A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
决定
Decisions
Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?
除了做出不完美的决定之外，政治还包括什么呢?这些决定中有许多是不公正的，还有相当一部分是致命的。
Sometimes we hang on even when we should let go, because sometimes the right things don't always give us the best feelings.
有时候，即使我们应该放手，我们也会坚持，因为有时候，对的事情并不总是给我们最好的感觉。
But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.
但规则似乎是，这个决定越大、越能改变生活，它就越不像是一个决定。
Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.
随着时间的推移，你经历了你不想要的伴侣身上的所有事情，它开始缩小到你真正想要的。
There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.
有一个选择。总有第三种方法，而不是另外两种方法的组合。这是一种不同的方式。
There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
有些事我不能强求。我必须调整。有时候，最需要改变的就是改变我的观点。
When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
当你决定沿着某条路走下去时，你应该坚持到底，不要因为个人原因而偏离它。
We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
我们必须在一个只靠短期利润驱动的全球市场和一个有人情味的市场之间做出选择。
If the only way you can build an emergency fund is to pay the minimum due on your credit card, that is what you need to do.
如果建立应急基金的唯一方法是支付信用卡上的最低到期金额，那么这就是你需要做的。
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
一次又一次，当我们看到问题只是一个等待作出的艰难决定时，不可能的问题就解决了。
If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.
如果你在面对一个大难题时拖延……把问题分解成几个部分，一次处理一个部分。
Managing excuses means not excusing yourself from the responsibility you need to take with your thought, words, and actions.
管理借口意味着不要为自己的思想、言语和行为推卸责任。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In crises the most daring course is often safest.
在危机中，最大胆的做法往往是最安全的。
It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.
当接下来发生的事不是你计划好的时候，你就很难计划接下来会发生什么。
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
不要老是想着哪里出了问题。相反，专注于下一步该做什么。把你的精力花在寻找答案上。
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
旅行就像婚姻。犯错的唯一方法就是认为你能控制它。
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
当一个人被要求演讲时，他首先要决定的是说什么。
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。