丘吉爾名言20句

20世紀(jì)最重要的政治領(lǐng)袖之一，英國民眾心中最偉大的英國人，近百年來最有說服力的演說家之一——這只是丘吉爾“定義”的一部分。據(jù)傳，他是世界上英語詞匯量最大的人之一，他還于1953年憑借《第二次世界大戰(zhàn)回憶錄》獲得過諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。他的名言不僅充滿哲理，而且簡潔優(yōu)美，是學(xué)習(xí)英語的好材料。

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

成功只是片刻，失敗也不致命。繼續(xù)前行的勇氣，才最可貴。

2. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

悲觀主義者在每個(gè)機(jī)會里看到困難。樂觀主義者在每個(gè)困難里看到機(jī)會。

3. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

勇氣是能站起來侃侃而談。勇氣也是能坐下來靜靜傾聽。

4. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.你有敵人?很好。這說明在某個(gè)時(shí)刻，你曾有自己的立場。

5. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

歷史對我不錯(cuò)，因?yàn)槎际俏覍懙摹?/p>

6. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

命運(yùn)不靠機(jī)緣，而是靠你的抉擇。命運(yùn)不是等來的，而是爭來的。

7. We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.

我們都是小蟲。但我是發(fā)著光的小蟲。

8. A joke is a very serious thing.

開玩笑是件嚴(yán)肅的事情。

9. I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I thought I knew a good deal about it all, I was sure I should not fail.

我感到自己在與命運(yùn)同行。過去所有的生命不過為這一刻的這個(gè)考驗(yàn)準(zhǔn)備。我準(zhǔn)備好了，我必將成功。

10. The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

世界歷史可以這樣總結(jié)：強(qiáng)國總行不義。等到他們醒悟了，他們已經(jīng)不再強(qiáng)了。

11. Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

勇氣就是不斷失敗，而熱情仍在。

12. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

這不是結(jié)束，這甚至不是結(jié)束的開始。但，這可能是開始的結(jié)束。

13. It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

說“我們盡力了”，沒有用，你要在必須做的事情上成功。

14. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

我們靠獲得之物為生，但靠奉獻(xiàn)之物書寫生命。

15. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

我能奉獻(xiàn)的無他，只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水!

16. A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.

一句謊話需要無數(shù)更大的謊話來遮掩。

17. All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

偉大的事情都很簡單，而且大多數(shù)都可以被凝結(jié)成一個(gè)簡單的單詞：自由;公正;榮譽(yù);責(zé)任;仁慈;希望。

18. There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction

改變沒有錯(cuò)，如果方向正確的話。

19. Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.

風(fēng)箏迎著風(fēng)高飛，而不是順著風(fēng)。

20. True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information."

真正的才華體現(xiàn)在對未知、危險(xiǎn)和矛盾的信息的判斷之中。