A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
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。
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.
选举活动的结果并不是由政客们的任何组合决定的。
If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
如果你有时间抱怨某事，那么你就有时间去做一些事情。
We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
我们对在我们不负责的情况下所采取的行动负责。
Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.
大多数重要的选择都涉及到灰色的阴影，而一些迷雾通常对完成任务很有用。
The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.
当今世界上存在的问题不能用产生这些问题的思维水平来解决。
A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
一个人的头脑会慢慢地拒绝作出决定，直到受到紧急情况的驱使和强迫。
Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.
记得;不管情况看起来多么绝望，花时间思考清楚永远不会浪费时间。
It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.
当政客们有疑问时，这是非常有用的，因为世界上有太多的选择可以选择。
We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
我们都希望在为我们自己和我们的家庭作出卫生保健决定时能获得更多的信息。
I don't know if we're on the edge of the precipice, but we're in a very, very, very difficult situation.
我不知道我们是否在悬崖的边缘，但我们正处于一个非常、非常、非常困难的境地。
The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.
这样做的目的是为了扩大你的优势范围，而这种优势只有在别人付出代价的情况下才能实现。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
对于工具箱里只有锤子的人来说，每一个问题看起来都像钉子。
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
被剥夺作出重要决定的机会的人，开始把他被允许作出的决定视为重要的决定。
There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value.
优雅的退出是有诀窍的。它始于这样的愿景:认识到一份工作、一个人生阶段、一段关系何时结束，然后放手。它意味着离开过去而不否认它的价值。
When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.
当你不能拥有你所选择的，你就选择你所拥有的。
You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.
你通常必须等待值得等待的东西。
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
如果你来到谈判桌前，说你知道最终的真相，说你只知道真相，那就是最终结果，你将一无所获。