A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
一个好的计划，现在就付诸实施，比下周就付诸实施要好得多。
Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.
永远不要违反规则。你稍微改变一下规则，然后就会出现滑坡。
We often make the mistake of regarding as most important that which is most pressing.
我们经常犯这样的错误，把最重要的事情看成是最紧迫的事情。
It is the small, mundane choices we make every day that cause the biggest difference.
正是我们每天做出的微小而平凡的选择造成了最大的不同。
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
我们知道一个人在想什么，不是当他告诉我们他在想什么，而是通过他的行动。
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.
坐下来把你想过的写下来，不要去想你该写什么。
It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.
选择你的思想是安全的，把它们全部表达出来几乎是不安全的。
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
我不相信每个人在涉及自己意愿的情况下的判断。
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
遵循洞的第一定律是件好事:如果你在洞里，停止挖洞。
Sometimes when you see the line, you think it's a good idea to cross it until you do.
有时候，当你看到这条线时，你会觉得跨过它是个好主意，直到你看到为止。
When I was little, I used to sing in the shower. Now? I make life decisions in there.
当我小的时候，我常常在淋浴时唱歌。现在?我在那里做人生的决定。
With every choice you create the life you’ll live; with every decision you design it.
你的每一个选择都创造了你的生活;每一个决定都是你设计的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.
没有听取双方的意见，不要妄下结论。甚至那些自以为有道德的人也很容易忘记这条谨慎的基本原则。
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
如果你告诉人们去哪里，而不是怎么去，你会对结果感到惊讶。
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.
进步的艺术是在变革中保持秩序，在秩序中保持变革。
It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.
学习如何谈判让双方都开心——无论是为了一份数百万美元的合同，还是仅仅看哪个电视节目，都决定了我们生活的质量和乐趣。
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。