A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
奉献
Dedication
In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.
在天国里，要受冠冕的是他的工作，不是你的。在你们里面，凡他自己没有行的，都是虚的。
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
一个人必须非常热爱一件事，如果他不仅实践它没有任何名利的希望，甚至…没有希望把它做好。
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
这些人有能力为正义献身，为公众献身。他们言出必行，每过一天，他们的意思就更深刻了。
Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
我们每个人都在雕刻一块石头，竖立一根柱子，或者切一块彩色玻璃来建造比我们自己更大的东西。
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
我们都有梦想。但是为了让梦想成真，它需要极大的决心、奉献、自律和努力。
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
一个音乐家必须创作音乐，一个艺术家必须绘画，一个诗人必须写作，如果他想最终与自己和平相处。一个人能成为什么样的人，他必须成为什么样的人。
I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.
我不是一个完美的仆人。我是一名公务员，在逆境中尽我最大的努力。在我成长和服务的过程中，要有耐心。上帝还没有结束对我的惩罚。
We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.
我们有责任保护我们自己和我们的下一代的环境，以便我们可以留给我们的孩子一个可持续的世界，造福所有人。
I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.
我从事这些活动，因为我相信，在南非已经出现的危险情况下，我有责任这样做。
I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
为了取得比赛的胜利，我愿意做任何事情，不管是坐在板凳席上给队友递毛巾、递水，还是上场执行致胜一投。
There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle.
有很多敬业的人没有得到我们得到的认可，但他们和坐在车里的人一样重要。
Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
一旦我理解了巴赫的音乐，我就想成为一名音乐会钢琴家。巴赫让我把我的一生奉献给了音乐，正是那位老师把我介绍给了他的世界。
KEEP EXPLORING
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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
传授知识只是在我们的灯前点燃别人的蜡烛，而不使自己失去任何火焰。
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
要成为一名优秀的艺术家，你必须为艺术作品服务，让它成为它应该成为的样子。
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
对于那些把自己奉献给今天的人来说，昨天是不会被浪费的。
If you care enough, you make a difference.
如果你足够关心，你就会有所作为。
We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.
当我们试图去做我们的职责时，我们从来没有失败过，当我们忽视去做时，我们总是失败。
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.
如果一个人没有付出一切，他就什么也没有付出。