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决定
Decisions
It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
重要的是希腊人民要对重要的事态发展作出决定。
Logic pervades the world; the limits of the world are also the limits of logic.
逻辑遍及世界;世界的极限也是逻辑的极限。
You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.
你会惊奇地发现,将一个行动转化为思想是多么困难。
Sometimes when we don’t know how to move forward, it’s best to take a step back.
有时候,当我们不知道如何前进时,最好后退一步。
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
事前把事情想清楚总比事后把事情想清楚要好。
To gain one’s way is no escape from the responsibility for an inferior solution.
为所欲为是无法逃避劣质解决方案的责任的。
Answering the question as to whether we are winning-that is a very difficult one.
回答我们是否会赢的问题——这是一个非常困难的问题。
The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we're ready for it.
未来的问题在于,它往往在我们准备好之前到来。
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
人们希望学会游泳,同时保持一只脚在地面上。
Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.
知道什么时候该放弃可能是一件很重要的事情,但我还没有准备好。
It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.
重要的不是得到你想要的,而是决定你想要什么。
Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.
下一个重要的有一个好的目标是认识到什么时候扣动扳机。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.
一个人在危机中决定做什么取决于他的人生哲学,而这种哲学是不能被一个事件所改变的。如果一个人在危机中没有任何哲学,其他人就会做出决定。
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
今天不开始,明天就不会结束。
Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.
不要匆忙行事,每一步都要看清楚,从一开始就考虑可能的结局。
Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.
做事轻率的人总是对结果感到惊讶。
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。
The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'.
“怎样”的思考者能有效地解决问题,因为他不会把时间浪费在无用的“如果”上。