勵志的英語詩歌
英語詩歌承載著英語國家的豐厚的語言知識、風土人情、傳統習俗、生活方式，滲透著英語民族大量的思維方式、文化意識和價值取向。
一、RESULTS AND ROSES
------ Edgar Albert Guest
The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.
The things are mighty few on earth,
That wishes can attain,
Whatever we want of any worth,
We ve got to work to gain.
It matters not what goal you seek,
Its secret here reposes:
You ve got to dig from week to week,
To get results or roses.
碩果和玫瑰
埃德加·阿爾貝特·格斯特 陳採霞譯
要想有個美麗花園，
面積大小姑且不管，
只要園中長滿鮮花，
就必須把汗水揮灑。
有願望就能實現，
這樣的事還真是少見，只要想要的東西有價值，
就得靠努力去創造。
目標是什麼並不重要，
祕訣終歸只有一條：
周復一週不怕勞累，
才能收穫碩果或者玫瑰。
二、FOLLOW YOUR OWN COURSE
Neil Simon
Don't listen to those who say,
“It's not done that way.”
Maybe it's not, but maybe you will.
Don't listen to those who say,
“You're taking too big a chance.”
Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine Floor,
and it would surely be rubbed out by today.
Most importantly, don't listen
When the little voice of fear inside of you
rear its ugly head and says,
“They're all smarter than you out there.
They're more talented,
They're taller, blonder, prettier, luckier and have connections...”
I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you,
Not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others,
But with the strength of conviction
That you can move others by your own efforts,
And do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live,
The chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respect.
走自己的路
尼爾·西蒙 陳採霞譯
別聽那些人的話，
“這事不能那麼做。”
也許是不能那麼做，可是也許你就會那麼做。
別聽那些人的話，
“你這個險冒得太大了。”
米開朗琪羅可能在西斯廷教堂的地板上作過畫，
到今天肯定已經被抹掉了。
最重要的是，
當你心中恐懼的聲音，
抬起它醜陋的頭說，
“那邊那些人都比你聰明，
他們更有才華，
他們更高大、面板更白、更漂亮、更幸運，
並且認識各種各樣的人…”
你可千萬別理會。
我堅信只要選擇一條你感興趣的路，
不排除愛情、敏銳以及與別人的合作，
而是堅定地認為，
通過你自身的努力能夠感動他人，
不把成功或者失敗作為你生活的標準，
那麼你就可能成為值得自己敬佩的人。
三、FAITH
Napolean Hill
Faith is the “eternal elixir”
Which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!
Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!
Faith is the basis of all “miracles”,
And all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science!
Faith is the only known antidote for failure!
Faith is the element, the “chemical” which,
When mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.
Faith is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought, created by the finite mind of man, into the spiritual equivalent.
Faith is the only agency through which
the cosmic force of Infinite
Intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.
信念
拿破崙·希爾 陳採霞譯
信念是“永恆的萬應靈藥”，
它賦予突發奇想以生命、力量和行動!
信念是所有財富積累的起點!
信念是一切“奇蹟”
以及所有科學法則無法分析的奧祕的根基!
信念是惟一已知失敗之解藥!
信念是重要元素、“化學物質”，
一旦與祈禱結合便會使你與上帝直接溝通。
人類的智慧固然有限，
普通的靈感閃現一經信念指點，
便會轉換成精神震撼。
信念是惟一的中介，通過它
上帝的宇宙力會成為人類開發和利用的資源。
四、ON CHANGES
-------Irene Dunlap
Change is the only absolute
in the world,
the only thing
that you can depend on.
Nothing stays the same.
Tomorrow will come,
bringing with it
new beginnings and sometimes
unexpected endings.
You can hold on to the past
and get left in the dust;
or, you can choose to
jump on the ride of life
and live a new adventure
with perseverance
and an open mind.
論變化
艾琳·鄧萊普 陳採霞譯
變化是世界上
惟一絕對的東西，
是惟一
你能相信的事情。
沒有什麼能一成不變，
明天將來臨，
它會帶來
新的開始，並且有時
還會帶來意想不到的結局。
你可以抓住過去，
蒙受遺棄;
或者，你可以選擇
躍上生命之車
進行一次新的冒險，
憑藉堅持不懈
和廣闊的胸懷。
五、THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FAILURE
Robert H. Schuller
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure,
It does mean you haven't succeeded yet.
Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing,
It does mean you have learned something.
Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool,
It does mean you had a lot of faith.
Failure doesn't mean you ve been disgraced,
It does mean you were willing to try.
Failure doesn't mean you don't have it,
It does mean you have to do something in a different way.
Failure doesn't mean you are inferior,
It does mean you are not perfect.
Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life,
It does mean you have a reason to start afresh.
Failure doesn't mean you should give up,
It does mean you must try harder.
Failure doesn't mean you ll never make it,
It does mean it will take a little longer.
Failure doesn't mean God has abandoned you,
It does mean God has a better idea.
***十大策略*** 失敗的意義
羅伯特·H·舒勒 陳採霞譯
失敗並不代表你是個失敗者，
它只表明你尚未成功。
失敗並不代表你一無所獲，
它只表明你吸取了一次教訓。
失敗並不代表你很愚蠢，
它只表明你信心百倍。
失敗並不代表你無臉見人，
它只表明你百折不回。
失敗並不代表你工夫白費，
它只表明你的做事方法尚待改進。
失敗並不代表你低人一等。
它只表明你並非完人。
失敗並不代表你浪費生命，
它只表明你有理由重新開始。
失敗並不代表你應該放棄，
它只表明你要加倍努力。
失敗並不代表成功永不屬於你，
它只表明你要付出更多的時間。
失敗並不代表上帝已經拋棄你，
它只表明上帝還有更好的主意。