A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.
聪明人做自己的决定,无知者听从舆论。
I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms.
我希望你不介意,但我擅自拿走了你的自由。
There is no problem more difficult to solve than that created by ourselves.
没有什么问题比我们自己创造的问题更难解决了。
All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.
我犯过的所有错误都是当我想说“不”而说“是”的时候。
It takes more wisdom to know when to break plans than it does to make them.
知道什么时候打破计划比制定计划需要更多的智慧。
But I do have an idea in my head before I go in about what I'm going to do.
但是在我决定做什么之前,我的脑子里有一个想法。
It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
决定你命运的是你的决定,而不是你的条件。
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
同意和做这种事的人将受到同等的惩罚。
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
哲学家不应该试图逃避下定决心的责任。
I want you to do it right as fast as you can, not fast as right as you can.
我希望你尽快把它做好,而不是尽快把它做好。
You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel.
你是你自己的船的船长;别让别人来掌舵。
While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.
虽然我在生活的很多方面都很冲动,但婚姻不是其中之一。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.
快速行动的好处之一是,如果你做错了什么,你可以改变它。
Contrary to what we've been told, life is simple. We complicate matters with our choices.
与我们被告知的相反,生活很简单。我们的选择使问题复杂化。
You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
你无法改变发生了什么。但是你仍然可以改变将要发生的事情。
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
计划因缺乏建议而失败,但有了许多顾问,计划就成功了。
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
如果你发现自己在一条长期漏水的船上,那么花在换船上的精力可能比花在修补漏水上的精力更有成效。
Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
小心得到你喜欢的,否则你将被迫喜欢你得到的。