正能量的英文小故事（经典英文励志小故事）

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• 经典英文励志小故事
• 英文励志故事
• 经典励志英文小故事
• 英语励志小故事
• 带有中英文励志的小故事
• 谁知道一些积极向上的英文故事
• 励志的英文小故事八十至一百字
• 校园励志英文小故事
• 英文哲理励志故事

经典英文励志小故事

　　够洒脱，但这就是人生。不够豁达，但这就是人生。不够励志也不够美好，但这就是人生啊。下面是我帮大家整理的经典英文励志小故事，希望大家喜欢。 　　A Straight Wall Is Hard to Build 　　人格的力量 　　by Lou R. Crandall 　　卢.R.克兰德尔 　　As I try to outline my thoughts, the subject becomes more and more difficult. I have many basic beliefs but as I try to pick and choose it seems to me that they all can be summarized in the word "character." Obviously, what you believe is a fundamental thing. There can be no fanfare, no embellishments. It must be honest. 　　我在努力清理思路时，主题变得越来越难讲述。我有很多的信仰，但试图挑选时，似乎都可用“人格”一词概括。显然，一个人的信仰是根本，不需要炫耀，不用饰，本来是什么就是什么。 　　An architect once told me that the most difficult structure to design was a simple monumental shaft. The proportions must perfect to be pleasing. The hardest thing to build is a plain straight wall. The dimensions must be absolute. 　　一位建筑师告诉我，最难设计的建筑是一尊简单的纪念柱，比例必须完美无缺，赏心悦目;最难砌的是一堵简朴笔直的墙，尺寸必须一丝不差。 　　In either case there is no ornamentation to hide irregularities, no moldings to cover hidden defects and no supports to strengthen concealed weaknesses. 　　在这两种情况下，都无法用修饰掩盖不平整，以造型遮盖暗藏的缺陷，以支撑物来加固不牢的根基。 　　I am using this example to illustrate human character, which to me is the most important single power in the world today. The young people of toady are in reality foundations of structures yet to be built. 　　我以此例来说明人格，在我看来它是当今世界上最重要的唯一的力量。今天的年轻人实际上是世界待建结构的’根基。 　　It is obvious that the design of these human structures is the combined efforts of many human architects. Boys and girls are influenced first by their parents, then by their friends and finally by business associates. During this period of construction, the human character is revised and changed until at maturity a fairly well-fixed form of character is found. 　　很显然，设计这些人格结构需要众多人类建筑师的共同努力。孩子们的成长，先后要受到父母、朋友和事业伙伴的影响。在这一成长过程中，人格一直在改变，直到在成熟期定型。 　　There are few human straight walls and fewer human monumental shafts. Such men and women are personalities of great beauty and are so rare that history records their being and holds them up as examples for the future. 　　人类中堪称墙一般笔直挺立的人少有，像纪念柱一样矗立的人更少，这样的人是美的化身，世所罕见，历史记录他们的存在，奉之为后世的楷模。 　　The Biblical characters are for me the closest examples of human perfection. They were unselfish, steadfast in their faith and unstinting in their help to others. 　　《圣经》中的人物在我心中是最接近完人的范例，他们无私，信仰坚定，帮助他人，不遗余力。 　　Today in this world of turmoil and trouble we could use more of such people, but they do not just happen along. I believe that they are the result of concentrated effort on the part of parents and associates, and the more we build with character the better the world will become. 　　在今天这个混乱不安的世界，我们可以多用这样的人，但他们并非从天而降。我相信他们是父母、同伴倾力锻造的结果。我们越重视人格的建构，世界会越美好。 　　This may sound like a dreamer’s hope and a theoretical goal which can never be reached. I do not think so. 　　这听起来像痴人说梦，是永远无法实现的理论目标，我却不这么想。 　　The world as a whole has progressed tremendously material-wise, and we are a fortunate nation in that we are leading the procession. It is, I believe, natural that nations not so fortunate should look upon us with envy. We would do the same if the positions were reserved, so we should not judge too harshly the efforts of others to equal our standard of living. In either case, the fortunate or the unfortunate character in the individual and collectively in a nation stands out. 　　全世界在物质生产上已取得巨大进步，美利坚荣幸地成为引导这一进程的国家。我相信，没有这样好运气的国家可能会嫉妒我们，如果换个位置，我们也会如此，因此对于别人奋力向我们的生活标准看齐，我们不应该草率地评判。无论是哪种情况，个人或民族的幸运或不幸的品格都会凸显出来。 　　I agree that it is easier to build character under ideal conditions but cannot forget that character is also required to give as well as receive. 　　我赞同在理想条件下更容易塑造人格的说法，但我认为不能忘记人格的塑造不仅需要外界条件的熏陶，也需要自身的努力。 　　It should be to the benefit of humanity if all individuals - and this includes myself - did a renovation or remodeling job on our own character. It may merely be a case of removing rough edges or tossing away molding to expose irregularities, in some cases to remove a prop and stand on one’s own feet. 　　如果所有人——也包括我自己——都更新或重铸自己的人格，这应该是有益于人类的。这也许仅仅是抹去粗糙的边缘或丢弃固有的模式，从而显露出不平整，有时则需要拿走支撑物，完全靠自己站立。 　　In any event if some of us set example, others will follow and the result should be good. This I believe. 　　不论何种情况，只要我们有人树立榜样，其他人就会效仿，结果就应该是好的。对此我深信不疑。

英文励志故事

英文励志故事演讲稿素材：你是上帝的妻子吗

Are you the wife of the God?

New York city: It’s a cold day in December. A little boy about 10-year-old was standing in front of a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said:"My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?"

"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes." The boy replied.

The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. The clerk quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she then purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to the boy. She patted him on the head and said:"No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable mow?"

As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words:"Are you God’s wife?"

你是上帝的妻子吗?

纽约城，12月份寒冷的一天。一个10多岁的小男孩赤脚伫立在百老汇的一家鞋店前，透过橱窗朝里面凝望着，在寒冷中，他禁不住瑟瑟发抖。一位女士走近男孩说道：“我的小朋友，你那么认真地盯着橱窗，看什么呢?”

“我在请求上帝给我一双鞋子。”男孩回答。

女士牵着他的手走进了商店，让店员去取半打棉袜。然后她问能否打一盆水并拿一块毛巾。很快店员取来了。她把小家伙带到商店的后面，脱下手套，蹲下来给他洗了那双小脚，然后用毛巾擦干。这时，店员也取来了袜子，她把一双穿到了男孩的脚上，又为他买了一双鞋子，然后捆好剩余的袜子递给了男孩，女士拍着他的头说：“小朋友，现在一定感到舒服多了吧?”

当她转身刚想离开时，一脸惊讶的小家伙抓住她的手，仰起脸来盯着她，眼中噙满了泪水。他没有直接回答，而是问道：“你是上帝的`妻子吗?”

英文励志故事演讲稿素材：恋爱的狮子

A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.

The old parents did not know what to say.

They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.

At last the father said, "We are glad to marry our daughter to you, but we fear that you might possibly hurt her. So if you remove your claws and teeth, we will give her to you."

The lion loved the girl very much, so he trimmed his claws and took out his big teeth. When he came to the parents again, they simply laughed in his face, and beat him out of their house.

一只狮子爱上了一位美丽的女孩儿，便找到她的父母向她求婚。

女孩儿的父亲不知道该如何回答，他不忍将女儿许配给野兽，但又害怕激怒这兽中之王。

于是父亲说：“我们很乐意将女儿嫁给你，但又怕你不小心伤害她，如果你拔去牙齿，剁掉利爪，我们就将女儿嫁给你。”

狮子非常爱这个女孩儿，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母。可是这时，他们嘲笑他，并把他赶了出去。

寓意: 有些人轻易相信别人的话，抛弃自己的长处，结果轻而易举地被原来害怕他们的人击败了。

英文励志故事演讲稿素材：比雀斑还美

An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws.

“You’ve got so many freckles, there’s no place to paint!” a girl in the line said to the little fellow.

Embarrassed, the little boy dropped his head. His grandmother knelt down next to him. “I love your freckles. When I was a little girl I always wanted freckles,” she said, while tracing her finger across the child’s cheek. “Freckles are beautiful.”

The boy looked up, “Really?”

“Of course,” said the grandmother. “Why just name me one thing that’s prettier than freckles.”

The little boy thought for a moment, peered intensely into his grandma’s face, and softly whispered, “Wrinkles.”

一位老太太和她长满小雀斑的小孙子一起在动物园里游玩。很多小孩都在排队等候一位当地的艺术家用虎爪在他们的脸上着色。

“你脸上这么多雀斑，都没地方画了!”队列中有个女孩子对小男孩说。

小男孩感到很难堪，就低下头。奶奶蹲下来对他说：“我喜欢你的雀斑，我小时候总想长这些雀斑呢，”她抚摸着男孩的脸颊，“雀斑很漂亮!”

男孩抬起头，“真的吗?”

“当然是真的，”奶奶说，“你看我身上有什么比雀斑还漂亮的?”

小男孩想了一下，又认真地注视着奶奶的面孔，小声地说：“皱纹。”

经典励志英文小故事

　　有很多很经典的励志英文小故事都是值得我们去阅读的，那么都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。 　　：三片羽毛 　　The Three Feathers 　　Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 　　Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons, two of whom were clever and intelligent, but the third one did not talk very much, was simple minded, and the only name they gave him was the Simpleton. 　　When the king became old and weak, and thought that he was nearing his end, he did not know which of his sons should inherit the kingdom after him, so he said to them, "Go forth, and the one of you who brings me the finest carpet, he shall be king after my death." 　　So there would be no dispute among them, he led them to the front of his castle, blew three feathers into the air, and said, "As they fly, so shall you go." 　　The one feather flew to the east, the other to the west, and the third feather flew straight ahead, falling quickly to the ground after going only a short distance. The one brother went to the right, the other to the left, and they laughed at the Simpleton who had to stand there where the third feather had fallen. 　　The Simpleton sat down and was sad. Then he suddenly noticed that there was a trapdoor next to his feather. He lifted it up, found a stairway, and climbed down inside. He came to another door and knocked on it, upon which he heard someone calling out from within: 　　Maiden green and *** all, Hopping toad, Hopping toad’s puppy, Hop to and fro, Quickly see who is outside. 　　The door opened, and he saw a big, fat toad sitting there, surrounded by a large number of little toads. The fat toad asked what he wanted. 　　The Simpleton answered, "I would like the most beautiful and finest carpet." 　　Then the fat toad called to a young toad, saying: 　　Maiden green and *** all, Hopping toad, Hopping toad’s puppy, Hop to and fro, Bring me the large box. 　　The young toad brought the box, and the fat toad opened it, then gave the Simpleton a carpet from it. It was so beautiful and so fine, the like of which could never have been woven in the world above. He thanked the toad and climbed back out. 　　Now the other two thought that their brother was so stupid that he would not find anything to bring home. 　　"Why should we spend a lot of effort looking for a carpet?" they said, so they took some pieces of course cloth from the first shepherd’s wife they came to, and took these back home to the king. 　　At the same time they returned home, the Simpleton arrived, bringing his beautiful carpet. When the king saw it, he was astounded, and said, "It is only right that the kingdom should go to my youngest son." 　　However, the two other sons gave their father no peace, saying that it would be impossible for the Simpleton to bee king, because he lacked understanding in all things. They asked him to declare another contest. 　　Then the father said, "He who brings me the most beautiful ring shall inherit the kingdom." Leading the three brothers outside, he blew the three feathers into the air that they were to follow. 　　The two oldest brothers again went to the east and to the west, and the Simpleton’s feather again flew straight ahead, falling down next to the door in the ground. Once again he climbed down to the fat toad and told it that he needed the most beautiful ring. The toad had the box brought out again and gave him from it a ring that glistened with precious stones and was so beautiful that no gold *** ith on earth could have made it. 　　The two oldest brothers laughed at the Simpleton, who was going to look for a golden ring, and they took no effort at all. Instead, they drove the nails out of an old wagon ring and brought it to the king. However, when the Simpleton presented his ring, the king said once again, "The kingdom belongs to him." 　　The two oldest sons tormented the king endlessly, until finally he declared a third contest, saying that he who would bring home the most beautiful woman should have the kingdom. 　　Once again he blew the three feathers into the air and they flew in the same directions as before. 　　Without hesitating, the Simpleton went back to the fat toad and said, "I am supposed to take home the most beautiful woman." 　　"Oh!" answered the toad. "The most beautiful woman! She is not here at the moment, but you shall have her nonetheless." 　　The fat toad gave him a hollowed out yellow turnip, to which were harnessed six little mice. 　　The Simpleton said sadly, "What am I to do with this?" 　　The toad answered, "Just put one of my little toads inside it." 　　The he grabbed one of them from the group and set it inside the yellow coach. The little toad was scarcely inside when it turned into a beautiful young lady, the turnip into a coach, and the six mice into horses. He kissed her, raced away with the horses, and brought her to the king. 　　His brothers came along afterward. They had given no effort to find a beautiful woman, but simply brought along the first peasant women they had e upon. 　　After looking at them, the king said, "After my death the kingdom belongs to my youngest son." 　　However, the two oldest sons again deafened the king’s ears with the cry, "We cannot allow the Simpleton to bee king," and they demanded that the preference should go to the brother whose woman could jump through a hoop that was hanging in the middle of the hall. 　　They thought, "The peasant women will be able to do that very well. They are very strong, but the dainty lady will jump herself to death." 　　The old king gave in to this as well. The two peasant women did indeed jump through the hoop, but they were so plump that each one fell, breaking her thick arms and legs. Then the beautiful lady, that the Simpleton had brought home, jumped, and she jumped through the hoop as lightly as a deer. 　　After this all the protests had to stop. Thus the Simpleton received the crown, and he ruled wisely for a long time. 　　从前有个国王，他有三个儿子。老大和老二聪明伶俐，小儿子却头脑简单，不爱说话，人们管他叫「缺心眼」。国王年纪大了，身体虚弱，想到身后之事，觉得难以确定究竟由哪个儿子来继承王位。他把三个儿子找来对他们说：「你们谁带回来的地毯最漂亮，谁就能继承王位。」他认为这样他们就没甚么可争辩的了。他将儿子们领到外面，对着三片羽毛吹了一口气，说：「你们分头跟着羽毛所指的方向去找吧。」三片羽毛一片朝东，一片朝西，第三片直著朝上飞了一阵就落在地上了。两个哥哥对「缺心眼」弟弟嘲笑了一番，因为他只能留在本地，然后他们一东一西去寻找最美丽的地毯去了。小王子十分难过地坐到地上，猛然发现羽毛边有扇地板门。他掀开盖板，看到有几级楼梯，就沿着梯级往下走。不久又是一道门，他伸手敲了敲，听到有人在里面说： 　　「青青侍女跛着脚，跛脚小狗到处跳，瞧瞧有谁会来到。」 　　门开处，只见一只巨大的蟾蜍蹲在那儿，四周挤满了小蟾蜍。它问小王子要甚么，小王子说：「我想要世界上最漂亮、质地最好的地毯。」大蟾蜍召来一个小蟾蜍对它说： 　　「青青侍女跛着脚，跛脚小狗到处跳，搬来大箱子瞧一瞧。」 　　小蟾蜍于是搬来一口大箱子，大蟾蜍开启盖，从里面拿出一块地毯给「缺心眼」。那地毯质地优良，图案和色彩也十分漂亮，世界上简直没谁能织得出。小王子谢过大蟾蜍之后，带上地毯出来了。再说两个哥哥认为弟弟傻，相信他找不到甚么好地毯，也就不想费周折用心找了。他们都是从最先遇到的牧羊人的妻子那里买了些织得很粗糙的羊毛手帕带了回来。这时，「缺心眼」也回来了，他将那块美丽无比的地毯交给了父亲，国王一看惊讶地说：「公正地说，王位该归小王子。」 　　可是另外两兄弟吵吵嚷嚷说不能让「缺心眼」当国王，因为他干甚么都考虑不周全。他们吵得国王不得安宁，非要再比试比试不可。国王于是说：「谁带给我的戒指最漂亮，谁就继承王位。」说著又将三个儿子带到外面，朝空气中吹了三片羽毛，让他们跟着羽毛所指的方向去寻找。大王子和二王子又是一东一西，而「缺心眼」的羽毛又是朝上升起之后落到原地。哥哥们讥笑他，说他找不到金戒指，自己却取出旧的金戒指拿到金店去重新打制。小王子像上次一样爬了下去，向大蟾蜍要世界上最漂亮的戒指。大蟾蜍吩咐搬来大箱子，从里面取出一个闪闪发光的宝石戒指，其工艺之精湛，是地上任何工匠都做不出来的。当小王子将金戒指拿给国王时，做父亲的又说：「王位属于小王子。」可两个哥哥仍不甘心，他们不断给父亲施加压力，非让他答应再比试一次。还说看谁带回家的姑娘最漂亮谁就继位。国王还是朝天上吹了三片羽毛，它们所指的方向和以前一样。 　　「缺心眼」立刻下去找大蟾蜍，说：「我要把世界上最美丽的姑娘带回家!」「哦?最漂亮的姑娘!」大蟾蜍说，「她这会儿不在家。不过你还是可以带她回家的。」说著就将一个套著六只小老鼠的空心萝卜交给他。「缺心眼」小王子无可奈何地说：「我拿这些有甚么用呢?」大蟾蜍说：「抓只小蟾蜍放进去就行了。」他随手抓了一只放了进去，那小蟾蜍还没坐下，就立刻变成了一位美丽端庄的姑娘，萝卜变成了真正的马车，六只小老鼠变成了六匹骏马。「缺心眼」吻了吻姑娘，立刻赶着马车回来见父亲。他的两个哥哥随后也回来了，他们不愿意多费力气寻找美丽的姑娘，而是把最先遇到的农家姑娘带了回来。国王一看就说：「我死后王位由小王子继承。」两个哥哥又吵又闹，说：「我们不同意’缺心眼’当国王!」直吵得国王耳朵都要聋了。他们要求在大厅中央挂一个圆圈，谁的妻子能跳着钻过去，谁就能继承王位。他们暗想：「农家姑娘结实强壮，跳过那圈子不会有问题，而那漂亮姑娘准会摔死。」国王没法，只好同意了。首先是两个村姑跳，她们跳过去了，但是笨拙得摔折了粗手大脚;轮到小王子的美貌姑娘，只见她轻轻一跃就过去了，轻盈得像只小鹿。这一下谁都无话可说了。小王子继承了王位，成了一位英明的国王。 　　：The Sirens 海妖塞壬 　　Far out in the sea there was an island, on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens, the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird, the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers, singing in voices that excited the hearts of men. The attractive songs were so sweet that ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks. No sailor nor ship had ever been known to pass the Island of the Sirens without being attracted to disaster. 　　Acting on the advice of Circe, Odysseus took careful preparation against the Sirens. Before their ships came to where they could hear the song, Odysseus had himself tied to the mast桅杆，柱 , stopped the ears of his men with wax蜡 and ordered them to ignore his orders and gestures when they were passing the fatal island. 　　Soon they came in sight of the rocky island, and the attractive song reached the ears of Odysseus. It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to free himself and shouted for his men to turn towards the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters. But no one paid any attention to him. The sailors kept straight on until they were pletely out of hearing. Then his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears. For once the Sirens had sung with no effects. The eldest of the sisters, Partherope, loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed. 　　遥远的海面上有一岛屿，石崖边居住着唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三姐妹。半人半鸟的塞壬姐妹们坐在一片花丛里，唱着盎惑人心的歌，甜美的歌声把过往的船只引向该岛，然后撞上礁石船毁人亡。过往的海员和船只都受到迷惑走向毁灭，无一幸免。 　　奥德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告。为了对付塞壬姐妹，他采取了谨慎的防备措施。船只还没驶到能听到歌声的地方，奥德修斯就令人把他拴在桅杆上，并吩咐手下用蜡把他们的耳朵塞住，他还告诫他们通过死亡岛时不要理会他的命令和手势。 　　不久石岛就进入了他们的视线。奥德修斯听到了迷人的歌声。歌声如此令人神往，他绝望地挣扎着要解除束缚，并向随从叫喊着要他们驶向正在繁花茂盛的草地上唱歌的海妖姐妹，但没人理他。海员们驾驶船只一直向前，直到最后再也听不到歌声。这时他们才给奥德修斯松绑，取出他们耳朵中的蜡。这次塞壬海妖们算是白唱了歌。三姐妹中的老大帕耳塞洛珀深深地爱慕著奥德修斯，当他的船只走过后，她就投海自尽了。 　　：Hecuba 赫克犹巴 　　Hecuba’s life was one of grief and sorrow. She saw with her own eyes her eldest born Hector killed and insulted侮辱 by Achilles. She saw her son Polites slain in front of her by Pyrrhus. And she saw her hu *** and, the aged Priam, dragged towards the household altar祭坛，圣坛 and ruthlessly无情地 butchered there. After the fall of Troy she was carried into slavery. She had the misfortune to witness her daughter Polyxena, her sole consolation in bondage, sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles. She had the sad fate to see washed ashore the corpse of her youngest son Polydorus, who had been entrusted to委托给 the Thracian king for safe keeping. With her fifty children all dead she became the queen of sorrows from whom no other woman could obtain the crown. Yet in her distress and despair, she plucked up her courage to avenge herself upon the Thracian king, who had murdered her son in order to get her son’s gold. Later, as Dionysushad prophesied预言 , she was transformed into a dog with bloodshot充血的 eyes and，unable to endure the new misery, she leapt into the sea and thus ended her unfortunate life. 　　赫克犹巴的一生充满了痛苦与悲哀。她亲眼目睹了长子海克特被阿基里斯侮辱，尔后被杀害;儿子波利斯被皮洛士杀死在自己面前;年迈的丈夫皮安姆被拖到家庭祭坛残酷地处死。特洛伊沦陷后，她成了一名奴隶。她又不幸地看到了自己在奴役中的惟一安慰——女儿波里丝娜被血祭于阿基里斯的墓前。为了使最小的儿子波里德诺斯能得到妥善的照顾，她把他委托给了塞希国王。可是，不幸的命运又使她看到了被冲到海边的儿子的尸体。她的50个孩子都死了，赫克犹巴因此成为悲哀女王，而别的女人都无法得到这顶王冠。然而，即使处于痛苦与绝望之中，她仍旧鼓足勇气向塞希国王复仇，因为塞希国王为了得到她儿子的黄金而杀死了他。后来，正如狄俄尼索斯所预言，她被变成了一条狗，眼带血丝。她不堪忍受这种新的痛苦，就跳进海里，结束了自己不幸的一生。

英语励志小故事

　　伟人之所以伟大，是因为他与别人共处逆境时，别人失去了信心，他却下决心实现自己的目标。那么你知道英文的’励志故事吗？下面和我一起来看看吧！

　　英语励志小故事50字

　　《The Crow and The Pitcher》  A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher.  But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water.  When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another and dropped it in.  Gradually, the water rose, and the crow was able to drink the water.

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　　《口渴的乌鸦》

　　一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。终于，他找到了一个大水罐。

　　然而，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。

　　就在他想放弃的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，接着又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。

　　渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。

　　寓意：有些东西虽然看起来微不足道，但如果积少成多，便会带来很大变化。

　　掩耳盗铃

　　Covering One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell

　　Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.

　　One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.”

　　Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What are you doing?” the owner says angrily.

　　掩耳盗铃

　　王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

　　一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢?”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。“啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。”

　　于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说：“你在干什么?”

　　两只狗

　　Two dogs

　　A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house.

　　When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the housedog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “I work very hard outside, but you do nothing and share my food.”

　　“Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.

　　Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parents.

　　两只狗

　　有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。

　　当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”

　　看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”

　　不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。

带有中英文励志的小故事

　　中英文励志的小故事：快乐在你心里

　　Look Within to Find Happiness

　　How often do you hear people say "I will be happy when ..."such as "When I get that thing, I will be happy," "I will be happy when I pass the exam" and "I would be happy if I had more money". I have heard these things before and I am sure that I will hear them again.

　　"等我得到那个东西就会开心","等我通过那次考试就会开心","等我有更多的钱就会开心",诸如此类的"等……的时候就会开心"话,你听过不少次吧?我听过这样话,而且相信以后还会听到。

　　Many people want to believe that finding happiness is all about finding or getting something that they want. However, not many people have ever found long-term happiness by achieving a goal. There will always be another thing that they want. There will always be another exam or another dollar.

　　许多人都相信,找到幸福就等于找到或得到他们的心仪之物。然而,很多人并没有在目标实现之后就获得长久的幸福。这是因为人们总想要得到更多的东西,总还要走入考场,总还要赚更多的钱。

　　To break this vicious cycle, we must find our happiness somewhere else —within ourselves. In other words, happiness is completely an inside job. The key to finding happiness is to understand that happiness is a choice rather than the result of an experience. We have been given duanwenw.com everything

　　为了打破这种恶性循环,我们必须在其他地方找到幸福——那就是在我们的内心世界里。换句话说,幸福是心灵的产物。得到幸福的关键就在于要懂得幸福是一种选择,而不是经历的结果。

　　We need to be happy. Allow yourself to choose happiness. If life was perfect, would you be happy? Life is perfect because we create it with our choices. Since we can create life, we can create happiness and choose how much better our lives can get!

　　我们已经拥有获得幸福所需要的一切。去选择自己的幸福吧!倘若生活是完美的,你会觉得幸福吗?人生之所以完美就因为它是我们通过选择创造出来的。既然我们能创造生活,我们就能创造幸福,并选择更美好的人生!

　　Only when we can accept that life is perfect as it is, and that our lives are the sum total of everything that has happened up to this moment, can we accept the joy and the happiness we deserve.

　　我们只有在接受生活原本就很完美,并且生活就是此刻所经历之事的全部之时,我们才能得到我们应得的那份喜悦与幸福。

　　中英文励志的小故事：找寻自己

　　Find Yourself

　　Who are we? That is the first question. It’s a question that’s almost impossible to answer.

　　我们到底是谁?这是我们要解答的第一个问题，是一个几乎回答不了的问题

　　But we all agree that one’s busy or daily self is not quite one’s real self. We’re quite sure that we’ve lost something in the course of just making our living.。

　　但是我们都同意这一点，那个每天在日常生活中奔忙的自己，并不是我们真实的自己。我们都很清楚，我们在为生计奔波的过程中失去了某些东西。

　　A crowd is watching a person running about looking for something in a field, and a wise man asks, “What has that person lost?” Someone may guess a watch, another a diamond ring. When everyone has guessed, the wise man who like everyone else there has no idea, says, “I’ll tell you one thing for sure. He’s lost some breath.”

　　当一群人看着一个人在田野中奔跑着寻找某个东西时，智者向他们出了一个谜题：“那个人到底丢失了什么?”有个人认为是一块手表，另一个人认为是一枚钻石戒指。其他人也有不同的答案，智者也不知道那个人丢失了什么，但他却说：“我可以明确地告诉你们一件事，他丢失了一些生命力。”

　　And no one can deny that he’s right. The point is that we often forget our true selves in pursuit of things that are external1 to us, like a bird forgetting its own danger in pursuit of a mantis, which in turn forgets its own danger in pursuit of some other prey.

　　没有人认为智者所言是错的。其实我们经常在为生计奔波时忘记了我们自己，就像一只鸟在捕捉螳螂时忘记了自己的`安危，相应地，螳螂在捕捉它的猎物时也忘记了自己的安危。

　　中英文励志的小故事：停止

　　Just Quit

　　Quit making excuses! Making excuses or blaming others for any situation in your life is nothing more than playing the victim.

　　停止编造借口!无论生活中发生何种情况，编造借口或责怪他人无非是一种假扮受害者的行为。

　　Take responsibility! Make your life decisions, and if you don’t, then it’s your fault. You are a spiritual being in a physical body, and your spirit should run your life. Take it back! Make today the day you quit playing the victim by making excuses and blaming others for what happens to you.

　　承担起责任!你应自己做决定，如果没有，那么这是你的失误。你的思想存在于你的身体里，而你的思想左右你的生活。取回你的思想!从今天开始，当面对发生在你身上的事时，停止编造借口或责怪他人。

　　Quit procrastinating! Cancer is not the most deadly killer; procrastination is. It kills dreams. It kills your future. Never use the phrase “I’ll try”. There is no such thing as trying. Pay attention when others use this phrase: ninety-nine percent of the time they do nothing. The words are just an easy way to comfort oneself.

　　不要拖延!癌症并非最可怕的杀手，拖延才是。它扼杀梦想;它断送未来。绝不说“我试试!”这样的话，并没有尝试一说。当其他人这么说时你应注意到，99%的可能是他们并未尝试。这些词不过是种简单的自我安慰。

　　Quit thinking self-defeating thoughts! Quit thinking that you can’t do what you want to do. It’s not what you are that’s holding you back; it’s what you think you are. You were given all the equipment you need to accomplish anything you desire. Use that power today.

　　拒绝那些会让你受到打击的想法!不要认为你无法完成你想做的事。让你退却的不是你的现状如何，而是你怎样评价自己。你具备那些能够使你达成梦想的条件，从今天起，让它们发挥作用。

　　As for bad habits: just quit! Take the challenge. Pick one, and quit it this week. Next week pick another, and so on. Improve your life by being a “quitter” now.

　　戒掉不良习惯!接受这项挑战。选一个坏习惯，从这个星期开始，戒掉它!下周开始另一个，以此类推。做一个“终结者”，让你的生活越来越好。

谁知道一些积极向上的英文故事

人生的大石头(Big Rocks) One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. 一天，时间管理专家为一群学生讲课。他现场做了演示，给学生们留下了一生都难以磨灭的印象。As he stood in front of the group of overachievers he said, "OK, time for a quiz." He pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" 站在那些高智商高学历的学生前面，他说：“我们来做个小测验”，拿出一个一加仑的广口瓶放在他面前的桌上。随后，他取出一堆拳头大小的石块，仔细地一块放进玻璃瓶。直到石块高出瓶口，再也放不下了，他问道：“瓶子满了？”Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes." The time management expert replied, "Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is this jar full?" 所有学生应道：“满了！”。时间管理专家反问：“真的？”他伸手从桌下拿出一桶砾石，倒了一些进去，并敲击玻璃瓶壁使砾石填满下面石块的间隙。“现在瓶子满了吗？”他第二次问道。By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"但这一次学生有些明白了，“可能还没有”，一位学生应道。“很好！”专家说。他伸手从桌下拿出一桶沙子，开始慢慢倒进玻璃瓶。沙子填满了石块和砾石的所有间隙。他又一次问学生：“瓶子满了吗？”"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!" “没满！”学生们大声说。他再一次说：“很好！”然后他拿过一壶水倒进玻璃瓶直到水面与瓶口平。抬头看着学生，问道：“这个例子说明什么？”一个心急的学生举手发言：“无论你的时间多少，如果你确实努力，你可以做更多的事情！”"No," the speaker replied, "that’s not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all. What are the ’big rocks’ in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all."“不！”时间管理专家说，“那不是它真正的意思，这个例子告诉我们：如果你不是先放大石块，那你就再也不能把它放进瓶子了。那么，什么是你生命中的大石头呢？也许是你的道德感、你的梦想？还有你的---切切记得先去处理这些大石块，否则，一辈子你都不能做！”

励志的英文小故事八十至一百字

The Crow and The Pitcher A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher. But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again, but still could not touch the water. When he was about to give up, an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher. Then he took another and dropped it in. Gradually, the water rose, and the crow was able to drink the water. 口渴的乌鸦一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。终于，他找到了一个大水罐。然而，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。就在他想放弃的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，接着又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。寓意：有些东西虽然看起来微不足道，但如果积少成多，便会带来很大变化。(2)英语励志故事：雄鹰A boy found an eagle’s egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains."Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don’t give it another thought. That’s the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn’t give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens! 一个小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。 “哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊！”鹰说。山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样！”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话！（3）孤岛上的故事，痛苦有时是上天的恩典 The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island.He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him,and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.The worst had happened; everything was lost.He was stunned with grief and anger. “God how could you do this to me!” he cried.Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island.It had come to rescue him.“How did you know I was here?” asked the weary man of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shouldn’t lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.For all the negative things we have say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for to it. 在一场船难中，唯一的生存者随着潮水，漂流到一座无人岛上。他天天激动地祈祷神救他能够早日离开此处，回到家乡。他还每天注视着海上有否可搭救他的人，但却是除了汪洋一片，什么也没有。后来，他决定用那片带他到小岛的木头造一个简陋的小木屋，以保护他在这险恶的环境中生存，并且保存他所有剩下的东西。但有一天，在他捕完食物后，准备回小屋时，突然发现他的小屋竟然陷在熊熊烈火之中，大火引起的浓烟不断向天上窜。悲痛的他，气愤的对天呐喊着：神啊！你怎么可以这样对待我！顿时，眼泪从他的眼角中流出。最悲惨的是：他所有的一切东西，在这一瞬间通通化为乌有了。第二天一早，他被一艘正靠近小岛的船只的鸣笛声所吵醒。是的，有人来救他了。到了船上时，他问那些船员说：「你怎么知道我在这里？」「因为我们看到了信号般的浓烟。」他们回答说。人在碰到困难时，很容易会沮丧。不过无论受到折磨或者痛苦，都不用因此失去信心，因为上帝一直在我们心里面做着奇妙的工作。记住：当下一次你的小木屋着火时，那可能只是上帝美妙恩典的表征而已。在所有我们所认为负面的事情，上帝都是有正面答案的。

校园励志英文小故事

　　导语：就这样长大，像真实的童话，历经苦难的捶打，绽放的是不败之花以下是我整理校园励志真实小故事的资料，欢迎阅读参考。

　　校园励志真实小故事1

　　A bus full of passengers was speeding along the downhill road, and a man was following the car closely. A passenger pushed his head out of the window and said, "man! You can’t catch it!

　　"I have to catch it," gasped the man. "I’m the driver of this car."

　　(some people have to work very hard, because otherwise, the consequences will be miserable! But it is also because of the need to go all out, that the underlying instinct and the hidden qualities will eventually be revealed.

　　校园励志真实小故事2

　　A guest visited someone’s house and saw that the chimney was straight and there was a lot of wood next to it. The guest told the master that the chimney must be changed, and the wood must be removed, or there might be a fire in the future, and the master heard nothing.

　　Near his master’s house was on fire, the surrounding neighbors hurriedly ran to the fire, the fire was put out, then the master cook sheep slaughtered cattle, banquets, neighbourhood to reward they put out the fire, but did not please had suggested that he will be wood removed and chimney change curve.

　　Someone said to his master: "if you had listened to the gentleman, do not have to be ready to feast today, and there is no loss of fire, reward from now, the original give you advice is not grateful, and fire is house guest, is really very strange thing! The host immediately understood, hurriedly go to invite the guest that give advice originally to eat wine.

　　Prevention is better than cure, and it is better to prevent it before it is done.

　　校园励志真实小故事3

　　A: "the new neighbor is so hateful. Last night, at midnight last night, when the night was quiet, he rang the doorbell of my house."

　　B: "damn it! Did you call the police right away?"

　　A: "no. I think they’re nuts and keep blowing my trumpet."

　　If you can see yourself first, the answer will be different. When you face conflict and conflict, think about whether you have a loss in your heart, or you may soon be able to let go.

英文哲理励志故事

　　几乎每一个经典励志的英文小故事历都包含着很多哲理，那么经典励志英文小故事都有哪些呢?下面是我给大家整理的，供大家参阅! 　　：小红帽 　　Little Red Riding Hood 　　Little Red Riding Hood is a lovely girl. She likes red hats. So her mother calls her little Red Riding Hood. 　　Her grandma loves her very much. But now she is ill. Her mother is busy. So she asks little Riding Hood to see her grandma. 　　In the forest, a wolf sees little Red Riding Hood, “Look, little Riding Hood. I have children for lunch, the path goes to her grandma’s house.” 　　The wolf es to grandma’s house and eats grandma. Then he wears grandma’s glasses and clothes, and in her bed. 　　After a while, little Red Riding Hood es to grandma’s bed. To her surprise, grandma’s mouth is very big. So she asks: “Grandma, why is your mouth so big?” “I eat little girls with this mouth.” And he rushed at little Red Riding Hood. 　　：聪明的野兔 　　A Clever Hare 　　Billy hare is hungry and finds a radish. What he picks it up, Mr. Fox is behind him and wants to eat him. “I’m hungry, too. You’ve my dinner. I’m going to eat you,” ha says. 　　Billy Hare is shocked, but he isn’t scared. He says, “Follow me. I have better food for you.” 　　They go to a well. 　　“Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water. “What’s that?” Mr. Fox asks surprisingly. “It’s a big and fat hen. Let’s get down and fetch it.” Billy Hare says and gets down with a pail. 　　“Can you out the hen into the pail?” Mr. Fox shouts. “No. She’s too big,” Billy Hare says, “e down, please. We can take her up together. Jump into the other pail.” 　　Mr.Fox does so. When he gets down, Billy Hare gets up. “Good-bye!” Billy Hare gets down, Billy Hare gets out of the well and says. Mr. Fox can’t get out. 　　聪明的野兔 　　野兔比利很饿，他找到了一只萝卜。当他捡起萝卜的时候，狐狸先生正在他的生后，想吃了他。 “我也饿了。你是我的晚餐，我要吃了你。”狐狸说。 　　比利很吃惊，但是他并不害怕。他说：“跟我来，我有更好的食物给你。” 　　他们来来一口井边。 　　“朝这下面看，”比利说， “水里有东西。”“是什么呀?”狐狸先生好奇地问：“那是一只有大又费肥的母亲。我们下去把她捉上来。”比利说著，乘一只水桶下去了。 　　“你能把鸡放进桶里里。”狐狸问他：“不行，这只鸡太大了，”比利说，“下来吧。我们可以一起把它捉上去。快掉到另一只水桶里吧。” 　　狐狸照做了。当他下去的时候，比利就上来了。“再见。”比利从井里出来时说。而狐狸却出不来了。 　　：狼和狗 　　The Wolf and the Dog 　　There is a wolf. He is very hungry and has no strength to find food. As he lies under a large tree, a dog sees him. The dog sees the wolf is so thin and hungry, and he feels sorry for him and says, “You are so terrible! Are you hungry?” 　　“Yes,” says the wolf, “I’m hungry because you are guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I can’t find food. I think I will do.” 　　“Why not help me?” Asks the dog, “I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the same. You can help me guard the sleep. In that way, I will not worry about your stealing the sleep, and you will not worry about going hungry. It’s good for us. 　　The wolf thinks it over and thinks the dog is right. So they walk to the dog’s house. As they are walking, the wolf sees that only the hair of the dog’s neck is very thin. He is curious about this. So he asks the dog about it. 　　“Oh, don’t worry about that,” says the dog, “It’s the place where the collar ties on the neck. My master chains me up at night,” 　　“Chained up!” shouts the wolf, “Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I e to live with you, will I be chained up at night, too?” 　　“That’s night,” says the dog, “But, you’ll get used to it.” 　　“But, if I am chained up, I won’t be free.” After saying this, the wolf turns round and runs away. 　　The dog shouts, “Wait! e back! I’m not free, but I’m healthy. I have good food, and a warm place to sleep. I like enjoying life. In fact, I’m freer than you are.” 　　狼和狗 　　有一只狼，他非常饿，而且饿得没有力气去找吃的了。当他躺在一棵大树下时，一只狗看见了他。看到狼又饿又瘦，狗挺可怜他的：“你看上去真可怕。你很饿啊?“ 　　“是的。”狼说，“我饿是因为你和你的伙伴看守着羊群。现在我弱得没法去找食物。我想我就快要死了。” 　　“为什么不帮我呢?”狗说，“我们按时工作，准时吃饭。你也行的。你可以帮我看羊群。那样我就不用担心你会来偷羊，你也不用担心挨饿了。这对我们都有好处。” 　　狼考虑了一下，觉得狗说的对，他们就一起朝狗的屋子走去了。正走着，狼看见口脖子上的毛很少。他觉得好奇，就问狗怎么回事。 　　“啊，别担心，”狗说，“这是系狗项圈的地方，晚上主人会把我拴起来。” 　　“拴起来?”狼叫起来，“你是说晚上你会拴起来?如果我去和你住，晚上也会被拴起来?” 　　“没错，”狗说，“但是你会习惯的。” 　　“但是，如果被拴起来，我就不自由了。”说完，狼转身跑了。 　　狗大声喊道：“等等!回来!我是不自由，可是我很健康，我有好的食物，有个温暖的地方睡觉。你太喜欢享受生活了。我其实比你还自由些。”