30句中国谚语，哪一句曾是照亮你的那束光？

Per aspera ad astra.

Your teacher can open the door but you must enter by yourself.

师父领进门，修行在个人。

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

与其诅咒黑暗，不如点支蜡烛。

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

路遥知马力，日久见人心。

* reveal：揭露

Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.

授之以鱼，不如授之以渔。

* 第一个fish为名词"鱼"，第二个为动词"捕鱼，钓鱼"。

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 year, educate mankind.

一年树谷，十年树木，百年树人。

A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.

听君一席话，胜读十年书。

When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.

聪明的人善于举一反三。

The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.

成功之前放弃的诱惑是最大的。

*temptation：诱惑

Silence is a source of great strength.

沉默是力量的源泉。

If you survived a storm, you won't be bothered by the rain.

既经风暴，何惧微雨。

When anger arises, think of the consequences.

怒火燃起时，想想后果。

The glory is not in never failing but in rising every time you fail.

最大的荣耀不在于永不跌倒，而在于每次跌倒后都爬起来。

Do not impose others what you yourself do not desire.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

千里之行，始于足下。

A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.

智者有主见，无知者盲从。

* ignorant：无知的

Be not afraid of moving slowly. Be afraid of standing still.

不怕慢，就怕站。

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

有求皆苦，无欲则刚。

The best fighter is never angry.

勇者不怒自威。

Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.

赐子千金不如教子一艺。

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.

不闻不如闻之，闻之不如见之，见之不如知之，知之不如行之。(孔子)

When the winds of change blows, some people build walls and others build windmills.

面对变革之风，有人筑围墙，有人造风车。

* windmill：风车

He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

请教别人一次是五分钟的傻子，从不请教别人的是一辈子的傻子。

A man who chases two rabbits catches neit.

想同时抓住两只兔子的，一只都抓不到。

Don't fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

别怕攻击你的真敌人，要防拥抱你的假朋友。

He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.

士别三日当刮目相看。

Opportunities don't just happen, you create them.

机会不会从天而降，只靠你亲手去创造。

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

摔倒不是失败，摔倒不起来才是。

You discover who you are by acting naturally.

不矫揉造作才能找到真我。

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

知可战与不可战者胜。(孙子兵法)

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

世上本无事，庸人自扰之。

* complicated：复杂的