职业道德 The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman) 权力越大,滥用职权的危险就越大。(英国政治家伯克·埃蒙德) The consumer isn’t a moron; she is your wife. You insult her intelligence if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives will persuade her to buy anything. (David Ogilvy, American advertisement manager) 消费者不是傻瓜;她是你的妻子。如果你认为仅凭句口号,几个干巴巴的形容词就能诱使她掏腰包购买任何东西的话,那么你就亵渎了她的智慧。(美国广告经营者奥格尔维) Here’s the rule for bargains, “Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true precept. (Charles Dickens, British novelist) 这里有一条交易法则:“欺骗他人,因为他们也欺骗你。”这是真正的经商之道。(英国小说家狄更斯) For years I thought what was good for our country was good for general Motors, and vice versa. (Charles Wilson, American president of GM) 多少年来,我始终认为对国家有利的事对我们通用汽车公司也有利,反之亦然。(美国通用汽车公司总裁威尔逊) Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to damned, and no body to be kicked? (Edward Thurlow, British lawyer) 公司既没有灵魂可以被诅咒,又没有躯体可以被推翻,难道你还指望他有什么良心吗?(英国律师瑟洛)
社会公德 The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist) 贫穷是万恶之首。(英国剧作家乔治·萧伯纳) I find life an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others. (Helen Keller, American writer)我发现生活是令人激动的事情,尤其是为别人活着时。(美国作家海伦·凯勒) The ideals, which have lighted my way and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth. (Albert Einstein, American scientist) 有些理想曾为我们指引方向,并不断给我新的勇气亦欣然面对人生,那些理想就是—真、善、美。(美国科学家艾伯特·爱因斯坦) I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Ernest Hemingway, American writer) 我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西,所谓不道德是指你事后觉得不好的东西。(美国作家海明威) Despite all the life danger with one selfless act from one common person, someone is saved, a hero is made. (Norman Stephens, American writer) 不顾一切危险,一个普通人的无私行动使人得救了,英雄就应运而生。(美国作家斯蒂芬斯)
两代关系 All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer) 所有幸福的家庭都十分相似,而每个不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。(俄国文学家列夫·托尔斯泰) All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother. (Abraham Lincoln, American president) 我之所有,我之所能,都归功于我天使般的母亲。(美国总统亚伯拉罕·林肯) How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is to have a thankless child. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist) 逆子无情甚于蛇蝎。(英国剧作家莎士比亚) The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one. (William John Locke, British novelist) 越早把你的儿子当成男子汉,他就越早成为男子汉。(英国小说家洛克) If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. (John Bunyan, British essayist) 你若希望你的孩子立足,就要让他们负些责任。(英国散文家班杨)
经济 Economy the poor man’s mints; extravagance the rich man’s pitfall. (Martin Tupper, American economist) 节约是穷人的造币厂,浪费是富人的陷阱。(美国经济学家塔柏) If enterprise is afoot, wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to thrift; and if enterprise is asleep, wealth decays, whatever thrift may be doing. (John Keynes, British economist) 如果企业在进展,不论是否节俭,财富总是积聚;如果企业在沉睡,不管如何节俭,财富总在减少。(英国经济学家凯恩斯) The best cure for the national economy would be economy. (Ashley Cooper, British novelist) 拯救国家经济的最好办法就是节约。(英国小说家库柏) There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. (Disraeli, British statesman) 没有效率就没有经济。(英国政治家狄斯雷利) There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy. (Alfred Sloan, American businessman) 在竞争的经济中,没有企业休息的地方。(美国实业家斯隆)
工作管理 Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work. (David Grayson, American journalist) 我发现,辛勤工作的回报几乎总是幸福。(美国记者D. 格雷森) I do not like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. (Conrad Joseph, British novelist) 我不喜欢工作——没有人会喜欢,但是我喜欢所从事的工作的内涵——那就是发现自己的机会) In order that people may be happy in their work, these things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. (John Ruskin, British writer) 为了使人们在工作中感到快乐,必须做到以下三点:一定要胜任自己的工作,不可做得太多,必须对自己的工作有成就感。(英国作家约翰·拉斯金) It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. (Winston Churchill, British prime minister) 不能爱哪行才干哪行,要干哪行爱哪行。(英国首相丘吉尔) My philosophy of life is work. (Thomas Edison, American inventor) 我的人生哲学就是工作。(美国发明家爱迪生) To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. (Samuel Butler, British poet) 要从事伟大的工作,就必须既懂得闲暇,又懂得勤奋。(英国诗人) We should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction. A good share of the answer rest in the kind of
pride that is stimulated by the job, by the activity of accomplishing. (Leonard R. Sayles, British writer) 为什么工作是人们获得满足的重要源泉呢?最主要的答案就在于,工作和通过工作所取得的成就能激起一种自豪感。(英国作家赛尔斯) The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. (Elbert Hubbard, British writer) 为了明天的好工作,最好的准备就是把今天的工作做好。(英国作家哈伯德) Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty. (Voltaire, French philosopher) 工作可以撵跑三种魔鬼:无聊,堕落和贫穷。(法国哲学家伏尔泰) Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries that ever best mankind. (Thomas Carlyle, British historian) 工作是良药,能医治一切困扰人的疾苦。(英国历史学家卡莱尔)