Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

  • -- John William Gardner 约翰·威廉·加德纳

正直的人,通过他们的存在,重新点燃了这样的信念:作为一个民族,我们可以生活在道德败坏的水平之上。我们需要这种信念;愤世嫉俗的社会是腐败的社会。

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I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

我学会了通过坚持自己的正直来维持自己。我说的不是大牌天后。我是安静的。我害羞。当我不再努力成为他们想让我成为的那个人时,我变得更加坚强。

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

我认为人类的大部分痛苦都是由于他们对事物的价值作了错误的估计而带来的。

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

有一种真正的光荣,也有一种真正的光荣:完成职责的光荣——原则完整的光荣。

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

这是一个人的一小步,却是人类的一大步。