A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
生活中主要的危险是那些想要改变一切或者什么都不想改变的人。
In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?
在市场营销中，你必须在无聊、叫喊和诱惑之间做出选择。你想要哪一个?
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
一个有任务要做的人，必须知道站在哪一边，否则他根本不配站在哪一边。
If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.
如果有什么是我想要的，我就去争取。我只是在想我该怎么做。
The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.
策略的本质是你必须对你想要完成的事情设置限制。
I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.
我认为赢得第五场比赛的球队将赢得系列赛。除非我们输掉第五场比赛。
Too many...pass judgement on wartime decisions in the luxury of a peacetime environment.
太多的……在和平时期的环境下，对战时的决策作出判断。
The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
路中间就是白线所在的地方——这是最不适合开车的地方。
I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
我为生活中的优柔寡断所困扰。我不知道在餐馆点什么菜。
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。
Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored.
生活往往是许多平凡决定的积累，而这些决定往往被忽视。
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
每个人都必须自己决定是主宰自己的世界，还是被它所主宰。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
当你达到某个水平时，说“是”是很容易的:这是学会说“不”的时刻。
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。
It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it.
如果一个人还没有令人信服地发表意见，那么修改它就容易得多。
We cannot put off the difficult decisions for another day, another generation.
我们不能把艰难的决定推迟到另一天，另一代人。
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。
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
如果两个朋友让你评判一场争论，不要接受，因为你会失去一个朋友;另一方面，如果两个陌生人有同样的要求，接受吧，因为你会得到一个朋友。