谚语、名言是历史文化的积淀，是人类智慧的结晶。在作文中适当引用一些谚语或名言，往往会起到画龙点睛的作用，为文章增光添彩。下面列出一些作文中经常用到的谚语、名言。请同学们抄在小纸条上，随身携带，每天至少背一句，真正消化吸收，这样写作文时就能信手拈来、挥洒自如！
1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
2. A good beginning makes a good ending.善始才有善终
3. A good teacher, a good student. 有好的老师就有好的学生。
4. A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫厘，失之千里。
5. A trouble shared is a trouble halved. 两人分担，困难减半。
6. A true friend is the best possession. 真正的朋友是最好的财产。
7. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。
8. Achievement is founded on diligence and wasted upon recklessness. 业精于勤，荒于嬉。
9. Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于空谈。
10. All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的东西并不一定都是金子。
11. All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
12. All things are difficult before they are easy. 万事开头难。
13. An empty sack cannot stand upright. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。
14. As you sow, so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜瓜，种豆得豆。
15. Beauty is only skin-deep. 美只是外表。
16. Better late than never. 迟做总比不做好。
17. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
18. Bitter pills may have wholesome together. 良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行。
19. Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. 书籍是智慧积累的长明灯。
20. Calamity is man’s true touchstone. 逆境是真正的试金石。
21. Call a spade a spade. 直言不讳。/ 一是一，二是二。
22. Confidence of success is almost success. 相信成功，你就接近成功。
23. Constant dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石。
24. Courage and perseverance conquer all. 勇气加坚韧可征服一切。
25. Deeds, not words. 行动胜于雄辩。
26. Deliver your words not by number but by weight. 话不在多，而在其份量。
27. Denying a fault doubles it. 否认错误，错上加错。
28. Diligence is the mother of good luck. 勤奋是好运之母。
29.Diligence redeems stupidity. 勤能补拙。
30. Discontent is the first step in progress. 不满足是进步的开始。
31. Do as well as you can today, and perhaps you may be able to do better tomorrow.
今天尽你最大的努力去做好，明天你也许就能做得更好。
32. Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 今日事今日毕。
33. Don’t teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
34. Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起床，聪明、富裕又健康。
35. Easier said than done.说起来容易，做起来难。
36. East or west, home is best. 东好西好，还是家里最好。/金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。
37. Empty vessels make the most sound. 满半瓶水不呼，半瓶响叮当。
38. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.人人都是自己命运的建筑师。
39. Experience is the best teacher. 经验是最好的老师。
40. Failure is the mother of success. 失败乃成功之母。
41. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
42. Good things come to those who wait. 苍天不负苦心人。
43. He laughs best who laughs last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
44. He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得久。
45. He that corrects not small faults will not control great ones. 小错不纠，大错难控。
46. Health is better than wealth. 健康胜于财富。
47. Honesty is the best policy. 诚实才是上策。
48. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. 如果初次不成功，就要一试再试。
49. If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 人靠希望活着。
50. It is more blessed to give than to receive. 施比受有福。
51. It is no use crying over spilt milk. 牛奶已洒，哭也白搭。
52. It is not how long, but how well we live. 莫求活得长，但求活得好。
53. Knowledge is long, life is short. 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。
54. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
55. Life is too short to waste. 生命短促，不容浪费。
56. Like father, like son. 有其父，必有其子。
57. Live and learn. 活到老学到老。
58. Look before you leap. 三思而后行。
59. Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. 一份汗水，一份收获。
60. Many hands make light work. 众人搭些火焰高。
61. Never do things by halves. 切勿半途而废。
62. Never say die. 绝不要轻言放弃。
63. Ninety percent of inspiration is perspiration. 百分之九十的灵感是汗水浇出来的。
64. No competition, no progress. 没有竞争，就没有进步。
65. No pain, no gain. 不劳则无获。
66. No road of flowers leads to glory. 没有一条通往光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。
67. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. 世界上没有东西可以代替坚持。
68. One loses by pride and gains by modesty. 满招损，谦受益。
69. Opportunity knocks only once. 机不可失，失不再来。
70. Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
71. Practice what you preach. 言行一致。
72. Pride goes before a fall. 骄兵必败。
73. Promises must be kept and action must be resolute. 言必行，行必果。
74. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的。/冰冻三尺 ，非一日之寒。
75. Pure gold fears no fire. 真金不怕火炼。
76. Quality matters more than quantity. 质比量重要。
77. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。
78. Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打，无往不胜。
79. Strike while the iron is hot. 趁热打铁。
80. The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
81. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. 人生最大的快乐就是挑战极限。
82. The shortest answer is doing. 最简短的回答就是干。
83.There are two sides to every question. 任何问题都有两个方面。
84. There is no royal road to learning. 学无坦途。
85. There is no substitute for hard work. 没有任何东西可以取代勤奋。
86. There’s always room for improvement. 再好也有改进之处。
87. Thrift is great revenue. 节俭是笔大收入。
88. Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不待人。
89. Time is money. 一寸光阴一寸金。
90. Truth has always a sure bottom. 真理总能站住脚。
91. Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠赛过一个诸葛亮。
92. Victory belongs to the most persevering. 坚持不懈才能胜利。
93. Wasting time is robbing oneself. 浪费时间就是掠夺自己。
94. Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。
95. Whatever man has done, I may do. 别人已经做到的，我也能做到。
96. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。
97. Where there is life, there is hope. 有生命，就有希望。/留得青山在，不怕没些烧。
98. Whit patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针。
99. Work won’t kill, but worry will. 工作不会让你筋疲力尽，但忧虑会毁掉你。/操劳不丧身，忧愁愁煞人。
100. Youth is the season of hope. 青春是希望的季节。
