It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

  • -- Samuel Smiles 塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯

认为人通过成功而成功是错误的;他们往往通过失败获得成功。教训、学习、忠告和榜样永远不能像失败那样教会他们。

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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.

我总是喜欢做我认为正确的事情。我不是想成为一个模特,我只是想做我自己,做正确的事情。如果我所做的是一个模型,或者是一个例子,是正确的例子,我很高兴,但我不会假装。

Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.

看看卡塔尔的奥马尔在做什么,比如摩洛哥国王、约旦国王、巴林国王。正在进行改革运动,努力扩大该区域人民的政治参与。

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?

作为孩子,我们没有被教导如何处理成功;我们被教导如何处理失败。如果一开始你没有成功,尝试,再尝试。如果一开始你成功了,然后呢?

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

我们几乎已成功地使所有人类活动达到确保生活必需品和使其丰裕的共同标准。

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

与我之前的比赛相比,与我之前的比赛相比,与我所取得的成功相比,这看起来确实像是一场灾难。

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

一部电影的成败完全取决于导演。