1. Do business, but be not a slave to it.

　　要做事，但不必做事务的奴仆。
2.Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.

　　大伙的事便是无人过问的事。
3. Work makes the workman.

　　勤工出巧匠。
4. Better master one than engage with ten.

　　会十事，比不上精一事。
5. A work ill done must be twice done.

　　初次做不太好，务必再次搞。
6. They who cannot do as they would, must do as they can.不可以如愿以偿而行，也须量力而行。
7. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself.

　　想把事情来做好，就得亲力亲为搞。
8. He that doth most at once doth least.

　　任何东西都想一次做完，結果一件也做不完;贪多嚼不烂。
9. Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

　　照大部分人那般干，大家会将你夸赞。
10. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.

　　在无论怎样都可以做的事情，一直在无论怎样也不做的事情。
11. Better late than never.

　　迟做总怕不做好。
12. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

　　但凡非常值得做的事，就值得做好。
13. The shortest answer is doing the thing.

　　最简洁明了的回应便是一个“干”字。
14. Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

　　行为是专业知识之佳果。
15. Finished labours are pleasant.

　　进行工作是一乐。
16. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

　　沒有土壤层，栽种也是徒劳无功。
17. It is right to put everything in its proper use.

　　一切都运用得其所。
18. Affairs that are done by due degrees are soon ended.

　　循规蹈矩，事情迅速就做完。
19. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　只工作，不玩乐，聪慧孩子也变傻。
20. Work bears witness who does well.

　　工作能证实谁做的好。
21. It is not work that kills, but worry.

　　工作不容易伤元气，伤身原是焦虑。
22. He that will not work shall not eat.

　　不工作者不可食。
23. Business is business.

　　不讲情面。

　　24. An idle youth, a needy age.

　　少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

　　25. Put your shoulder to the wheel.

　　勤奋工作。
26. Never do things by halves.

　　做事不必急于求成。
27. In for a penny, in for a pound.

　　做事一开头，就需要做究竟;一不做，二不休。
28. Many hands make quick work.

　　人比较多干活儿快。
29. Many hands make light work.

　　众擎易举。
30. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

　　技术性拙劣的职工埋怨自身的专用工具。
31. Diligence is the mother of success.

　　努力是取得成功之母。
32. Idleness is the root of all evil.

　　懒散乃罪恶之源。
33. Care and diligence bring luck.

　　慎重和努力产生好运气。
34. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

　　勤恳是幸运之母。
35. Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left.

　　勤恳是极其幸运的左手，勤俭节约是极其幸运的右手。
36. Idleness is the key of beggary.

　　懒散出乞讨者。
37. No root, no fruit.

　　没根就未果。
38. Idle people (folks) have the most labour (take the most pains).

　　不用动手做工作，越懒越费劲。
39. Sloth is the key of poverty.

　　惰能致贫。
40. Sloth tarnishes the edge of wit.

　　散漫能磨掉智谋的光芒。
41. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.

　　懒汉的大脑是恶魔的加工厂。
42. The secret of wealth lies in the letters SAVE.

　　勤俭节约是发家致富的窍门。