不可坐享其成。
Birds ready cooked do not fly into your mouth.
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.
Larks do not fall ready-roasted into your mouth.
Roast geese don’t come flying into the mouth.
不劳动就没有安逸和休息。
Without labor there was no ease, no rest.
不劳动者不得食。
He that will not work shall not eat.
He that would eat / have the fruit must climb the tree.
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut.
He who does not work neither shall he eat.
He who will not work shall not eat.
He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell.
No mill, no meal.
No song, no supper.
不劳而获。
One sows and another reaps.
不劳无获。
No pains, no gains.
No gains without pains.
Nothing to be got without pains.
Sow nothing, reap nothing.
床是懒汉的囚牢。
Bed is the lazy man’s prison.
好运是努力的产儿。
Good fortune is the offspring（后代）of the endeavors（奋进）.
谨慎与勤奋带来好运。
Care and diligence bring luck.
懒惰必贫。
Sloth is the key of poverty.
懒人一觉睡到第二天中午。
The sluggard（懒汉）makes his night till noon.
劳动创造甜蜜的果实。
Sweet is the fruit of labor.
劳动创造幸福。
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell.
He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.
Labor is often the father of pleasure.
劳动不愁没有收获。
There is no tree but bears fruit.
劳动根虽苦，果实甘又甜。
Labor has a bitter root but a sweet taste.
Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.
劳动力就是我们劳动者的资本。
Labor is the capital of our working men.
劳动者该得食，不劳者该挨饿。
Those who work deserve to eat; those who do not work deserve to starve.
良机对懒惰毫无意义，而勤奋能使最普通的机会成为良机。
Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
勤而不俭，枉费其勤。
If a man is industrious（勤劳的）but not frugal（节俭的）, there is no point in his being industrious.
勤奋的人才会有收获。
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
勤奋累不死人。
Hard work never killed anybody.
勤奋使人身体健康、头脑清楚、专心致志、充足富裕。
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full.
勤奋是成功之母。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是通向成功的康庄大道。
Hard work is the best avenue to success.
勤工出巧匠。
Work makes the workman.
勤劳不会穷。
Poverty is stranger to industry.
勤劳带来成功。
Diligence is the mother of success.
勤劳带来好运。
Diligence is the mother of good luck / fortune.
勤劳带来硕果。
Diligence brings about fruitful results.
勤劳和节俭才能致富。
Industry and frugality produce wealth.
勤劳和节俭是幸运的左膀右臂。
Industry is fortune’s right hand, and frugalit（节俭）y her left.
勤劳是成功的可靠保证。
Diligence is a sure warrant of success.
勤劳是成功之本。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤能补拙。
Diligence redeems stupidity.
The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounts it sooner.
勤能补拙。龟兔赛跑。
The tortoise wins the ace while the hare is sleeping.
勤能克穷。
Diligence outstrips poverty.
勤则富，惰则贫。
When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
求人不如自己勤俭节约。
Better spare to have of thine own, than ask of other man.
人不能光靠运气。
Nothing was left to accident.
人勤快，地肥沃。耕地人的脚是庄稼最好的肥料。
The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land.
The master’s foot makes the ground fat.
人勤自勉，无须鞭策。
Do not spur a willing horse.
人误地一时，则地误人一年。
If man neglects the farmland for just a short time, the farmland will produce nothing for him for a whole year.
如果农夫勤，土地就多产。人勤地不懒。
if the tiller is industrious, the farmland is productive.
手勤脚快，就能吃饱。
Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.
四体不勤，一事无成。
A cat in gloves catches no mice.
Muffled（被包着的）cats catch no mice.
天下无难事，只要勤和专。
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
天助自助者。
Aid yourself, and Heaven will aid you.
God / Heaven help those who help themselves.
Help yourself and God will help you.
需要使人勤劳。
Necessity sharpens industry.
炎夏不做工，寒冬喝北风。
They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer.
They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
炎炎夏日，懒得做事。
Laurence bids wages.
一年之计在于春。
A year’s plan starts with spring.
一日之计在于晨。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
He that will thrive must rise at five.
一事怠惰，事事怠惰。
A dawdle（混日子）in one thing is a dawdle in all.
游手好闲乃万恶之源。
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
An idle person is the devil’s cousin.
Of idleness comes no goodness.
欲望是勤奋的动力。
Want is the mother of industry.
只要劳动就有收获。
Pain is gain.
只有贫困可以不劳而获。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
自力更生才会兴旺发达。自己扶犁自己耕，家业才兴隆。
He that by the plough would thrive, himself must either hold or drive.
自力更生，丰衣足食。
If you brew well, you’ll drink the better.
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
自食其力，心安理得。
Never be ashamed to eat your meat.
坐享其成。
One man makes a chair and another sits in it.
坐享其成。三个人中，一个拨弄草丛，一个捕捉鸟，你却坐享其成。
One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
