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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Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

虽然野心本身是一种恶习,但它往往也是美德之母。

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

坦率和慷慨,除非经过适当的节制,否则会导致毁灭。

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

成功的最大障碍是害怕失败。

Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.

美德:爬山;副:跑下来。

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

一磅的勇气抵得上一吨的运气。