【篇一】英文勵志文章
《Today I begin a new life》
Today I shed my old skin which hath, toolong, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediority.
Today I am born anew and my birthplace is avineyard where there is fruit for all.
Today I will pluck grapes of wisdom fromthe tallest and fullest vines in the vineyard,for these were planted by thewisest of my profession who have come before me,generation upongeneration.
Today I will savor the taste of grapes fromthese vines and verily I will swallow the seed of success buried in each and newlife will sprout within me.
The career I have chosen is laden withopportunity yet it is fraught with heartbreak and despair and the bodies ofthose who have failed, were they piled one atop another, would cast a shadowdown upon all the pyramids of the earth.
Yet I will not fail, as the others, for inmy hands I now hold the charts which will guide through perilous waters toshores which only yesterday seemed but a dream.
Failure no longer will be my payment forstruggle. Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neitherhas it made any provision for my life to suffer failure. Failure, like pain, isalien to my life. In the past I accepted it as I accepted pain. Now I reject itand I am prepared for wisdom and principles which will guide me out of theshadows into the sunlight of wealth, position, and happiness far beyond my mostextravagant dreams until even the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides willseem no more than my just reward.
Time teaches all things to him who livesforever but I have not the luxury of eternity. Yet within my allotted time Imust practice the art of patience for nature acts never in haste. To create theolive, king of all trees, a hundred years is required. An onion plant is old innine weeks. I have lived as an onion plant. It has not pleased me. Now I wouldstbecome the greatest of olive trees and, in truth, the greatest ofsalesman.
And how will this be accomplished? For Ihave neither the knowledge nor the experience to achieve the greatness andalready I have stumbled in ignorance and fallen into pools of self-pity. Theanswer is simple. I will commence my journey unencumbered with either the weightof unnecessary knowledge or the handicap of meaningless experience. Naturealready has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beastin the forest and the value of experience is overrated, usually by old men whonod wisely and speak stupidly.
In truth, experience teaches thoroughly yether course of instruction devours men’s years so the value of her lessonsdiminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom. The end findsit wasted on dead men. Furthermore, experience is comparable to fashion; anaction that proved successful today will be unworkable and impracticaltomorrow.
Only principles endure and these I nowpossess, for the laws that will lead me to greatness are contained in the wordsof these scrolls. What they will teach me is more to prevent failure than togain success, for what is success other than a state of mind? Which two, among athouand wise men, will define success in the same words; yet failure is alwaysdescribed but one way. Failure is man’s inability to reach his goals in life,whatever they may be.
In truth, the only difference between thosewho have failed and those who have successed lies in the difference of theirhabits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked doorto failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is --Iwill form good habits and become their slave.
As a child I was slave to my impulses; nowI am slave to my habits, as are all grown men. I have surrendered my free willto the years of accumulated habits and the past deeds of my life have alreadymarked out a path which threatens to imprison my future. My actions are ruled byappetite, passion, prejudice, greed, love, fear, environment, habit, and theworst of these tyrants is habit. Therefore, if I must be a slave to habit let mebe a slave to good habits. My bad habits must be destroyed and new furrowsprepared for good seed.
I will form good habits and become theirslave.
And how will I accomplish this difficultfeat? Through these scrolls, it will be done, for each scroll contains aprinciple which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with onewhich will bring me closer to success. For it is another of nature’s laws thatonly a habit can subdue another habit. So, in order for these written words toperform their chosen task, I must discipline myself with the first of my newhabits which is as follows:
I will read each scroll for thirty days inthis prescribed manner, before I proceed to the next scroll.
First, I will read the words in silencewhen I arise. Then, I will read the words in silence after I have partaken of mymidday meal. Last, I will read the words again just before I retire at day’send, and most important, on this occasion I will read the wordsaloud.
On the next day I will repeat thisprocedure, and I will continue in like manner for thirty days. Then, I will turnto the next scroll and repeat this procedure for another thirty days. I willcontinue in this manner until I have lived with each scroll for thirty days andmy reading has become habit.
And what will be accomplished with thishabit? Herein lies the hidden secret of all man’s accomplishments. As I repeatthe words daily they will soon become a part of my active mind, but moreimportant, they will also seep into my other mind, that mysterious source whichnever sleeps, which creates my dreams, and often makes me act in ways I do notcomprehend.
As the words of these scrolls are consumedby my mysterious mind I will begin to awake, each morning, with a vitality Ihave never known before. My vigor will increase, my enthusiasm will rise, mydesire to meet the world will overcome every fear I once knew at sunrise, and Iwill be happier than I ever believed it possible to be in this world of strifeand sorrow.
Eventually I will find myself reacting toall situations which confront me as I was commanded in the scrolls to react, andsoon these actions and reactions will become easy to perform, for any act withpractice becomes easy.
Thus a new and good habit is born, for whenan act becomes easy through constant repetiton it becomes a pleasure to performand if it is a pleasure to perform it is man’s nature to perform it often. WhenI perform it often it becomes a habit and I become its slave and since it is agood habit this is my will.
Today I begin a new life.
And I make a solemn oath to myself thatnothing will retard my new life’s growth. I will lose not a day from thesereadings for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it. Imust not , I will not, break this habit of daily reading from these scrolls and,in truth, the few moments spent each day on this new habit are but a small priceto pay for the happiness and success that will be mine.
As I read and re-read the words in thescrolls to follow, never will I allow the brevity of each scroll nor thesimplicity of its words to cause me to treat the scroll’s message sands of grapes are pressed to fill one jar with wine, and the grapeskin andpulp are tossed to the birds. So it is with these grapes of wisdom from theages. Much has been filtered and tossed to the the pure truth liesdistilled in the words to come. I will drink as instructed and spill not a the seed of success I will swallow.
Today my old skin has become as dust. Iwill walk tall among men and they will know me not , for today I am a new man,with a new life.
《今天，我天始新的生活》
今天，我爬出滿是失敗創傷的老繭。
今天，我重新來到這個世上，我出生在葡萄園中，國內的葡萄任人享用。
今天，我要從最密的藤上摘下智慧的果實，這葡萄藤是好幾代前的智者種下的。
今天，我要品嚐葡萄的美味，還要吞下每一位成功的種子，讓新生命在我心裏萌牙。
我選擇的道路充滿機遇，也有辛酸與絕望．失敗的同伴數不勝數，疊在一起，比金字塔還高。
然而，我不會像他們一樣失敗，因為我手中持有航海圖，可以領我越過洶湧的大海，抵達夢中的彼岸．
失敗不再是我奮鬥的代價．它和痛苦都將從我的生命中消失。失敗和我，就像水火一樣，互不相容。我不再像過去一樣接受它們。我要在智慧的指引下，走出失敗的陰影，步入富足、健康、快樂的樂園，這些都超出了我以往的夢想．我要是能長生不老，就可以學到一切，但我不能永生，所以，在有限的人生裏，我必須學會忍耐的藝術，因為大自然的行為一向是從容不迫的．造物主創造樹中橄攤樹需要一百年的時間，而洋葱經過短短的九個星期就會枯老．我不留戀從前那種洋葱式的生活，我要成為萬樹——橄欖樹，成為現實生活中最偉大的推銷員．
怎麼可能？我既沒有淵博的知識，又沒有豐富的經驗，況且，我曾一度跌入愚昧與自憐的深淵．答案很簡單。我不會讓所謂的知識或者經驗妨礙我的行程．造物生已經賜予我足夠的知識和本能，這份天賦是其它生物望塵莫及的。經驗的價值往往被高估了，人老的時候開口講的多是糊塗話．説實在的，經驗確實能教給我們很多東西，只是這需要花費太長的時間．等到人們獲得智慧的時候，其價值已隨着時間的消逝而減少了．結果往往是這樣，經驗豐富了，人也餘生無多．經驗和時尚有關，適合某一時代的行為,並不尋味着在今天仍然行得通。
只有原則是持久的，而我現在正擁有了這些原則．這些可以指引我走向成功的原則全寫在這幾張羊皮卷裏．它教我如何避免失敗，而不只是獲得成功，因為成功更是一種精神狀態．人們對於成功的定義，見仁見智，而失敗卻往往只有一種解釋:失敗就是一個人沒能達到他的人生目標，不論這些目標是什麼。
事實上，成功與失敗的分野，來自不同的習慣。好習慣是開啟成員的鑰匙，壞習慣則是一扇向失敗敞開的門。因此，我首先要做的便是養成良好的習慣，全心全意去實行。
小時候．我常會感情用事，長大成人了，我要用良好的習慣代替一時的衝動。我的自由意志屈服於多年養成的惡習，它們威脅着我的前途。我的行為受到品味、情感、偏見、慾望、愛、恐懼、環境和習慣的影響，其中最厲害的就是習慣。因此．如果我必須受習慣支配的話，那就讓我受好習慣的支配。那些壞習慣必須戒除，我要在新的田地裏播種好的種子。我要養成良好的習慣，全心全意去實行。
這不是輕而易舉的事情，要怎樣才能做到呢，靠這些羊皮卷就能做到。因為每～卷裏都寫着一個原則，可以摒除—項壞習慣，換取一個好習慣，使人進步，走向成功。這也是自然法則之一，只有一種習慣才能抑制另一種習慣。所以，為了走好我選擇的道路，我必須養成的第一個習慣
每張羊皮卷用三十天的時間閲讀，然後再進人下一卷。清晨即起，默默誦讀；午飯之後，再次默讀；夜晚睡前，高聲朗讀。
第二天的情形完全一樣。這樣重複三十天後，就可以打開下一卷了。每一卷都依照同樣的方法讀上三十天，久而久之，它們就成為一種習慣了。
這些習慣有什麼好處呢？這裏隱含着人類成功的祕訣。當我每天重複這些話的時候，它何成了我精神活動的一部分，更重要的是，它們滲入我的心靈。擁是個神祕的世界，永不靜止，創造夢境，在不知不覺中影響我的行為。
當這些羊皮捲上的文字，被我奇妙的心靈完全吸收之後，我每天都會充滿活力地醒來。我從來沒有這樣精力充沛過。我更有活力，更有熱情，要向世界挑戰的慾望克服了一切恐懼與不安。在這個充滿爭鬥和悲傷的世界裏，我竟然比以前更快活。最後，我會發現自己有了應付一切情況的辦法。不久，這些辦法就能運用自如．因為，任何方法，只要多練習，就會變得簡單易行。
經過多次重複，一種看似複雜的行為就變得輕而易舉，實行起來，就會有無限的樂趣，有了樂趣，出於人之天性，我就更樂意常去實行。於是，一種好的習慣便誕生了．習慣成為自然。既是一種好的習慣，也就是我的意原。
今天，我天始新的生活．
我鄭重地發誓，絕不讓任何事情妨礙我新生命的成長。在閲讀這些羊卷的時候，我絕不浪費一天的時間，因為時光一去不返，失去的日子是無法彌補的。我也絕不打破每天閲讀的習慣。事實上，每天在這些新習慣上花費少許時間，相對於可能獲得的愉樂與成功而言，只是微不足道的代價。當我閲讀羊皮卷中的字句時，絕不能出為文字的精煉而忽視內容的深沉。一瓶葡萄美酒需要千百顆果子釀製而成，果皮和渣子拋給小鳥。葡萄的智慧代代相傳，有些被過濾，有些被淘汰，隨風飄逝。只有純正的真理才是永恆的。它們就精煉在我要閲讀的文字中。我要依照指示，絕不浪費，飲下成功的種子。
今天，我的老繭化為塵埃。我在人羣中昂首闊步，不會有人認出我來，因為我不再是過去的自己、我已擁有新的生命。
【篇二】英語勵志文章
《You Have Only One Life》
There are moments in life when you misssomeone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug themfor real! Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go;be what you wantto be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things youwant to do.
May you have enough happiness to make yousweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enoughhope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others’ you feel that ithurts you,it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people don’t necessarilyhave the best of everything;they just make the most of everything that comesalong their iness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who havesearched,and those who have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance ofpeople
who have touched their beginswith a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a brightest future willalways be based on a forgotten past, you can’t go on well in lifeuntil you letgo of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born,you were crying andeveryone around you was your life so that when you die,you’re theone who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those peoplewho mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way oranother,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that makeyou see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who youwant to let them know that you appreciate their if you don’t,don’t worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on theopportunity to brighten someone’s day with this message.
【篇三】英語勵志文章： Be aFighter
A young friend of mine asked me in a letter, “What kind of man should Ibe?” My answer was, “Be a fighter.”
Another friend of mine inquired, “How should I live my life?” Again myanswer was, “Be a fighter.”
The author of In Praise of the Fighter says:
Riding on the ceaseless rushing torrent of life, I should pursue andovertake it so as to create an even greater and deeper torrent of my own.
If I were a lamp, it would be my duty to light up thick darkness. If I werethe sea tide, I would marshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of allaccumulated filth.
This quotation reflects aptly the state of mind of a lighter.
Fighters are badly needed in our time. But such fighters do not necessarilygo to the battle- field gun in hand. Their weapons are not necessarily r weapons may be knowledge, faith and strong will. They can bring the enemysure death without drawing his blood.
A fighter is always in pursuit of light. Instead of basking in the sunshineunder a clear sky, he holds a burning torch in the darkness of night toilluminate people’s way so that they can continue their journey till they seethe dawn of a new day. It is the task of a fighter to dispel darkness. Insteadof shirking darkness, he braves it and fights the hidden demons and monsterstherein. He is determined to wipe them out and win light. He knows nocompromise. He will keep on fighting until he wins light.
A fighter is perennially young. He is never irresolute or inactive. Heplunges deep into teeming crowds in search of such vermin as flies and venomousmosquitoes. He will fight them relentlessly and refuse to coexist with themunder the same sky. To him, life means nothing but continuous fighting. Heeither survives by winning light, or perishes with his body covered all overwith cuts and bruises. In the course of the struggle, it is the “future” thatserves as the beacon light to him; the “future” gives people hope andinspiration. He will never lose his youthful vigour.
A fighter will never lose heart or despair. He will pile up broken piecesof brick and stone to rebuild a nine-story pagoda on the ruins of failure. Noblows will ever break his will. He will never close his eyes until he hasbreathed his last.
A fighter is always fearless. His steps are firm. Once he has settled on anobjective, he will press right ahead. He is never afraid of being tripped by astumbling block. No obstacles will ever make him change his mind. His eyes willnever be hoodwinked by false appearances. His actions are guided by faith. Hecan endure any hardships or sufferings while striving to attain his chosenobjective. He will never abandon work as long as he is alive.
This is the kind of fighter we now need. He is not necessarily possessed ofsuperhuman capability. He is just an ordinary person. Anyone can be a fighter solong as he has the determination. Hence a few words of mine about “being afighter” to encourage those young people who wander about in a depressed state,not knowing which way to go.
參考譯文：
《做一名進攻型戰士》
一個年輕的朋友寫信問我：“應該做一個什麼樣的人？”我回答他：“做一個戰士。”
另一個朋友問我：“怎樣對付生活了？”我仍舊答道：“做一個戰士。”
《戰士頌》的作者曾經寫過這樣的話：
“我激盪在這綿綿不息、滂沱四方的生命洪流中，我就應該追逐這洪流，而且追過它，自己去造更廣、更深的洪流。”
“我如果是一盞燈，這燈的用處便是照徹那多量的黑暗。我如果是海潮，便要鼓起波濤去洗滌海邊一切陳腐的積物。”
這一段話很恰當地寫出了戰士的心情。
在這個時代，戰士是最需要的。但是這樣的戰士並不一定要持槍上戰場。他的武器也下一定是槍彈。他的武器還可以是知識、信仰和堅強的意志。他並不一定要流仇敵的血，卻能更有把握地致敵人的死命，戰士是永遠追求光明的。他並不躺在晴空下享受陽光，在晴夜裏燃起火炬，給人們照亮道路，使他們走向黎明。驅散黑暗，這是戰士的任務。他不躲避黑暗，卻要面對黑暗，跟躲藏在陰影裏的魑魅、魍魎搏鬥。他要消滅它們而取得光明。戰士是不知道妥協的。他得不到光明便不會停止戰鬥。
戰士永遠是年輕的。他不猶豫，不休息。他深入人叢中，找尋蒼蠅、毒蚊等等危害人類的東西。他不斷地攻擊它們，不肯與它們共同生存在一個天空下面，對於戰士，生活就是不停的戰鬥，他不是取得光明而牛存，便是帶着滿身傷痕而死去。在戰鬥中力量只有增長，信仰只有加強，在戰鬥中給戰士指路的是“未來”，“未來”給人以希望和鼓舞。戰士永遠不會失去青春的活力。
戰士是不知道灰心與絕望的。他甚至在失敗的廢墟上，還要堆起破碎的磚石重建九級寶塔。任何打擊都不能擊破戰士的意志。只有在死的時候他才閉上眼睛。
戰士是不知道畏縮的，他的腳步很堅定。一旦他認準目標，便會向前走去。他不怕被絆腳石摔倒，沒有一種障礙能使他改變心思，假象絕不能迷住戰士的眼睛，支配戰士的行動的是信仰。他能夠忍受一切艱難、痛苦，而達到他所選定的目標。除非他死，否則他決不放棄工作。
這便是我們現在需要的戰士。這樣的戰士並不一定具有超人的能力。他是一個平凡的人。每個人都可以做戰士，只要他有決心。所以我用“做一個進攻型的戰士”來激勵那些還在苦悶中彷徨，不知何去何從的年輕朋友。
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