My mom always said,"If you don't like where you are…just picture where you wannabe."
If you're not moving forward, you're falling behind.
我们就像海中的岛屿,表面上是分开的,但在深处是相连的。
 释义:贫穷和地位低下不是什么耻辱的事,但因为贫穷和地位低下而向他人谄媚奉承,乞求得到施舍,就真是耻辱。
Losses loom larger than gains in people's minds.
The metropolis has always been the seat of the money economy.