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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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

移民不再是解决办法;这是一个失败。人们每天都在冒着死亡的危险,溺水,但他们却在敲那些没有打开的门。

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。

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

最高的教育不仅给我们信息,而且使我们的生活与所有的存在和谐一致。

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

机缘巧合要记住的一个方面是,你必须寻找一些东西才能找到其他的东西。

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。

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.

时间对我们来说仍然是一个巨大的谜。它只是一个概念;我们甚至不知道它是否存在。

When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.

当一个男人或女人真的很诚实的时候,几乎不可能当面侮辱他们。

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

快给我拿杯酒来,我要润湿我的心,说几句俏皮话。

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.

制定人们不能也不愿遵守的法律,只会使所有的法律受到蔑视。

I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe.

我打算买一些青香蕉,因为到我回家的时候,它们就熟了。

It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.

作为一个伟大的男人和一个近乎疯狂的女人的儿子是非常困难的。

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.

神造人,只是为了要听人赞美他在这五天里所做的事。

Sometimes the smallest things can make biggest difference.

有时候,最小的事情也能带来最大的不同。

Occupy the higher ground to exercise control.

占据高地进行控制。