The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

  • -- Theodore Roosevelt 西奥多·罗斯福

一个想成为伟人的男孩,不应该仅仅下定决心去克服一千个障碍,而应该下定决心去战胜一千个挫折和失败。

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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.

当你和撒哈拉南部的人做生意时,做生意的方式和在伦敦完全不同。你不能以通常的方式给他们签名,因为他们最终会被敲竹杠,这就违背了设立这样一个标签的初衷。

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

你是环境的主人。你有你自己的头脑,你自己的思想。所以一旦你弄清楚自己想要什么,你就必须创造一个合适的环境来确保你能实现所有你想要的。

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.

公众接受或拒绝现代艺术中的任何东西,这种观念仅仅是浪漫主义小说。比赛结束了,奖杯在公众知道发生了什么之前就已经分发出去了。

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

我认为在生活中失败是一件很棒的事情,然后你振作起来,做了一些事情,因为这样你会更加感激它。

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

胜利和失败不在熙熙攘攘的街道上喧嚷,不在熙熙攘攘的人群中欢呼和喝彩,而在我们自己身上。

I think it's the great thing about having kids. They have interests that you might not have, and it opens your horizons.

我认为有孩子是件好事。他们有你可能没有的兴趣,这能开阔你的视野。

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

你的优质品牌最好能提供一些特别的东西,否则它不会得到业务。

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.

当你是个年轻人的时候,麦克白就是你性格的一部分。当你变老的时候,它是直的部分。

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

老年和其他一切一样。要想成功,你必须从年轻开始。

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

对大多数人来说,感激之情不过是一种获得进一步恩惠的隐秘希望。

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

老年和疾病显出一个人的本质特征。

What ever you decide to do, make sure it  makes you happy.

无论你决定做什么,一定要让自己开心。

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

如果你不走完所有的路,为什么还要走呢?

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

恐惧只不过是一种心理状态。