從今往後，我承認每天的奮鬥就像對參天大樹的一次砍擊，頭幾刀可能了無痕跡。每一擊者似微不足道，然而，累積起來，巨樹終會倒下。這恰如我今天的努力。
i will be liken to the raindrop which washes away the mountain; the ant who devours a tiger; the star which brightens the earth; the slave who builds a pyramid. i will build my castle one brick at a time for i know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
就像沖洗高山的雨滴，吞噬猛虎的螞蟻，照亮大地的星辰，建起金字塔的奴隸，我也要一磚一瓦地建造起自己的城堡，因為我深知水滴石穿的道理，只要持之以恆，什麼都可以做到。
i will persist until i succeed.
堅持不懈，直到成功。
i will never consider defeat and i will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. i will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind should infect me then i will work on in despair. i will toil and i will endure. i will ignore the obstacles at my feet and keep mine eyes on the goals above my head, for i know that where dry desert ends, green grass grows.
我絕不考慮失敗，我的字典里不再有放棄，不可能、辦不到、沒法子、成問題、失敗，行不通、沒希望、退縮…這類愚蠢的字眼。我要儘量避免絕望，一旦受到它的威脅，立即想方設法向它挑戰。我要辛勤耕耘，忍受苦楚。我放眼未來，勇往直前，不再理會腳下的障礙。我堅信，沙漠盡頭必是綠洲。
i will persist until i succeed.
堅持不懈，直到成功。
i will remember the ancient law of averages and i will bend it to my good. i will persist with knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for success at the next attempt. each nay i hear will bring me closer to the sound of yea. each frown i meet only prepares me for the smile to come. each misfortune i encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. i must have the night to appreciate the day. i must fail often to succeed only once.
我要牢牢記住古老的平衡法則，鼓勵自己堅持下去，因為每一次的失敗都會增加下一次成功的機會。這一次的拒絕就是下一次的贊同，這一次皺起的眉頭就是下一次舒展的笑容。今天的不幸，往往預示著明天的好運。夜幕降臨。回想一天的遭遇。我總是心存感激。我深知，只有失敗多次，才能成功。
i will persist until i succeed.