1.非经自己努力所得的创新，就不是真正的创新。——松下幸之助
1. Innovation not achieved through one’s own efforts is not true innovation. —— Matsushita Konosuke

2.人类的创新之举是极其困难的，因此便把已有的形式视为神圣的遗产。——蒙森
2. Human innovation is extremely difficult, so existing forms are regarded as sacred heritage. —— Mommsen

3.想出新办法的人在他的办法没有成功以前，人家总说他是异想天开。——马克•吐温
3. Those who come up with new ideas are always considered eccentric until their ideas are successful. —— Mark Twain

4.异想天开给生活增加了一分不平凡的色彩，这是每一个青年和善感的人所必需的。——巴乌斯托夫斯基
4. Imagination adds an extraordinary touch to life, which is essential for every young and sensitive person. —— Paustovsky

5.我们要记着，作了茧的蚕，是不会看到茧壳以外的世界的。——李四光
5. We must remember that a silkworm in its cocoon cannot see the world beyond the cocoon. —— Li Siguang

6.在科学研究中，是允许创造任何假说的，而且，如果它说明了大量的、独立的各类事实，它就上升到富有根据的学说的等级。——达尔文
6. In scientific research, it is permissible to create any hypothesis, and if it explains a large number of independent facts of various kinds, it rises to the level of a well-founded theory. —— Darwin

7.在自然科学中，创立方法，研究某种重要的实验条件，往往要比发现个别事实更有价值。——巴甫洛夫
7. In natural science, establishing methods and researching important experimental conditions is often more valuable than discovering individual facts. —— Pavlov

8.创新是科学房屋的生命力。——阿西莫夫
8. Innovation is the life force of the scientific house. —— Asimov

9.想像力比知识更重要，因为知识是有限的，而想像力概括着世界上的一切，推动着进步，并且是知识进步的源泉。——爱因斯坦
9. Imagination is more important than knowledge, as knowledge is limited, while imagination encompasses everything in the world, drives progress, and is the source of knowledge advancement. —— Einstein

10.有了精神的实验和观测作为研究的依据，想像力便成为自然科学理论的设计师。——廷德尔
10. With mental experiments and observations as the basis of research, imagination becomes the designer of natural science theories. —— Tyndall

11.若无某种大胆放肆的猜想，一般是不可能有知识的进展的。——爱因斯坦
11. Without some bold and daring guesses, it is generally impossible to make progress in knowledge. —— Einstein

12.科学研究工作，尤其富于创造性的意义，尤其是要依靠自力更生。当然，自力更生并不等于封锁自己。——李四光
12. Scientific research work, especially in its creative significance, relies heavily on self-reliance. Of course, self-reliance does not mean isolating oneself. —— Li Siguang

13.一个人想做点事业，非得走自己的路。要开创新路子，最关键的是你会不会自己提出问题，能正确地提出问题就是迈开了创新的第一步。——李政道
13. If a person wants to achieve something, they must take their own path. To pave new ways, the most critical aspect is whether you can raise questions on your own. Being able to raise questions correctly is the first step in innovation. —— Li Zhengdao

14.一个具有天才的禀赋的人，绝不遵循常人的思维途径。——司汤达
14. A person with a talented disposition never follows the conventional thinking path. —— Stendhal

15.聪明的年轻人以为，如果承认已经被别人承认过的真理，就会使自己丧失独创性，这是最大的错误。——歌德
15. It is a great mistake for smart young people to think that acknowledging truths already recognized by others will cause them to lose their originality. —— Goethe

16.企业的成败在于能否创新，尤其是当前新旧体制转换阶段，在企业特殊困难时期，更需要有这种精神。——黄汉清
16. The success or failure of a business depends on its ability to innovate, especially during the current transition from old to new systems, and even more so during the particularly difficult times for a business. —— Huang Hanqing

17.保守是舒服的产物。——高尔基
17. Conservatism is the product of comfort. —— Gorky

18.在创造家的事业中，每一步都要三思而后行，而不是盲目地瞎碰。——米丘林
18. In the career of a creator, every step should be taken with careful consideration, rather than blindly stumbling around. —— Michurin

19.如果试图改变一些东西，首先应该接受许多东西。——萨特
19. If you attempt to change something, you must first accept many things. —— Sartre

20.大凡实际接触过科学研究的人都知道，不肯超越事实的人很少会有成就。——赫胥黎
20. Anyone who has been actively involved in scientific research knows that those who refuse to go beyond the facts rarely achieve success. —— Huxley

21.如果学习只在模仿，那么我们就不会有科学，也不会有技术。——高尔基
21. If learning is only about imitation, then we would not have science or technology. - Gorky

22.要创新需要一定的灵感，这灵感不是天生的，而是来自长期的积累与全身心的投入。没有积累就不会有创新。——王业宁
22. To innovate requires a certain inspiration, which is not innate but comes from long-term accumulation and wholehearted dedication. Without accumulation, there would be no innovation. - Wang Yening

23.凡能独立工作的人，一定能对自己的工作开辟一条新的路线。——吴有训
23. Anyone who can work independently can definitely blaze a new trail for their work. - Wu Youxun

24.科学到了最后阶段，便遇上了想象。——雨果
24. In the final stage of science, it encounters imagination. - Hugo

25.我们的科学史，只写某人某人取得成功，在成功者之前探索道路的，发现“此路不通”的失败者统统不写，这是很不公平的。——爱因斯坦
25. Our history of science only records the successes of certain individuals, while those who explored the path before the successful ones and discovered “this way does not work” failures are not mentioned at all, which is very unfair. - Einstein

26.独创常常在于发现两个或两人以上研究对象或设想之间的联系或相似之点。——贝弗里奇
26. Originality often lies in discovering connections or similarities between two or more research objects or ideas. - Beveridge

27.致富的秘诀，在于“大胆创新、眼光独到”八个大字。——陈玉书
27. The secret to wealth lies in “daring innovation and unique insights.” - Chen Yushu

28.一些陈旧的、不结合实际的东西，不管那些东西是洋框框，还是土框框，都要大力地把它们打破，大胆地创造新的方法、新的理论，来解决我们的问题。——李四光
28. All outdated and impractical things, whether they are foreign or domestic, should be vigorously broken and new methods and theories should be boldly created to solve our problems. - Li Siguang

29.光看别人脸色行事，把自己束缚起来的人，就不能突飞猛进，尤其是不可能在科学技术日新月异的年代里生存下去，就会掉队。——本田宗一郎
29. Those who only act according to others’ expectations and restrict themselves cannot make rapid progress, especially in the rapidly changing era of science and technology, and will fall behind. - Honda Soichiro

30.蜜蜂则采取一种中间的道路，它从花园和田野里面的花采集材料，但是用它自己的一种力量来改变和消化这种材料。——培根
30. Bees take a middle path; they collect materials from flowers in gardens and fields, but use their own power to transform and digest these materials. - Bacon

31.作出重大发明创造的年轻人，大多是敢于向千年不变的戒规、定律挑战的人，他们做出了大师们认为不可能的事情来，让世人大吃一惊。——费尔马
31. Young people who make significant inventions and creations are mostly those who dare to challenge the unchanging rules and laws of a thousand years. They achieve what masters consider impossible, astonishing the world. - Fermat

32.在科学上，每一条道路都应该走一走。发现一条走不通的道路，就是对于科学的一大贡献。——爱因斯坦
32. In science, every path should be taken. Discovering an impassable path is a great contribution to science. - Einstein

33.同是不满于现状，但打破现状的手段却不同：一是革新，一是复古。——鲁迅
33. Both are dissatisfied with the status quo, but the means to break the status quo are different: one is innovation, and the other is restoration. - Lu Xun

34.对新的对象必须创出全新的概念。——柏格森
34. New concepts must be created for new objects. - Bergson

35.如果你要成功，你应该朝新的道路前进，不要跟随被踩烂了的成功之路。——约翰D洛克菲勒
35. If you want to succeed, you should head towards new paths instead of following the well-trodden path of success. - John D. Rockefeller

36.对于一个艺术家来说，如果能够打破常规，完全自由进行创作，其成绩往往会是惊人的。——卓别林
36. For an artist, if they can break the rules and create freely, their achievements will often be astonishing. - Chaplin

37.能正确地提出问题就是迈出了创新的第一步。——李政道
37. Correctly posing a question is the first step towards innovation. - Li Zhengdao

38.既然像螃蟹这样的东西，人们都很爱吃，那么蜘蛛也一定有人吃过，只不过后来知道不好吃才不吃了，但是第一个吃螃蟹的人一定是个勇士。——鲁迅
38. Since people love to eat things like crabs, spiders must have been eaten too; they just stopped eating them after realizing they were not tasty. But the first person to eat crabs must have been a brave person. - Lu Xun

39.科学也需要创造，需要幻想，有幻想才能打破传统的束缚，才能发展科学。——郭沫若
39. Science also needs creativity and imagination; only with imagination can we break free from traditional constraints and develop science. - Guo Moruo

40.我们从失败中学到的东西要比在成功中学到的东西多得多。——斯迈尔斯
40. We learn much more from failures than from successes. - Smiles

41.发表自己的不正确的意见，要比叙述别人的一个真理更有意义；在第一种情况下，你才是一个人，而在第二种情况下，你不过是只鹦鹉。——陀思妥耶夫斯基
41. Expressing one’s own incorrect opinion is more meaningful than narrating someone else’s truth; in the first case, you are a person, while in the second case, you are just a parrot. —— Fyodor Dostoevsky

42.遇到难题时，我总是力求寻找巧妙的思路，出奇制胜。——朱清时
42. When encountering difficult problems, I always strive to find clever ideas and win with surprise. —— Zhu Qingshi

43.科学研究基于同一法则，即一切事物的产生取决于自然规律，这也适用于人们的行动。——爱因斯坦
43. Scientific research is based on the same principle, that the origin of all things depends on natural laws, which also applies to people’s actions. —— Albert Einstein

44.距离已经消失，要么创新，要么死亡。——托马斯彼得斯
44. Distance has disappeared; either innovate or die. —— Thomas Peters

45.只有先声夺人，出奇制胜，不断创造新的体制、新的产品、新的市场和压倒竞争对手的新形势，企业才能立于不败之地。——黄汉清
45. Only by taking the initiative, winning with surprise, and continuously creating new systems, new products, new markets, and new situations that overwhelm competitors can a company remain invincible. —— Huang Hanqing