We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.

如果能够擂鼓让天下的人都达到义，那么我的义难道不是更进一步了吗？ 

I think that the best thing that you can do is to be true to yourself and to be honest with yourself.

在你来得及描述它之前，一个瞬间就已经消逝了。

Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish… is the wonderful workings of your mind. Your humor, your kindness… and your moral courage.

作战虽然讲究排兵布阵，但士兵的勇敢是其中的根本;丧葬虽然讲究礼节，但对亲人的哀思是其中的根本;一个人虽然很有学识，但思想道德、行为举止是其中的根本。

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

胜利很棒，但旅程才是让它特别的原因。