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责任

Duty

My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

我的意志将塑造未来。无论我是失败还是成功,都将是我自己的事。我是原力;我可以扫清面前的任何障碍,也可以迷失在迷宫中。我的选择;我的责任;无论输赢,只有我掌握着自己命运的钥匙。

Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter of whether children hang up there pajamas or put dirty towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves and others -- and whether they see everyday chores as related to how we treat this planet.

成为负责任的成年人不再是孩子们把睡衣挂在那里或把脏毛巾放进篮子里的问题,而是他们是否关心自己和他人,以及他们是否认为日常琐事与我们如何对待这个星球有关。

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

我们仍然有责任努力避免战争;但是,如果这事真的要发生,不管是谁引起的,我们必须为自己辩护。如果我们的房子着火了,我们必须设法扑灭它,而不必问它是从里面还是外面着火的。

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

我们正面临着我们的命运,我们必须以崇高和坚定的勇气来迎接它。对我们来说,生命是行动的生命,是勤奋履行职责的生命;让我们生活在挽具里,奋力拼搏;让我们冒着磨损而不是生锈的危险吧。

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."

一个人如果意识到自己对一个深情地等待着他的人所承担的责任,或者意识到自己对一项尚未完成的工作所承担的责任,他就永远不能抛弃自己的生命。他知道他的存在的“为什么”,并将能够忍受几乎任何“如何”。

Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.

毫无疑问,良心足以引导最冷酷的人走上美德之路;热情之于良知,犹如荣誉之于责任;我们身上有一种多余的灵魂,当美好的事物完成后,把它奉献给美丽的事物是很甜蜜的。

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

如果不改进个人,就不可能建设一个更美好的世界。为此目的,我们每个人都必须为自己的进步而努力,同时对全人类负有共同的责任,我们的特别责任是帮助我们认为最有用的人。

Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank.

归根到底,管理就是用思想代替肌肉,用知识代替风俗迷信,用合作代替武力。它意味着以责任取代服从等级,以表现的权威取代等级的权威。

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