A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat. Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.【译文】一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。
1、Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. 杰出的人有着目标，其他人只有愿望。 2、Being single is better than being in an unfaithful relationship. 比起谈着充满欺骗的恋爱，单身反而更好。 3、If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. 太容易的路，可能根本就不能带你去任何地方。 4、Getting out of bed in winter is one of life’s hardest mission. 冬天，将自己从被窝里掏出来，是人生最难的任务之一了。 5、The future is scary but you can’t just run to the past cause it’s familiar. 未来会让人心生畏惧，但是我们却不能因为习惯了过去，就逃回过去。 6、I love it when I catch you looking at me then you smile and look away. 我喜欢这样的时刻：我抓到你正在看我，你笑了，然后害羞地别过脸去。 7、Having a calm smile to face with being disdained indicates kind of confidence. 被轻蔑的时候能平静的一笑，这是一种自信。 8、Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. 成功是，你即使跨过一个又一个失败，但也没有失去热情。 9、Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. 并不是你面对了，任何事情都能改变。但是，如果你不肯面对，那什么也变不了。 10、A guy who whispers in your ears, saying ” It’s alright, I’m here.” Holds you when you’re sad, and treasures everything about you. That’s the guy I want to give my heart to. 那个人会在耳边轻声说：没事，我在这。在你悲伤时给你依靠，与你相关的，他都珍视。有这样的人，我爱定了。 11、Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. 做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。 12、We all have moments of desperation. But if we can face them head on, that’s when we find out just how strong we really are. 我们都有绝望的时候，只有在勇敢面对时，我们才知道我们有多坚强。 13、If they throw stones at you, don’t throw back, use them to build your own foundation instead. 如果别人朝你扔石头，就不要扔回去了，留着作你建高楼的基石。 14、If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. 如果你的快乐与否取决于别人做了什么，我想，你真的有点问题。 15、When there’s no expectation, losing won’t bring hurt, gaining makes you surprised. 不去期望。失去了不会伤心，得到了便是惊喜。 16、Sometimes your plans don’t work out because God has better ones. 有时候，你的计划不奏效，是因为上天有更好的安排。 17、How much truth of heart in one’s life is told in a joke? 一辈子，有多少真心话，是以玩笑的方式说了出去？ 18、A relationship should be between two people, not the whole world. 爱情是两个人的事，与旁人无关。 19、You can’t have a better tomorrow if you don’t stop thinking about yesterday. 如果你无法忘掉昨天，就不会有一个更好的明天。 20、Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. 今天，给一个陌生人送上你的微笑吧。很可能，这是他一天中见到的唯一的阳光。