A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
奉献
Dedication
He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
他很有天赋，但没有太多的奉献精神，做事没有条理，不知道如何学习，不知道如何理解自己在做什么，也没有试着去学习如何变得更好。
There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation.
有许多实验和大量的研究可以在空间站上进行，这对我们的生活有很大的影响，我们致力于支持这个重要的职业。
What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.
促使我将自己奉献给公共服务近三分之二的是我有机会为那些把我托付给他们的声音和捍卫者的人创造成果。
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.
但是工作的质量只能通过个人的满足、奉献和享受来实现。在我们的职业中，精确和完美不是可有可无的奢侈品，而是简单的必需品。
You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.
你会全身心投入，这就是你在生活中想要做的事情——无论是运动、学业还是恋爱关系。这一切都源于找到那种乐趣，那种刺激，那种兴奋。
I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always try to give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day.
我一直在球场上努力做到最好。我只能做到这一点。我总是试着百分之百地付出;如果我的球队输了，我会在第二天百分之百的奉献。
The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.
我永远不会忘记的那一天是我和妻子塔塞拉结婚的日子。塔塞拉对我和我的孩子们来说是如此的特别。她的精力足以使任何人感到高兴。她的奉献和关心给了我安慰和安逸。
The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.
我们的退伍军人冒着生命危险保护我们享有的自由。他们把自己的生命奉献给了国家，他们的承诺应该得到承认。
It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.
我花了一段时间才明白这一点，并意识到我得到了一份多么珍贵的礼物。当我最终做到的时候，我把自己奉献给了成为最好的投手，尽我所能做到最好。
I yield to no one in my devotion to this great League of Nations, but not even for this will I destroy that smaller but older league of which my own country was the birthplace, and of which it remains the centre.
在我对这个伟大的国际联盟的奉献中，我不向任何人屈服，但即使为了这个目的，我也不会摧毁这个规模较小但历史悠久的联盟，我自己的国家是它的诞生地，它仍然是它的中心。
And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it.
正是这种感觉，我们中的一些人必须为文化和社会做出贡献，而这种贡献可能会在经济上造成伤害，那又怎样呢?我们这么做是因为我们生来就该这么做，我们觉得我们没有其他选择，所以就这么做吧。
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.
很难用一句话来描述我的研究激起的热情和奉献精神。我们几乎生活在贫困之中。我用过铅笔，两支五分钱一支，我的钢笔丢了，也买不到自来水笔。
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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。
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
成功的代价是努力工作，专注于手头的工作，以及无论输赢，我们都全力以赴完成手头任务的决心。
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。
If you care enough, you make a difference.
如果你足够关心，你就会有所作为。
If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
如果有什么事值得做，就用心去做。
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
令人惊奇的是，当我们确信自己在履行自己的职责时，会激发起多大的决心、勇气和意志力。