It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

  • -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward 伊丽莎白·斯图尔特·菲尔普斯病房

努力追求伟大的东西并不是最有效的;它是做一些小事情,共同的责任,一点一点的好。

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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.

在我的生活中,没有多少事情是我绝对可以自豪的,或者我肯定自己是对的,但其中之一就是我作为一名演员变得更好了。我已经学会怎么做了。我还有足够的精力去做。

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.

总是试着为别人做些事情,你会愉快地惊奇地发现事情是如何发生的——为你做了多少令人愉快的事情。

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them.

一位了解自己作为领导者的优缺点的首席执行官,很可能比那些对自己的长处和短处熟视无睹的人更有效率。

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

死亡无人能免,但非凡的成就会树起一座纪念碑,它将一直立到太阳冷却之时。

He was as great as a man can be without morality.

他是一个没有道德的人所能做到的最伟大的人。