A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
欣赏与感激
Appreciation
You always admire what you don’t really understand.
你总是欣赏你并不真正理解的东西。
Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.
我对诗歌的欣赏才刚刚开始。
I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.
当每个人都那么喜欢我的时候,我不可能那么坏。
If you don't appreciate her, you don't deserve her.
如果你不欣赏她,你就不配拥有她。
I have never been able to resist a book about books.
我从来都无法抗拒一本关于书的书。
I'm a Beethoven freak. I listen to him all the time.
我是个贝多芬迷。我一直在听他说话。
I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.
我想起了小恩小惠的重要性。
God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.
神用大能的方法使用歌唱的人,我很感激。
Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.
记住,不快乐就是不感恩。
I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.
我认为没有人觉得自己得到了足够的承认。
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
没有什么责任比回报谢意更紧迫。
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
顺境时要慷慨,逆境时要感恩。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude.
世界上没有什么比过分感恩更美好的事情了。
Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
感恩是买不到的东西之一。它必须是人类与生俱来的,否则世界上所有的义务都无法创造它。
Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.
那些付出希望得到荣誉的人不是在付出,而是在讨价还价。
You spend years wishing your parents would get off your back, only to realize they're the only ones who ever really had your back.
你花了数年的时间希望你的父母不要再烦你,却发现他们是唯一真正支持你的人。
Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.
真诚的赞美不需要花费什么,却能带来很多收获。在任何关系中,它们都是令人耳目一新的掌声。
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
美餐一顿之后,你可以原谅任何人,甚至是你自己的亲戚。