One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

  • -- Maya Angelou 玛雅·安杰洛

一个人不一定生来就有勇气,但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气,我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

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I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

我渴望完成伟大而崇高的任务,但我的主要职责是完成卑微的任务,就像它们是伟大而崇高的一样。世界的前进,不仅是由英雄们的强大推动,而且是由每一个诚实工人的微小推动的总和。

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

我们需要有道德勇气的人说出并写下他们的真实想法,坚持他们的信念,甚至至死不渝。

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

穷人不知道他们在生活中的作用是锻炼我们的慷慨。

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

美德受到坏人的迫害多于受到好人的喜爱。

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

我要感谢学院的勇气和慷慨。

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

谦逊是一切美德的坚实基础。