We cannot travel every path. Success must be won along one line. We must make our business the one life purpose to which every other must be subordinate(服從).
我們不可能把每條路都走一遍。必須執(zhí)著于一條道路才能獲得成功。我們必須有一個終生追求的目標(biāo),其他的則從屬于這個目標(biāo)。
I hate a thing done by halves(不完全的). If it be right, do it boldly. If it be wrong, leave it undone.
我痛恨做事半途而廢。如果這件事是對的,就大膽勇敢地去做;如果這件事不對,就不要去做。
The men of history were not perpetually(不斷地) looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it. They did it so well that the wondering world sees them to be great, and labeled them accordingly.
歷史長河中的偉人并不是靠終日瞻觀鏡中的自己來衡量自身的形象的。他們的形象來自對事業(yè)全身心的投入與追求。他們是如此的卓越超凡,于是蕓蕓眾生覺得他們很偉大,并因此稱他們?yōu)閭ト恕?/FONT>
To live with a high ideal is a successful life. It is not what one does, but what one tries to do, that makes a man strong. “Eternal vigilance,” it has been said, “is the price of liberty.” With equal truth it may be said, “Unceasing effort is the price of success.” If we do not work with our might, others will; and they will outstrip(超過) us in the race, and pluck the prize from our grasp.
為崇高的理想而活著是一種成功的生活。使人變強大的,不是這個人做了什么,而是他努力嘗試去做什么。有人說過,“恒久的警惕是自由的代價”,那同樣也可以說,“不懈的努力是成功的代價。”倘若我們不盡全力工作,別人會盡全力,隨后他們將在競爭中超越我們,從我們手中奪取勝利的果實。