A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
承诺
Commitment
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
最迟作出承诺的人，在履行承诺时也最忠实。
For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.
例如，我个人倾向于奖励自己特殊的纪律行为。
I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.
我也相信，如果你真的是一个作家，你就会写作，没有人能阻止你。
I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.
我给自己定了个规矩，我在电视上唯一会做的事情就是讲自己的故事。
We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.
我们认为我们想做一些事情，但当它来的时候，我们没有。我们不喜欢承诺。
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
没有一根绳索或缆绳能像爱用一根细线那样有力地牵引，也没有一根绳索能像爱用一根细线那样束缚得如此之快。
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
狗教会一个男孩忠诚、毅力和在躺下之前要转三圈。
We both have a great loyalty to it, and I think that it's important to give it our best shot.
我们都对它非常忠诚，我认为给它最好的机会是很重要的。
Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
绝对不是。我对承诺没有问题。事实上，我喜欢生命中有人陪伴。
No matter what happens, I will always be there for you, even if you do not remember who I am.
无论发生什么事，我都会在你身边，即使你不记得我是谁。
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
我们所称的幸福的秘密并不比我们选择生活的意愿更秘密。
When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.
当你把手放在犁头上时，你不能放下它，直到你走到最后一排。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.
教练最大的财富是他的责任感——球员对他的依赖。
Promise Yourself To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
承诺自己 坚强到没有什么能扰乱你内心的平静。
To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.
向前看而不是回头， 往外看而不是往里看，还有 伸出援助之手。
Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
如果你不愿意对自己的想法负责，就不要有好的想法。
Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
凡事尽你的本分。你不能做得更多，你也不应该希望做得更少。
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
承诺是人类安排未来的独特方式，使其可预测和可靠到人类可以做到的程度。