高中生摘抄勵志英語美文

　　勵志教育不僅關係到個人修身成材,而且關係到國祚興衰。因此勵志教育從古至今一直受到從國家到個體的重視,當代大學生勵志教育亦概莫能外。小編精心收集了，供大家欣賞學習!

　　：Taxi Drivers Are People, Too

　　I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts there is. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity and forthrightness. But it doesn’t make any difference what they call it; it’s still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by it.

　　I’ve been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxicab drivers have to be rough and tumble fellows to be able to take it in New York. You’ve got to be tough to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day, these days. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong impression that they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will shake down as honest fellows. You read in the papers almost every week where a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or bonds, stuff like that, that people leave in their cabs. If they weren’t honest, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers.

　　One time in Brooklyn, I found an emerald ring in my cab. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of bundles that day, so I went back to where I had dropped her off. It took me almost two days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you.” Still, I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she did.

　　I was born and raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I held several jobs to earn a few dollars before enlisting in World War Number I. After being discharged, I bought my own cab and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit put away for a rainy day.

　　When I first started driving a cab, Park Avenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. Hoofer’s Brewery was right next to where the Waldorf-Astoria is now. I did pretty well, even in those days.

　　In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have never had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong once in a while, I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.

　　People ask me about tips. As far as I know, practically everyone will give you something. Come to think of it, most Americans are pretty generous. I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they tip or not.I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the easier it gets.

　　：I See No Doom Down an Alley我看見的不是死衚衕

　　By Herbert Hoover

　　My professional training was in science and engineering. That is a training in the search for truth, and its application to the use of mankind. With a gloss of science we have a continuous contention from a tribe of atheistic~~ philosophers. That there is an implacable comment between science and religion, in which religion will be vanquished. I do not believe it.

　　I believe not only that religious faith will be victorious, but that it is vital to mankind that it shall be. We made differ in form and particular in our religious faith. Those are matters which are secret to each of our inner sanctuaries, but it is our ~ to the cline to arguer about it.

　　Their real demonstration is the life that we live. But there is one foundation common to all religious faith. Our discoveries in science have pulled that all the way from the galaxies in the heavens to the constitution of the atom. The universe is controlled by an inflexible law. Somewhere a supreme part created these laws. At some period, man was differentiated from the beasts and was endowed with a spirit from which bring his/ conscience, idealism and spiritual yearnings.

　　It is impossible to believe that there is not here a divine touch and the purpose from the creator of the universe. I believe we can express these things only in religious faith. From their religious faith, the founding fathers annunciated the most fundamental law of human progress since the sermon on the mount when they stated that man receive from the creator certain inalienable rights and that these rights should be protected from ~ of others by law and justice.

　　The ~ and atheistic philosophers have thought to declaim progress in terms of materialism alone. But from once came the morals, the spiritual yearnings, the faith, the aspirations to justice and freedom of mind, which have been the roots our progress always growing societies record their faith in God. Decaying societies lack faith and deny God. But America is not a decaying society, it remains strong. It’s faith is in compassion and in God's intelligent mercy.

　　：You Cannot Fix a Real Faith

　　真正的信仰不容“操縱”納特.霍爾曼

　　When I learned that members of my team, boys whom I had trusted and to whom I had devoted intense training and guidance---when I learned that these boys had been fixed by professional gamblers, my faith and belief in the basic integrity of youth received a severe blow. Any weaker confidence in the principles upon which I have tried to base my life might well have folded under its force. Yet I can honestly say that my belief in the real decency of the great majority of our young men and the value of athletics is as strong as ever. The indiscretions of a few youngsters cannot destroy a faith built up by thirty-four years of experience with other boys who have justified that faith.

　　當我獲悉我的隊員，那些我信任並傾力進行高強度訓練和悉心指導的小夥子們遭到職業賭徒的“操縱”時，我對年輕人具備起碼的誠實品質的信念遭到重創。遭到這種打擊，倘若我對自己生活準則的信心稍有不足，就可能放棄這一準則。然而，我可以坦誠地說，我一如既往地相信大多數年輕人的確循規蹈矩，相信體育運動的價值。個別年輕人輕率的行為無法摧毀我三十四年來和其他孩子相處時樹立起的信念，這些孩子證實了我的信念。

　　Throughout the years I’ve seen thousands of boys getting important training on the athletic field. I have seen them learn honestly and fair play, and I’ ve seen them learn to subordinate themselves for the benefit of their team. What is more important, I’ve seen them take the lessons they have learned here into the situations they’ve had to face in later life. Many of the boys I’ve helped to teach have become outstanding members of their communities.

　　這些年我看到成千上萬的孩子在競技場接受重要的訓練，看著他們學會誠實、公平地比賽，學會顧全大局。更重要的是，看著他們將這裡學到的知識運用到將來必須直面的人生。我幫助和培養過的許多孩子已經成為優秀的社會成員。

　　I realized that the responsibilities of any teacher are great and that those of a coach who spends more time with his pupils than any other teachers are even greater. Not only do I spend more time, but I feel emotionally closer to them, seeing and sustaining my students when they lose as well as when they win.

　　我認識到教師的職責是偉大的，而教練和學生呆在一起的時間更多，他們的職責更偉大。我不僅花費了更多的時間，在感情上也與他們貼得更近。不管學生勝負與否，我都陪伴、支援著他們。

　　Because of this peculiarly intimate relationship with the members of my team in their most impressionable and formative years, I know that I can exercise great influence for good or bad on them. I try by the example of my own character and actions to set them a standard of moral behavior. For this reason, I have always tried to be very clear in my own mind about the principles in which I believe.

　　在他們最難忘的成長歲月，我和隊員們建立了特別親密的關係。所以，我知道自己能給他們好的或壞的影響。我努力以自己的性格和行為為他們樹立道德規範。因此，我心裡時刻謹記信仰和原則。

　　Take the desire to win, fundamental with every competitor. Naturally, it’s important to me, both as a player and coach and as a human being. I believe the competitive urge is a fine, wholesome direction of energy. But I also realize that the desire to win must be wedded to an ideal, an ethical way of life. It must never become so strong that it dwarfs every other aspect of the game or of life.

　　要贏，這種慾望對每位競爭者至關重要。它對我自然也很重要，無論是作為一名選手、教練還是一個普通人。我相信競爭的慾望能使精力朝著良好健康的方向發展，但我也認識到，獲勝的慾望必須與理想、有道德的生活方式聯姻，求勝心一定不能太強，以致妨礙比賽或生活的其他方面。

　　As a coach I have always tried to emphasize that winning is not enough. The game must be played right. I have often said that I would rather see my teams lose a game in which they played well than win with a sloppy performance that reflected no credit, except that it was sufficient to win. So I’ve tried to develop a way of thinking that sees life, and the things I do, as a whole, with every act relating to anther set. This puts things in true perspective.

　　作為一個教練，我總是努力強調贏還不夠，比賽必須公正。我常說，我寧可隊員是發揮出色的失敗者，也不願他們是行為不光彩是勝利者，除非獲勝是唯一的目的。所以我努力培養學生的思維方式，讓他們像我一樣將生活和工作視為一體，明白每次行動與其他行為息息相關。這才是對待事物的正確觀點。

　　I believe in the resilience, in the bounce, of youth. I get rich satisfaction from working with young people, providing leadership and friendship during the tortuous but exciting years that shape them toward maturity. I honestly think no more worthwhile activity could occupy my time.Edwin Markham has summed it up better than I could. He wrote:

　　我相信年輕人充滿活力，能在他們走向成熟的曲折而令人振奮的歲月作他們的良師益友讓我非常滿足。說實話，我認為沒有什麼工作能比它更值得付出時間了。埃德溫·馬卡姆比我總結得更好，他說：

　　"There is a destiny that makes us brothers,

　　None goes his way alone,

　　All that we send into the lives of others,

　　Comes back into our own."

　　“命運讓我們成為兄弟，沒有人可以各自獨立。

　　我們送入別人生命裡的，轉而又回報給我們自己。”