the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be
valued only by the standard of pride of place and persona l profit.
franklin roosevelt, american president 把物質財富當作成功的標準是錯誤的。我們應拋棄以名利為唯一標準來衡量公職和高級政治地位的錯誤觀念。
美國總統羅斯福.f.
silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
thomas carlyle british essayist and historian 沉默是造就偉大速寫的因素。
英國散文家、歷史學家卡萊爾.t.
success covers a multitude of blunders.
george bernard shaw, british ramatist 成功由大量的失誤鑄就。
英國劇作家肖伯納。g.
success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
charles montesquier, french thinker 成功常常取決於知道需要多久才能成功。
法國思想家孟德斯鳩.c.
that is one of the rewards of competition: you can drop down a couple of notches on the food
chain to be as brutal , unsympathetic , selfish and inhuman as you wish in the name of
competition because success supposedly justifies any actions.
howard mel, american writer 這就是競爭所得到的一種報酬：你可以將自己在食物鏈上的身份降低幾個檔次，打著競爭的旗號，隨你所願地
野蠻、無情、自私和不人道；因為據稱，成功可以使任何行動成為正當的（勝者為王敗者為寇）
美國作家梅爾.h.
that sort of defeats are only stepping-stones.
w.reid. american journalist and diplomat 那種失敗只不過是前進的踏腳石。
美國記者、外交家裡德。w.
the greater a man is ,the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him.
john burroughs, american naturalist 一個人越偉大，對表揚和奉承就越反感。
美國博物學家巴勒斯.j.
the human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things. with his hand, with his mind, with his will. each of us wants to feel he of she has the ability to do something that is meaningful and that serves a tribute to our inherent abilities.
leonardr. saylis, british writer
人們渴求有一種成就感，渴望有能力用自己的手、用自己的腦、用自己的意志辦事。我們每個人都希望自己
能夠作出有意義、並能顯示出自己天賦的事來。
英國作家塞爾斯。l.r.
the people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they
want,and if they cannot find them, they make them.
george bernard shaw, british dramatist 在這個世界上，取得成功的人是那些努力尋找他們想要機會的人，如果找不到機會，他們就去創造機會。
英國劇作家肖伯納。g.
the success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.
henry wadsworth longrellwo.american poet 成功就是好好工作而不計較名利。
美國詩人朗費羅.h.w.
the world more frequently recommends the appearance of merit than merit itself.
rochefoucauld, frcnch writer. 世人往往推崇表面的功績，而不是推崇真正的功績。
法國作家羅切福考爾德
there are two ways of rising in the world, either by your own industry or by the folly of others.
jean de la bruyere, french moralist 成功之路有兩條：靠自己的努力或靠他人的愚蠢。
法國道德家拉布呂耶爾. j.d.
there is only one success-----to be able to spend your life in your own way.
morley christopher, french writer
成功只有一個——既能依自己的方式去度過人生。