[always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.就做那個讓你最恐懼的事情,因為它能發揮你最大的潛能。]
[the chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.人生最大的危險在於太過於謹慎。]
【it can be inferred that you lack confidence in a victory over your rivals from the fact that you’re irritable against them. 如果敵人讓你生氣,那說明你還沒有戰勝他的把握】
【it is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way. 人不僅要做好事,更要以正確的方式做好事。】
to handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.對待自己要用頭腦,對待他人要用心
love is so strange: sometimes it becomes the reason to live life and sometimes it becomes the reason to leave life.愛情是如此矛盾:有時候它是人們過好生活的原因,有時候是人們逃避生活的理由
【self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.我們絕大多數的失敗都是因為缺乏自信之故。】
if you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.如果你很有天賦, 勤勉會使你完善; 如果你能力一般, 勤勉能補足你的缺陷。
first love is only a little folishness and a lot of curiosity. 初戀就是一點點笨拙外加許許多多好奇。--
【life’s battle is never won by the fastest or the strongest,but by the man who thinks he can.人生之戰不取決於誰跑得最快,實力最強,而取決於你是不是認為自己能勝利。】
silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. 沉默是藐視最完美的表達方式
【if you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must be either a god or a coupes. consider other men's troubles, that will comfort yours.如果你想一生擺脫苦難,除非你是神仙或者是死人。想想他人的不幸,你就能坦然面對人生。】
man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. 只要有無限的熱情,一個人幾乎可以在任何事情上取得成功
【histories make men wise ; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic and rhetoric able to contend . 歷史使人明智;詩詞使人靈秀;數學使人周密;哲學使人深刻;倫理使人莊重;邏輯修辭學使人善辨。】
the discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 有見識的人不輕易發怒,寬恕別人的過失,便是自己的榮耀
most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 對於大多數人來說,他們認定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福
mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade. 災難就像刀子,握住刀柄就可以為我們服務,拿住刀刃則會割破手
【life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.生命如同一個劇本:重要的不是它有多長而是演出是否精彩。】
【the world is like a mirror; frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too.世界如一面鏡子:皺眉視之,它也皺眉看你;笑著看它,它也笑著看你。】
【life is like a hot bath. it feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.生活就像熱水浴,洗的時候挺舒服,可洗得越久,身上的褶皺就越多。】
fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free. 恐懼讓你淪為囚犯,希望讓你重獲自由。