A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
The problem is never the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Think before you rush into action.
问题永远不是问题。问题出在你对问题的态度上。三思而后行。
Negotiating small differences is part of being a grownup; no one can tell you in advance where to put your foot down.
处理小分歧是成熟的一部分;没有人能预先告诉你应该把脚放在哪里。
I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.
我认为每个人都能理解做出错误选择的想法——知道这是一个错误的选择——但无论如何还是要去做。
I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.
我做了一些令自己后悔的决定，并把它们当作学习经验……我是人，不像其他人那样完美。
I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
我在这里为我所做的事承担责任。我不会为我没有做的事承担责任。
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.
试图控制糖尿病是困难的，因为如果你不这样做，你将不得不在以后的生活中处理一些后果。
Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.
责备比承担责任要容易得多，因为如果你承担了责任，那么你可能会受到责备。
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
思考是容易的，行动是困难的，把一个人的思想付诸行动是世界上最困难的事情。
Never do today what you can as well do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
不要把今天能做的事放到明天去做，因为有些事可能会让你后悔自己的过早行动。
The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green lights to go by.
在我看来，我要么过马路，要么再等几年绿灯过去。
I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.
如果我真的认为我所做的是有帮助的，我将坚决地投票反对我的地区的利益。
Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
每个人都有他的尊严。我愿意忘记我的，但这是我自己的决定，而不是别人让我这么做的时候。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is only in our decisions that we are important.
只有在我们的决定中，我们才是重要的。
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.
快速行动的好处之一是，如果你做错了什么，你可以改变它。
Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.
碰壁后，下一步合乎逻辑的做法是不要用头撞墙。
Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.
权宜之计是一时的，原则是千秋的。
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。
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
除非你珍惜自己，否则你不会珍惜你的时间。除非你珍惜你的时间，否则你不会用它做任何事情。