We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

  • -- Alexis de Tocqueville 托克维尔

我们成功的企业,需要我们所拥有的积极的品质,但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。

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I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.

我要求未婚母亲作为人生的神圣通道,要像已婚母亲一样受到尊敬和尊重;因为母性是一种宇宙的东西,一旦它发生了,我们的谈话就不应该被允许亵渎它。

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

我们相信一些基本的人类原则——每个人都应该有机会,不仅仅是生存,而是超越上帝赋予他们的天赋和能力。这些价值观应该反映在我们的预算中。

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

如果一个人能用他的技巧和建设性的想象力去发现他能为一美元付出多少,而不是他能为一美元付出多少,他一定会成功。

A mind filled with negative thoughts makes you feel miserable and inadequate and will lead to failure after failure no matter how hard you try to succeed.

一个充满消极思想的头脑会让你感到痛苦和不足,并将导致一个又一个的失败,无论你如何努力尝试成功。

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

一个人只有在拥有知识的人的帮助下才能获得知识。这必须从一开始就理解。谁知道就向谁学习。

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

我能忍受蛮力,但蛮力的理智是相当难以忍受的。它的使用有些不公平。它打击的是智力。

You crave winning and fear losing instead of just doing. To succeed you must remove your self-imposed limitations.

你渴望胜利,害怕失败,而不是一味地去做。要想成功,你必须消除自己强加的限制。

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

以正确的方式让我们感到渺小是艺术的一种功能;男人只会让我们以错误的方式感到渺小。

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

我宁可在知识上胜过别人,也不愿在能力和权柄上胜过别人。

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

不要交那些相处得很舒服的朋友。交那些会强迫你提升自己的朋友。

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

有些人有天赋,有些人被天赋所吸引。当这种情况发生时,天才就变成了诅咒。

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

那些最不拿自己开玩笑的人,会被别人的笑话逗乐。

You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.

你试图让不同的球员有不同的品质,这将相互影响。

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

美术是人的手、头和心相结合的艺术。

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

成功是由那些不断尝试的人取得和保持的。

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

如果我们有勇气去追求,我们所有的梦想都可以实现。

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

我们了解朋友靠的是他们的缺点,而不是他们的优点。

You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.

你可以通过你喜欢的电影来判断你是谁。

It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.

光有天赋是不够的,你还必须是匈牙利人。

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

不信任任何需要新衣服的企业。

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

意识到自己的力量使我们谦虚。

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

我要求和我一起工作的人要优秀。

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

我也喜欢西方古典音乐和爵士乐。

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

我是个很好的人,但是我也有很多缺点。

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

唯有个人品质才能持久。