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It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have.
我们在哪里并不重要,我们拥有什么并不重要,重要的是我们在哪里做什么,我们拥有什么。
I have always looked after the little things of my business; weightier matters will take care of themselves.
我总是照料我的小事情;更重要的事情会自己解决的。
I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.
我不想知道现在几点了。我不想知道今天是什么日子,也不想知道我在哪里。这些都不重要。
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.
教育的主要失败在于它没有使人们准备好理解与人类命运有关的事情。
In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
在社会事务中,毫无意义的习俗不仅是礼仪的蜜蜂蜇人之痛,也是道德秩序的毒蛇咬人之痛。
What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.
在政治中最重要的是个性。这不是问题;这不是图片。重要的是你是谁,你代表着什么。
It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.
你爱谁,爱在哪里,为什么爱,何时爱,如何爱,这些都不重要,重要的是你爱谁。
Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
经验是最好的老师。对于这一点,并不能保证一个人会成为艺术家。只有旅行才重要。
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.
唯一重要的是吃个蛋卷冰淇淋,吹个长号,种棵小树,上帝,现在你自由了。
You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.
你知道,真爱真的很重要,朋友真的很重要,家庭真的很重要。负责任、自律、健康真的很重要。
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.
成为墓地里最富有的人对我来说并不重要。晚上睡觉的时候说我们做了一些很棒的事情,这对我来说很重要。
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awaken.
但无论是梦想还是真理,做得好才是最重要的。如果是真的,看在真理的份上。如果没有,那就在我们醒来的时候结交朋友。
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沿着这个主题,再读几句。
So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
因此,千万不要失去一个机会,敦促一个实际的开始,无论多么小,因为在这种情况下,芥末种子发芽和生根的频率是惊人的。
No matter where you're going it's the wrong place.
无论你要去哪里,都是错的地方。
Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.
给孩子们做花园的机会。让他们随心所欲地成长。他们为自己种植好植物比种植好植物更重要。
What matters is what we do with the life we have.
重要的是我们如何对待我们的生活。
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
谨防过度自信;尤其是在结构方面。
It matters more how one gives than what one gives.
一个人如何给予比给予什么更重要。