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决定
Decisions
We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
我们必须相信政客们的决定。
We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice.
我们只看到我们所看到的。看是一种选择的行为。
If you can't change your mind, you can't change anything.
如果你不能改变你的想法，你就什么也改变不了。
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds
我们的行为决定我们，正如我们决定我们的行为一样
Happiness is a choice. Some pursue happiness, others it.
幸福是一种选择。有人追求幸福，有人追求幸福。
The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
关于财富，唯一的问题是，你如何处理它?
You have to really think about things before you do them.
在做事情之前，你必须认真考虑。
Chiefly the mould of a man’s fortune is in his own hands.
一个人的命运主要是由他自己塑造的。
Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
我们是否建立自由取决于我们自己。
Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
三思而后行，种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
So it was a hard decision but I know it is the right one.
所以这是一个艰难的决定，但我知道这是正确的。
I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.
我尽力把主任的意见凌驾于我自己的意见之上。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
权宜之计是一时的，原则是千秋的。
There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them. The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.
有些人看着这些规则，然后想办法围绕它们建立结构。规则越复杂，机会就越多。
Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.
有时候，你必须后退半步才能前进两步。
You don't fix the problem until you define it.
只有定义了问题，才能解决问题。
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.
承担生活责任的关键是接受这样一个事实:无论你如何定义这些术语，你的每一个选择都在无情地引导你走向成功或失败。
Some of the sharpest men in argument are notoriously unsound in judgment.
有些辩论中最犀利的人在判断上是出了名的不可靠。