【原文】
子曰：〝後生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也？四十、五十而無聞焉，斯亦不足畏也已。〞
【參考譯文】
孔子說：〝年輕人是大有作為的，誰能斷定他們將來不如我們這一代呢？如果一個人到了四、五十歲還沒有名聲，也就不會有什麼作為了。〞
【English Translation】
Confucius said: "Young people are full of potential. Who can predict if they will not surpass our generation? But if by the age of 40 or 50, a person does not establish a name for himself, he will never do so. "