就一事无成 meaning in English

he who risks nothing gains nothing

Without tools man is nothing , with tools he is all
人没了工具就一事无成，有了工具便无所不能。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
Whoever adopts a playful attitude towards life accomplishes nothing ; whoever cannot be master of his own fate is forever a slave
谁若游戏人生，他就一事无成；谁不能主宰自己，使永远是一个奴隶。
And yet i have had the weakness , and have still the weakness , to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me , heap of ashes that i am , into fire - a fire , however , inseparable in its nature from myself , quickening nothing , lighting nothing , doing no service , idly burning away
然而我一向便有，至今也有这个弱点。我总希望你知道你是怎样突然控制了我，让我这一堆死灰燃起了火焰的一可是这火焰因为它的本质跟我难以分开，所以并没有点燃什么，照亮什么，做到什么，就一事无成地燃烧完了。 ”