该句使用类比结构说明谦逊对优秀品质的衬托作用。
If you want to gain knowledge, you must work hard; if you want to obtain food, you must work hard; if you want to find happiness, you must also work hard, for toil is the law of obtaining everything.
I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Humility is to excellence as shading is to a picture; it makes it more powerful and more prominent.
Zeal without knowledge is like an expedition in the dark.
Fall down, get up, and you will succeed.
I want every goal to stay before my eyes, from the first glimmer of dawn, until the whole world is bathed in light.
You should hold reputation as the hallmark of your highest character.
In any circumstance, uphold the truth of Jesus Christ's redemption and the greatest commandment—love your neighbor as yourself.
I have no extraordinary intelligence, only a persevering spirit of thought. Do your best today, and perhaps tomorrow you will do better.
To attempt to replace one's own efforts with fervent prayer for God's blessing is an act of dishonesty and human weakness.
你若想获得知识，你该下苦功；你若想获得食物，你该下苦功；你若想得到快乐，你也该下苦功，因为辛苦是获得一切的定律。
我可以计算天体运行的轨道，却无法计算人性的疯狂。
如果说我看得远，那是因为我站在巨人们的肩上。
谦虚对于优点犹如图画中的阴影，会使之更加有力，更加突出。
无知识的热心，犹如在黑暗中远征。
跌倒了，爬起来，便会成功。
每一个目标，我都要它停留在我眼前，从第一线曙光初现开始，一直保留，慢慢展开，直到整个大地一片光明为止。
你该将名誉作为你最高人格的标志。
不管任何环境下，要守住耶稣基督救赎的真理与最大诫命——爱人如己。
我并无过人的智能，有的只是坚持不懈的思索精力而已。今天尽你最大的努力去做好，明天也许能做的更好。
企图仅以迫切祷告祈求上帝的祝福，来取代自己所该付出的努力，是一种不诚实的行为，是出于人性的懦弱。
"Humility does not equate to weakness."
"In the face of success, learn humility and restrain your pride."
"Work with high standards, but live with humility"
"We should never become too conceited or arrogant regardless of our achievements"
"Those who are arrogant and self-righteous rarely earn respect."