Witty Words about Life

迷茫的原因并不是缺少地图，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，拿起雨伞的那一刻，我明白一个道理：你不为别人挡雨，别人又凭什么把你举在头上？

——跟雨伞学做人

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

风暴来临时，你站在大树前，你若看着树桠，大树便似摇摇欲坠，但你若看着树干，你便知道它坚韧不摧。

——遇大事时需静心

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

梦想可以天花乱坠，理想是我们一步一个脚印踩出来的坎坷道路。

——大胆想，踏实干

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

—Think boldly, act reliably

秋衣角扎秋裤里，秋裤脚扎袜子里，是对冬天最基本的尊重。

——有个热评亮了：把秋裤提过肚脐才是对冬天一辈子的承诺

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

世界上最浪费时间的事情就是给年轻人讲道理、谈经验，讲一万句不如他自己摔一跤。

——眼泪教会他做人，后悔帮助他成长，疼痛才是最好的老师

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