Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

  • -- Thornton Wilder 桑顿·怀尔德

如果一个人不坚定地追求崇高或美好的目标,上帝不会为他留下任何美好或崇高的东西。目标是成功的永恒条件。

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My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'

我的人生哲学是:试着和好人一起工作,因为这个过程就是你的人生。这将会非常非常困难。我很高兴自己吸取了教训,“失败没什么大不了的。”

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

我去的很多地方都很危险,像特拉维夫或里约热内卢,但这从来没有阻止我去那里表演。我有很好的安全感。我不担心这个。

And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.

当我说到爱的时候,我说的是一件很棒的事,兄弟。我说的是能支撑你的东西。

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

让我们工作吧,就好像成功只取决于我们自己,但我们要由衷地相信,我们什么也没有做,上帝什么都没有做。

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

这些故事都是成功的故事。听众的来信常常打动人心,令人振奋。

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

上帝保佑白痴、醉汉、儿童和美利坚合众国。

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

你有敌人?好。这意味着在你生命中的某个时刻,你曾为某事挺身而出。

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.

我们被认为是拥有第一世界生活条件的第三世界国家。

We must resist the call to battle when we are in no condition for it.

当我们没有条件战斗时,我们必须抵制战斗的召唤。

When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.

当目标不明时,滥用是不可避免的。

God sends men cold according to their clothes.

神按著人的衣服叫他们冷。

A useless life is an early death.

无益的生活等于早死。