A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
如果你不准备行动,最好保持沉默,甚至不去思考。
It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.
这是格兰特的公司,他做了所有的决定。这很好。
Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown.
我们的意志和命运是相反的,我们的计划仍然被推翻。
Nobody is in the process of making any changes that we can be specific about.
没有人正在进行任何我们可以具体说明的改变。
Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out.
一旦你开始了,谁该进去,谁该被淘汰就没有尽头了。
The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.
做一笔好交易的最好方法就是有能力放弃它。
You cannot reason people out of positions they didn't reason themselves into.
你无法说服人们放弃他们没有说服自己的立场。
I hesitated for all the right reasons. And I accepted for all the wrong ones.
我有充分的理由犹豫。我接受了所有的错误。
Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
纪律就是在你现在想要的和你最想要的之间做出选择。
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
当你不得不做一个选择而不做的时候,这本身就是一个选择。
Choices are powerful things. In fact, they’re more powerful than most things.
选择是强大的。事实上,它们比大多数东西都更强大。
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
有时候你做出了正确的决定,有时候你做出了正确的决定。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You could always go on changing things but there comes a time when you have to decide to stop.
你可以一直不断地改变,但总有一天你不得不决定停下来。
The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.
知道多少才算足够的唯一方法,就是做得太多,然后再退一步。
It is only in our decisions that we are important.
只有在我们的决定中,我们才是重要的。
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。
We cannot think first and act afterward. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought
我们不能先想后做。从出生的那一刻起,我们就沉浸在行动之中,只有通过思考才能断断续续地引导行动
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
领导人不应对民意调查负责,而是对其行为的后果负责。