Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

很少有事情本身是行不通的;人之所以不能成功,与其说是条件不够,不如说是由于努力不够。

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

诚然,想要获得更多是非常自然和常见的事情;当人们成功做到这一点时,他们总是受到赞扬而不是谴责。但当他们缺乏这样做的能力,却又想不惜一切代价获得更多时,他们的错误就应该受到谴责。

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

在这个时代,在这个国家,民意决定一切。有了它,没有什么会失败;相反,没有什么能成功。塑造公众情绪的人比制定法律或宣布司法决定的人更有深度。

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

当你失败时,你会从错误中吸取教训,这会激励你更加努力地工作。

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

最后,只有那些不尝试的人才会失败。