A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.
力量是一种决心的问题。
You can’t think and hit at the same time.
你不能边想边打。
You get to define the terms of your life.
你要定义自己的生活。
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
抱最好的希望,做最坏的打算。
The cause is in my will; I will not come.
原因在我的遗嘱里;我不来了。
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
永远不要下达无法执行的命令。
Not everyone can or wants to go straight.
不是每个人都能或都想走直路。
The patient decides when it's best to go.
病人决定什么时候最好离开。
If you do something, expect consequences.
如果你做了某件事,期待结果。
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
每一个行动的始祖都是一种思想。
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
如果一个问题不能解决,就扩大它。
Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
计划;计划就是一切。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
我们大多数人都非常清楚我们应该做什么;我们的麻烦是我们不想做这件事。
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
如果你不知道你要去哪里,你必须非常小心,因为你可能无法到达那里。
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.
如果这对你很重要,你会找到方法的。如果没有,你会找到一个借口。
Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.
让我们今天在这里达成协议,在我们中间采纳一项简单而不成文的规则。除非我们准备好提出自己的另一种观点,否则我们不会站出来批评别人的观点。
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。