A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
抱负
Ambition
I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.
我想要一个伟大的事业,一个伟大的男人,一个伟大的人生。你必须要有大局观——这是获得成功的唯一途径……我就是无法忍受默默无闻。
I'm only here on Earth to serve God. I never had a career. I don't care about commercialism. I have a ministry and I'll fight for the ministry.
我来到世上只为事奉神。我从未有过事业。我不在乎商业主义。我有个部里,我要为部里而战。
Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.
我的策略很简单:这里没有很多人才,但有很多竞争。我要去任何我能去的地方,而且要忙。
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
人生中最重要的事情是争取某种个人和职业上的成就。不是作为一个男人或女人,而是作为一个人。
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
作为一个孩子,你可能会感到无能为力,但总有一天这个世界会属于你。你要对此负责。所以,抓住今天,好好把握。
There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.
曾经有一段时间,我认为我是在为一个好的事业和好人做一件好事。回首往事,我想我真的想成为一名战士。
When people wish for harmony, I wish for chaos. I'd rather see imaginative means of self-destruction, than to see laziness and wasted potential.
当人们希望和谐时,我希望混乱。我宁愿看到有想象力的自我毁灭方式,也不愿看到懒惰和浪费的潜力。
I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.
我不会成为拿破仑或亚历山大,为自己的理想而奋斗;但我将为自由和人类的道德福祉而奋斗。
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.
没有英雄就是没有抱负,生活在过去的动力,被抛回到常规,感官和狭隘的自我。
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
成为一个先锋并不容易,但是,哦,这是令人着迷的!即使是最糟糕的时刻,我也不会拿世界上所有的财富去交换。
If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.
如果我离开这个世界,我想离开这个世界,因为我知道我一直在努力回馈社会,努力为自己做一些有价值的事情。
What argufies pride and ambition? Soon or late death will take us in tow: Each bullet has got its commission, And when our time’s come we must go.
是什么证明了骄傲和野心?迟早有一天,死亡会把我们拖在身后:每一颗子弹都有它的使命,当我们的时代到来时,我们必须离开。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
People who are 'different' are usually the ones that end up making a difference in the world.
“与众不同”的人通常是那些最终能改变世界的人。
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
大多数人都有赢的意愿,很少有人有准备赢的意愿。
We need to ask ourselves what are we here for and what have we worked so hard to be here for.
我们需要问问自己,我们来这里是为了什么,我们这么努力工作是为了什么。
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
通过坚持不懈,许多人从看似注定要失败的事情中获得成功。
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.
奋斗总是值得的,只要目标值得,手段值得;预先知道失败不是退出比赛的充分理由。
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
那些把心思都放在小事上的人,通常不会成就大事。