徑。
15、constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水穿石。
16、misfortunes never come alone/single.
禍不單行。
17、misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
不經災禍不知福。
18、better late than never.
遲做總比不做好；晚來總比不來好。
19、it's never too late to mend.
過而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊補牢，猶未晚也。
20、if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.
如果事情值得做，
21、nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
無熱情成就不了偉業。
22、actions speak louder than words.
行動比語言更響亮。
23、lifeless, faultless.
只有死人才不犯錯誤。
24、from small beginning come great things.
偉大始於渺小。
25、one today is worth two tomorrows.
一個今天勝似兩個明天。
26、truth never fears investigation.
事實從來不怕調查。
27、the tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.
舌無骨卻能折斷骨。
28、a bold attempt is half success.
勇敢的嘗試是成功的一半。
29、knowing something of everything and everything of something.
通百藝而專一長。[瘋狂咬舌頭]
30、good advice is beyond all price.
忠告是無價寶。 20條令人受益終生的經典句子 英語格言 英語名句
