The shortest answer is doing.
（最简单的回答就是干。）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。] The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones. （舌无骨却能折断骨。） the weakest goes to the wall. 优胜劣败
The good seaman is known in bad weather. （坏天气才能使出好水手） The mountains have brought forth a mouse. 大山生出小鼠（指事倍功半） The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself to ancient limits. --Hawthorn
世界之所以有前进的动力，靠的是有人不安于现状；至于满足的人，总是局囿于旧框框之内。——霍桑
the more, the merrier. 人多热气高。
The sweet do nothing. 耽于安乐的人一事无成。 The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢不成器。 The early bird catches the worm. 捷足先登。 The best man stumbles. 智者千虑，必有一失。 The game is no worth the candle. 得不偿失。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 布丁好坏，一尝便知。 The eye is the mirror of the soul. 眼睛是心灵的一面镜子。 The first step is the hardest. 万事开头难。 The best friends must part. 朋友再好，终有一别。 The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
The bait hides the hook. 饵里藏钩；笑里藏刀。 The grapes are sour. 葡萄是酸的。 The best fish swim near the bottom.
好鱼居水底（常在水底游）。（不入虎穴，焉得虎子） The leopard cannot change its spots. 本性难移。 The first dish pleases all. 头道菜，人人爱。
The country flourishes and people live in peace。 国泰民安
The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人成事在天
'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pass 往事如风 The best fish smell when they are three days old. 好鱼三天也变臭。（久住招人嫌；久病床前无孝子）
The heart is willing, but the flesh is weak. 心有余而力不足。 The shortest answer is doing. （最简单的回答就是干。） The moon is not seen when the sun shines. 小巫见大巫 The sauce is better than the fish. 喧宾夺主 The pot calls the kettle black. 五十步笑百步 The best fish smell when they are three days old.
（再好的鱼三天也变臭）比喻“在一起相处得太久，再好的朋友都会生厌。 The pupil outdoes the master. 青出于蓝胜于蓝
The apple does not fall far from the tree. 苹果不会离树很远。 The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟有虫吃。
The good seaman is known in bad weather. 惊涛骇浪，方显出英雄本色。 The same knife cuts bread and fingers. 水能载舟变能復舟
the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without. 不战而屈人之兵 the secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘诀在于目标坚定有恒 There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪
There's more knows Tom Fool than tom fool knows. 臭名声并不光彩。 There are plenty of other fish in the sea 。 有很多在海里的鱼 There is no such thing as a free lunch。 世上没有不要钱的好事
There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪 There is no use crying over spilled milk。 对无法挽回的事抱怨后悔是毫无用处的 There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。（有水何患无鱼；机会多得很）
There is no royal road to learning. 学习是没有康庄大路可走的。 There is no rule without an exception. （没有一条规则没有例外）
There are plenty of fish in the sea. 天涯何处无芳草 There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪
There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 好鱼取不尽。（机会有的是。）
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 住在玻璃屋里就不要扔石头。（自己有弱点就不要说别人） to look one way and row another. 声东击西 . to kick against the pricks . 螳臂挡车 .
to give the last measure of devotion . 鞠躬尽瘁 . to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误 to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹 to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜 to think for himself. 三十而立
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others. 严以责己宽以待人 to be guided by destiny. 听天由命
to look one way and row another. 声东击西 .
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 奋斗、探索、发现，永不放弃。 To follow, without halt, one aim: there the secret of success. --Poulova 向着一个目标不停地前进：这就是成功的秘诀。——巴浦洛夫 To save time is to lengthen life. 节约时间就是延长生命。 to kick against the pricks. 螳臂挡车 .
to give the last measure of devotion. 鞠躬尽瘁 .
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others. 严以责己宽以待人 to be guided by destiny. 听天由命
to suffer for one’s wisdom. 聪明反被聪明误 to harp on the same string. 旧调重弹 to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜 To teach is to learn. 教学相长
To live is to learn, to learn is to better live. 活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。