A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
生活是一个不断决定我们要做什么的过程。
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
在你听到双方的意见之前,你不应该做决定。
You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.
你要么是解决方案的一部分,要么就是问题的一部分。
Break any problem into, or make any changes in, small increments.
将任何问题分解成小的增量,或对其进行任何更改。
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
我们不能同时做所有的事情,但我们可以同时做一些事情。
If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.
如果你必须被说服做某事,你不应该做。
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.
发生了什么并不重要,重要的是你如何应对。
Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you.
有时候你在生活中做出选择,有时候选择也会让你做出选择。
When you get ready to vote, make sure you know what you are doing.
当你准备投票时,确保你知道自己在做什么。
You choose what you can live with and what you can't live without.
你可以选择你能拥有什么,也可以选择你不能没有什么。
Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary.
最终你所做的是次要的。但如何做才是最重要的。
In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.
在我的脑海中,有一个时间和地方可以让你脚踏实地。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The longer you wait to handle something, the harder it gets.
你等的时间越长,事情就越难处理。
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。
If everybody followed the rules, nothing would ever change. Without change there would be no progress.
如果每个人都遵守规则,什么也不会改变。没有变革就没有进步。
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
当你必须在人们对你的需求和你对自己的需求之间找到平衡时,问题就出现了。
It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.
重要的是,人们在与他人交往之前,先弄清楚自己的生活——判断你在哪里,处理自己的问题。
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
判断并非在所有场合都需要,但谨慎总是需要的。