1. 如果别人朝你扔石頭,不要扔回去,留著做你建樓高的基石吧。
If they throw stones at you, don't throw back, use them to build your own foundation instead.
–– 佚名(Anonymous)
2. 如果你對每隻向你吠的狗,都停下來扔石頭,你永遠到不了目的地。
You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
–– 溫斯頓.邱吉爾(Winston Churchill),前英國首相
3. 寧可讓人討厭真實的你,也好過讓別人愛上虛偽的自己。
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
–– 安德烈.紀德 (André Gide), 法國諾貝爾文學獎得主
新年度的學習計畫,你定了嗎?
新的一年,你是否為自己擬定了學習計畫?訂定計畫前,這兩句話能給你一些提醒。
4. 學習只有兩種途徑:一個是閱讀,另一個是與更聰明的人為伍。
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
–– 威爾.羅傑 (Will Rogers),美國知名牛仔
5. 如果你只讀每個人都在讀的書,你也只能想到每個人都能想到的事。
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
—— 村上春樹,日本知名作家
6. 如果你在小事上缺乏紀律,在大事上也會一樣。
If you let yourself be undisciplined on the small things, you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well.
–– 華倫‧巴菲特 (Warren Buffett, Investor),美國企業家
7. 每個人都是天才。但如果你用爬樹的能力評斷一條魚,它將終其一生覺得自己是個笨蛋。
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
–– 亞伯特.愛因斯坦(Albert Einstein),相對論之父
8. 我讓懶惰的人去做困難的工作,因為懶人能找到做這件事情的簡單方法。
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
–– 比爾.蓋茲 (Bill Gates), 微軟創辦人
9. 騰不出時間娛樂的人,早晚會被迫騰出時間生病。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
–– 約翰·沃納梅克(John Wanamaker),美國商人、百貨商店之父
10. 與其思考下次放假是什麼時候,或許你該思考,如何創造一個不會想要逃離的生活。
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.
–– 賽斯‧高汀(Seth Godin),美國創業家
11. 很多人一開始為了夢想而忙,後來忙得忘了夢想。
Many people start a career with a dream, then get busy forgetting it.
–– 佚名(Anonymous)
關於成功,你必須知道的事
新的一年,你想變得更成功嗎?無論你對成功的定義為何,你都必須知道:
12. 如果你想得到從未擁有的東西,你就得去做從未做過的事。
If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.
–– 湯瑪斯.傑佛遜(Thomas Jefferson),美國開國元勛
13. 爬上山頂並不是為了讓全世界看到你,而是讓你看到整個世界。
Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.
–– 佚名(Anonymous)
14. 成功,不是你所站的位置,而是你要去的方向。
Success, it is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.
–– 小奧利弗.溫德爾.霍姆斯(Oliver Wendell Holmes),前美國最高法院大法官
15. 強者,強在將人舉起,而非把人壓下。
Strong people don't put others down; they lift them up.
–– 邁克爾.沃森 (Michael P., Watson),英國拳擊手
16. 對付壓力最好的武器,就是「轉念」。
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
–– 威廉.詹姆士(William James),美國哲學與心理學家
17. 抱怨是貧窮的心態,別抱怨不好的事,對好的事心存感恩。
Complaining is poverty. Instead of complaining about what’s wrong, be grateful for what’s right.
–– 扎卡里.費雪(Zachary Fisher),慈善家
18. 一個真正快樂的人,是那種即使繞道而行也不忘享受風景的人。
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
–– 佚名(Anonymous)
19. 有人曾問我長大想做什麼,我寫下「快樂」,他們說我沒聽懂問題,我說他們不懂人生。
They asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
–– 約翰.藍儂(John Lennon),英國音樂人