采用 'When...; when...' 的并列结构，前后对称，分别对应高低两种情境，动词 'maintain' 重复使用强化了持续性的行为准则，句式工整有力。
Effort does not guarantee success, but without effort, success is impossible.
View the world with a calm perspective and write your life with steady steps.
Learning and creation are the two legs of life, supporting our steady progress.
When you are above others, maintain self-respect; when you are below, maintain dignity.
Cherishing every minute of reality is better than imagining a month or a year.
Integrity is the foundation of character, and pragmatism is the path to success.
Instead of seeking gold externally, seek the true heart within.
The meaning of life lies in whether you can illuminate others while burning yourself.
Only a person who can think possesses boundless power.
The lazy wait for opportunities, while the diligent create them.
I may not be the best, but I am the most diligent.
To become a good teacher, review the old to learn the new; to reach high goals, discard the old and accept the new; to become strong, clarify the old and innovate the new.
努力未必能带来成功，但不努力绝无成功的可能。
以平淡的心态审视世界，用踏实的行动书写人生。
学习与创造，如同人生的双脚，支撑我们稳步前行。
身处高位时应当自重，身处低位时应当自尊。
珍惜现实中的每一分每一秒，胜过空想中的一月一年。
诚信是立身之本，务实是成功之道。
与其向外追求真金，不如向内追求真心。
生命的意义在于，在燃烧自己的同时，能否照亮他人。
唯有具备思考能力的人，才拥有无边的力量。
懒惰者只能被动等待机遇，而勤奋者主动创造机遇。
也许我不是最优秀的，但我是最努力的。
欲做良师，需温故而知新；欲达高远，需吐故而纳新；欲成强者，需明故而创新。
"You must respect yourself first before others will respect you."
"Only by respecting yourself can you command the respect of others."
"Only those who truly respect themselves have the courage to refine their inner self."
"Only when we respect ourselves will others learn to do the same."
"Learning to say "no" is a form of self-respect."