The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.

  • -- Xenophon 色诺芬

对一个领导者真正的考验是他的追随者是否会出于自己的意志坚持他的事业,忍受最艰难的困苦而不是被迫这样做,并在最危险的时刻保持坚定。

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Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like to think you must have had very big causes. That is not how it happened.

私有化进程缓慢。当非常大的事情发生时,比如私有化,历史学家和经济学家喜欢认为你一定有非常大的原因。事情不是这样发生的。

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

我不相信团队激励。我相信让一支球队做好准备,这样它就知道当它踏上赛场时,它会有必要的信心,并准备好踢一场好比赛。

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.

所有在我之前来到这片贫瘠土地上的旅行者都依赖于丰富的野味,因此遭受了可怕的苦难;有时甚至饿死。

They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.

他们都希望我破产,我不想让他们不高兴。

I will never give in to old age until I become old.

直到我变老,我才会向衰老屈服。

Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

在我们的生活之上,我们爱一个坚定的朋友。