A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
士兵
Soldiers
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.
士兵是死亡灰色地带的公民，不能从时间的明天得到任何好处。
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.
巴顿生活在黑暗时代。士兵对他来说是农民。我不喜欢这种态度。
How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?
情报机构中那些不知名的官员怎么能拒绝勇敢的士兵说出真相的机会呢?
The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them.
战争使我的锡兵们产生了一种新的兴趣。不可能有足够多的箱子。
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.
然而，自我克制和自律将被认为是优秀士兵的杰出品质。
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
真正的战士战斗，不是因为他恨眼前的东西，而是因为他爱身后的东西。
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
我可能被迫面对危险，但决不畏惧危险。当我们的士兵能够站立和战斗时，我能够站立和喂养他们。
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
在我玩了这么多年的兵，然后又读了这么多年的历史之后，我几乎有一种狂热要去东方，去看战斗，去服役。
God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.
上帝赋予这顶王冠如此勇敢的士兵，即使他们不会吓到我们的邻居，至少也能阻止我们被他们吓到。
This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.
这场冲突是我一直在等待的。我很好，很强壮，很年轻——年轻到可以上前线。如果我不能成为一名士兵，我将帮助士兵。
All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we want terribly yet only academically for the war to get over.
我们所有的人——你和我，甚至是在非洲前线的成千上万的士兵——我们非常希望战争能够结束，但只是在学术上。
Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries.
部长们定期会见从作战旅行归来的士兵，听取他们的经历，包括那些从伤病中恢复过来的士兵。
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Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.
十个士兵聪明地领导，就能打败一百个没有头的士兵。
Firefighters are indispensable foot soldiers here at home.
在国内，消防员是不可或缺的步兵。
I'm as interested in the families and communities that surround our soldiers.
我对我们士兵周围的家庭和社区同样感兴趣。
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
公民的作用和士兵的作用是不可分割的。
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
领导力就是解决问题。当士兵不再把他们的问题带给你的时候，就是你不再领导他们的时候。他们要么对你的帮助失去信心，要么认为你不在乎。这两种情况都是领导力的失败。