「關於獲得成功」
On Achieving Success
為崇高的理想而活著是一種成功的生活。使人變強大的,不是這個人做了什麼,而是他努力嘗試去做什麼。有人說過,「不懈的努力是成功的代價。」倘若我們不盡全力工作,別人會盡全力,隨後他們將在競爭中超越我們,從我們手中奪取勝利的果實。
關於獲得成功,偉人的哲思給你帶來了什麼啟示呢?
關於成功的思索
We cannot travel every path. Success must be won along one line. We must make our business the one life purpose to which every other must be subordinate.
我們不可能把每條路都走一遍。必須執著於一條道路才能獲得成功。我們必須有一個終生追求的目標,其他的則從屬於這個目標。
I hate a thing done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly. If it be wrong, leave it undone.
我痛恨做事半途而廢。如果這件事是對的,就大膽勇敢地去做;如果這件事不對,就不要去做。
The men of history were not perpetually looking into the mirror to make sure of their own size. Absorbed in their work they did it. They did it so well that the wondering world sees them to be great, and labeled them accordingly.
歷史長河中的偉人並不是靠終日瞻觀鏡中的自己來衡量自身的形象的。他們的形象來自對事業全身心的投入與追求。他們是如此的卓越超凡,於是芸芸眾生覺得他們很偉大,並因此稱他們為偉人。
為崇高的理想而活
To live with a high ideal is a successful life. It is not what one does, but what one tries to do, that makes a man strong.「Eternal vigilance,」 it has been said,「is the price of liberty.」 With equal truth it may be said,「Unceasing effort is the price of success.」 If we do not work with our might, others will; and they will outstrip us in the race, and pluck the prize from our grasp. Success grows less and less dependent on luck and chance. Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. The great and indispensable help to success is character.
為崇高的理想而活著是一種成功的生活。使人變強大的,不是這個人做了什麼,而是他努力嘗試去做什麼。有人說過,「恆久的警惕是自由的代價」,那同樣也可以說,「不懈的努力是成功的代價。」倘若我們不盡全力工作,別人會盡全力,隨後他們將在競爭中超越我們,從我們手中奪取勝利的果實。成功越來越不依賴於運氣和巧合。喪失自信是我們失敗的主要原因。性格是取得成功不可或缺的重要助力。
人與環境
Character is a crystallized habit, the result of training and conviction. Every character is influenced by heredity, environment and education. But these apart, if every man were not to be a great extent the architect of his own character, he would be a fatalist, and irresponsible creature of circumstances.
性格是一種固化成形的習慣,是不斷培養並堅信於此的結果。每個人的性格都會受到遺傳因素、環境和教育的影響。但除此之外,如果人在很大程度上不能成為自己性格的構築者,那麼他就會淪為宿命論者,從而成為環境的失敗造物。
Instead of saying that man is a creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovel. Bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks, until the architect can make them something else. The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much. Wise men don’t care for what they can’t have.
與其說人是環境的造物,不如說人是環境的建築師更貼切些。同樣的材料,有人能用其建造出宮殿,而有人只能建成簡陋的小屋。在建築師將其變成他物之前,磚泥依然是磚泥。想得到的多就永遠不要奢望太多。智者不會在意他們得不到的東西。
成功的彼岸
Everybody wants success. Some people aim for it; others just talk about it. We all know what it looks like when someone else has it. Often times it just seems like something too far out of reach.
每個人都渴望成功。有的人努力去爭取,有的人只是說說而已。我們都知道一個真正成功了的人是什麼樣的,但很多時候那個樣子看起來是那麼遙不可及。
The truth to success is closer than you think. It's just on the other side you have to want it enough, and be willing enough to get it.實際上成功並沒有你想像的那麼遙遠。成功就在彼岸,只要你足夠期望、足夠想要實現它。
Fear is your biggest obstacle fear of failure, fear of the judgment of others; fear of actually succeeding. It will trip you up every time. It will cause you to make decisions that may seem 「right」 at the time, but they're preventing you from actually getting over that wall.
恐懼是你最大的障礙:害怕失敗,害怕他人的評判,害怕真正的成功。這些障礙會經常絆倒你,會讓你在看似正確的時候做出決定,但實際上他們卻阻礙了你真正翻越那道牆。
Success has no excuses. You either get it or you don't. The minute you find a reason not to take another step towards success is the moment you stop being successful. In the symphony of success, excuses are just noise.
成功沒有藉口。要麼真的實現,要麼就是未能實現。當你找到一個理由決定停止走向成功時,便是你停止成為成功之人的那一刻。在成功的交響樂中,藉口只是噪音。
On the other side of obstacles
成功在障礙的另一邊
Everyone faces changes; different ones at different times. We all handle the same challenges differently; we all have different results. It's how you handle each one and what you do with the results that count. An obstacle is something you either find a way around or allow to stop you. Remember, you've got to get passed obstacles in order to succeed.
每個人都會面臨改變,只是不同的人會在不同的時間(面臨改變)。我們都需要迎接同樣的挑戰,但結果卻不盡相同。差別在於你是如何應對每一個挑戰的,以及你如何應對每一個挑戰的結果。你要麼找到方法來解決它,要麼停止不前,這是你通往成功的一大障礙。記住,你必須跨越障礙才能走向成功。
On the other side of failures
成功在失敗的另一邊
Not everything works; even if it works for other people, the same thing just doesn't work for us. So what? Failure can either become an obstacle and an excuse or it can become your teacher in what not to do.
你並不是每件事都能成功;即使是同一件事,在別人身上或許成功了,但是在你身上卻不能。但那又怎麼樣?失敗要麼成為你的阻礙或者藉口,要麼成為你的良師益友,告訴你什麼該做什麼不該做。
It takes effort, commitment and follow-through
成功需要付出,需要承諾,需要堅持到底地不停嘗試
They call it a ladder of success for a reason… because you need to climb it in order to get somewhere. It's not an escalator. You just don't stand there and let it do the work for you. You have to do the work yourself. Sometimes it will be easy; other times you'll be carrying a heavy load on your shoulders. The ladder remains the same. Success still waits on the other side. It's going to take determination and persistence on your part to get up and over that wall.
人們把通往成功的路稱作階梯,因為你需要不停地往上攀爬才能達到某個地方。但它不是自動扶梯,你不能只是站在上面並期待它直接將你運上去,你必須自己親自往上爬。有時候會很容易,有時候你會肩負重擔往上走。但梯子並沒有變,成功仍然在另一頭等著你。你需要做出決定,堅持不懈往上爬,並翻越那道牆。
Which side do you want to be on?
成功或者失敗,你想站在哪一邊呢?
END
May you
live the way
you want