A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
奉献
Dedication
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
当一个人没有什么可以奉献的时候,他就把自己藏起来。
I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
最重要的是,我一直对创造负有责任。
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。
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。
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
当你停止做出贡献时,你就开始死亡。
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
我所能奉献的没有其它,只有热血、辛劳、眼泪与汗水。
Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.
尽你的责任,那是最好的;其余的留给主吧。
The work is a calling. It demands that type of obsession.
工作是一种召唤。它需要那种痴迷。
Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.
做母亲是我的职业。我对此非常满意。
I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none.
我将把我的服役记录与任何人相比,无一例外。
I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.
除了做好工作外,我对做任何事都没有兴趣。
I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.
我不会做一个不尽职尽责的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
生命最大的用处是把它花在比生命更长久的事情上。