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(服从).
我们不可能把每条路都走一遍。必须执着于一条道路才能获得成功。我们必须有一个终生追求的目标,其他的则从属于这个目标。
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.
我痛恨做事半途而废。如果这件事是对的,就大胆勇敢地去做;如果这件事不对,就不要去做。
The men of history were not perpetually(不断地) 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.
历史长河中的伟人并不是靠终日瞻观镜中的自己来衡量自身的形象的。他们的形象来自对事业全身心的投入与追求。他们是如此的卓越超凡,于是芸芸众生觉得他们很伟大,并因此称他们为伟人。
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(超过) us in the race, and pluck the prize from our grasp.
为崇高的理想而活着是一种成功的生活。使人变强大的,不是这个人做了什么,而是他努力尝试去做什么。有人说过,“恒久的警惕是自由的代价”,那同样也可以说,“不懈的努力是成功的代价。”倘若我们不尽全力工作,别人会尽全力,随后他们将在竞争中超越我们,从我们手中夺取胜利的果实。