A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
承诺
Commitment
Loyalty is standing on someone’s side even if their actions are against your will.
忠诚是站在某人一边，即使他们的行为违背了你的意愿。
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
当我想起所有的好话和食言时，我的心都碎了。
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
如果你不履行你的义务，你的人生将一事无成。
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
我们都在服无期徒刑，良好的行为是我们获得赦免的唯一希望。
An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
个性训练的一个步骤是把责任放在个人身上。
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
我们不仅要对我们所做的事负责，而且要对我们不做的事负责。
Once I've decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
一旦我决定做某件事，我通常会努力把它完成。
If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.
如果我要不负责任地行事，我至少要为此负责。
Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.
写作是我唯一坚持做的事情，除了结婚。
I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
在别人明确要求我做的事情完成之前，我不会放弃自己的承诺。
You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.
你必须对那些在你成长过程中支持你的人非常忠诚。
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
我必须帮助哄骗演出，我真的很享受这份额外的责任。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.
激情是发展最快的，也是消退最快的。亲密关系发展得更慢，而承诺则更循序渐进。
While carrying responsibilities, never forget to smile.
当承担责任时，永远不要忘记微笑。
Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought that is, with discipline.
自由可以追溯到很久以前。它不是从做你想做的事开始，而是从做你应该做的事开始，也就是说，从自律开始。
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
每个有勇气的人都是信守诺言的人。
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
愿意为自己的生活承担责任是产生自尊的源泉。
You have to pay the price. You will find that everything in life exacts a price, and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize.
你必须付出代价。你会发现生活中的每件事都需要付出代价，你必须决定这个代价是否值得。