If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

如果一个人自信地朝着他的梦想前进,努力过他想象中的生活,他会在平常的时间里遇到意想不到的成功。

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Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and the epiphanies and revelations we end up receiving from life, begrudgingly, rarely turn out to be the ones we thought.

生活不在乎我们的愿望,也不在乎我们的悲伤。它经常是随机的,经常是愚蠢的,经常是完全出乎意料的,我们最终从生活中得到的封闭,顿悟和启示,是不情愿的,很少会变成我们想的那样。

I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed.

我曾在内地待过一段时间,但能见到土著居民并与他们一起工作真是太棒了。它让我深刻地体会到生活的艰辛,体会到土著人一直以来所具有的不屈不挠的精神。

Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.

的确,科学家是幸福的,他不仅拥有我列举的快乐,而且还赢得了其他科学家和人类的认可,这些认可最终得益于他的努力。

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.

确保人权是最重要的。规则的形式应该是这样的,即公民不必惧怕国家,而是给予国家指导并自信地参与管理。

I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.

我想你会看到越来越多的善意的人站在他们这边说,你知道吗,我们要在这里下车,这不是朝着正确的方向走。

It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff.

农村医院和疗养院通常作为一个单一单位来运作,以便利用与分担某些服务和工作人员费用有关的节省。

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

显然,必须在方向上发生深刻的变化。否则,国债利息将开始吞噬我们的每一分钱。

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

如果所有的不幸都堆在一起,每个人都必须得到平等的一份,那么大多数人都会满足于拿走自己的,然后离开。

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

我们成功的企业,需要我们所拥有的积极的品质,但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

前进,永不停止,因为前进是完美的。你们要前进,不要惧怕路上的荆棘,因为荆棘只流人的血。

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

真正的敬虔并没有把人赶出这个世界,而是使他们能更好地生活在这个世界上,并激励他们努力去修补这个世界。

I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

我认为,如果你是成功男女演员的儿子或女儿,这是一种双重压力。对你的期望更高。

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

教育,n。诗歌向智慧人显明自己无知的,向愚昧人隐藏自己无知的。

Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.

诺斯少校和我在司令部前面走了几英里,打死了一些水牛。

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

中年时期,男人总是在想,一两周后他会感觉和以前一样好。

We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.

我们生,我们死。在这条路上的某个地方,如果我们幸运的话,也许会有人帮我们减轻负担。

So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live like this, I'm finished. Auschwitz was easy.

所以他们没有放过任何人。我不能这样生活,我受够了。奥斯维辛集中营是容易的。

People will always have their opinions of you despite who you are and what you are capable of.

不管你是谁,不管你能做什么,人们总会对你有自己的看法。

Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.

我认识的每个人都觉得电子邮件干扰了他们的睡眠时间。

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

重要的不是我们在工作上花了多少时间,而是我们在工作上花了多少时间。

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

永远记住,奋斗和奋斗先于成功,即使是在字典里。

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

没有人能肯定地说他明天还活着。

I never expected to be anybody important.

我从没想过自己会成为重要人物。

There is less in this than meets the eye.

这并不像看上去那么简单。