A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
劳动
Work
I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.
我拿工资工作;我不付工钱。
Every noble work is at first impossible.
每一项伟大的工作最初都是不可能完成的。
I don't care if I ever work in TV again.
我不在乎我是否还会在电视行业工作。
I think it's important to do great work.
我认为做好工作很重要。
A fool should never see unfinished work.
傻瓜永远不会看到未完成的工作。
When I started out I was a failed actor.
刚开始的时候,我是个失败的演员。
Congenial labor is essence of happiness.
志趣相投的劳动是幸福的本质。
I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble.
我,先生,我只是喜欢工作。我是卑微的。
My life is very much consumed with work.
我的生活被工作完全占据了。
I live, like every real man, in my work.
我和每个真正的男人一样,在工作中生活。
Writing that's not working for a living.
写作不是为了谋生。
Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.
准备好成为一名作家。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
既然每个人都渴望幸福,那么很明显,他对幸福的设想是工作还是享受都不是小事。
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
我们永远不知道我们的生活如何为大众谋福利,我们也没有足够的智慧去知道我们是否完成了我们的使命。
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.
从长远来看,目标的连续性是幸福最基本的因素之一,对大多数人来说,这主要来自于他们的工作。
When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work, as the color-petals out of a fruitful flower.
当人们正当地忙于工作时,他们的乐趣就从他们的工作中产生,正如彩色的花瓣从硕果累累的花朵中生出一样。
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
大多数人错过了机会,因为它穿着工作服,看起来像工作。
Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.
记住失败的两个好处。首先,如果你失败了,你就会知道什么是行不通的;其次,失败给了你尝试新方法的机会。