A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
抱负
Ambition
I myself am a builder and get totally excited about building Yahoo! as a brand and building it into a bigger and better company. That's what I intend to do.
我自己是一个建筑商，对建设雅虎感到非常兴奋!把它打造成一个更大更好的公司。这就是我打算做的。
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
在另一种情况下，在生活中处于活跃的地位时，我就会全神贯注地工作，我就永远不会想到要建立一个秩序。
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
和平的五个敌人与我们同在——贪婪、野心、嫉妒、愤怒和骄傲;如果这些被驱逐，我们将永远享有和平。
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
年轻的头脑很少能完全摆脱野心;抑制这种情绪是获得满足感的第一步，因为减少期望就是增加快乐。
But the adventure, the conquest of an unknown country, the struggle against the impossible, all have a fascination which draws me with an irresistible force.
但是冒险，征服一个未知的国家，与不可能的斗争，都有一种不可抗拒的力量吸引着我。
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
凡是野心能掩盖其事业的地方，即使是对人本人，在原则的表象下，也是最不可救药和最顽固的激情。
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
我们在我们的青年中有强大的潜力，我们必须有勇气改变旧的思想和做法，以便我们可以把他们的力量引向好的结果。
Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?
谁会对它的吸引力感到惊讶呢……对于我们这些雄心勃勃的年轻人来说，当社会上最高的贿赂都拜倒在成功的演说家的脚下时，律师的地位又会如何呢?
I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when she's performing, the audience is just in awe of her.
我真的、真的、真的很想成为麦当娜那样的传奇人物。麦当娜知道下一步该做什么，当她表演的时候，观众都很敬畏她。
Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.
对我来说，能演奏蓝调是一件非常棒的事情。我不能说我最辉煌的时刻是否还没有到来，你想在这个世界上有所作为，无论如何我都想。
Love’s but the frailty of the mind, When ’tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
爱情不过是心灵的脆弱，如果没有雄心壮志;一种病态的火焰，如果不喂养它就会熄灭;还有食物，在自燃的大火中产生的废物。
I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.
我是在我之前所有做过或说过任何有价值的事情的黑人女性的产物。认识到自己是历史的一部分，让我得以展翅高飞。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.
每个人生来就是为了做一些独特的事情，如果他或她不做，就永远不会做。
Share your aspirations only with those who will support you, not those who will respond with doubt or lack of interest.
只和那些支持你的人分享你的抱负，而不是那些怀疑或缺乏兴趣的人。
When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.
当你看到一座城市的时候，就像读到每一个建造它的人的希望、抱负和自豪。
It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.
这很大程度上取决于个人，取决于你自己，你在战斗中投入了多少，你工作有多努力，这就是结果的来源。
To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.
即使在一次火焰和声音的爆发中发挥作用，也比一辈子一事无成更有价值。
All what we hope for is that a day will come, when we have all gone, when people will say that this man has tried, and his family tried. This is all there is to seek in this world.
我们所希望的是，有一天，当我们都走了的时候，人们会说，这个人已经尝试过了，他的家人也尝试过了。这就是我们在这个世界上所追求的一切。