Witty Words about Life

迷茫的原因并不是缺少地圖，缺少的是目的地。

——小眼看世界

What perplexes us is not the loss of map, but the loss of destination.

—Small eyes, big world

下雨了，拿起雨傘的那一刻，我明白一個道理：你不為別人擋雨，別人又憑什么把你舉在頭上？

——跟雨傘學做人

When it rains, I pick up my umbrella and understand a truth:if you don’t block the wind and rain for people, what reason do they have to lift you above themselves?

—A lesson learned from the umbrella

風暴來臨時，你站在大樹前，你若看著樹椏，大樹便似搖搖欲墜，但你若看著樹干，你便知道它堅韌不摧。

——遇大事時需靜心

When the storm approaches you happen to stand in front of a big tree. If you look at the branches you may feel the tree is right about to tumble down,but if you look at the trunk of it, you’d know that it’s firm and unbreakable.

—When big problems arise, you need to calm down

夢想可以天花亂墜，理想是我們一步一個腳印踩出來的坎坷道路。

——大膽想，踏實干

Dreams can be lavishly embellished; ideals are the bumpy road taken, slow but steady, one step at a time.

—Think boldly, act reliably

秋衣角扎秋褲里，秋褲腳扎襪子里，是對冬天最基本的尊重。

——有個熱評亮了：把秋褲提過肚臍才是對冬天一輩子的承諾

The thermal undershirt tucks into your long johns and your long johns tuck into your socks; this is the basic respect for the winter.

—A netizen remarked: lift your long johns over your bellybutton;that’s a lifelong promise to winter

世界上最浪費時間的事情就是給年輕人講道理、談經驗，講一萬句不如他自己摔一跤。

——眼淚教會他做人，后悔幫助他成長，疼痛才是最好的老師

The biggest waste of time in the world is trying to reason with or impart your experience to young people. Ten thousand sentences are no match for one’s own single screw-up.

—Tears teach, regret grows,pain is the best teacher