1.人生中總有些時候你會厭倦追趕他人、追求完美,但這不等于自暴自棄。你只不過明白到,有些人、有些事以及他們所帶來的東西并不是你想要的。
2. If a person wants to be a part of your life they will make an obvious effort to do so. Don’t bother reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay。
2.如果有人想成為你生活中的一部分,他們的努力,你都會看得到。所以,別總想著在心里騰個位置給那些不想待在你身邊的人。
3.If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down – which is not always as obvious and easy as it sounds。
3.如果你想飛翔,那就扔掉那些阻礙你騰空的東西。這一點往往是聽起來容易,做起來難。
4.Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing。
4.去做,即使做錯也比什么都不做要強得多。
5. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. You don’t fail by falling down. You fail by never getting back up. Sometimes you just have to forget how you feel, remember what you deserve, and keep pushing forward。
5.每一次成功的背后都是一串串的失敗,而每一次失敗都更靠近成功。摔倒,并不意味著失敗;真正的失敗是摔倒后就再也不肯站起來。有時候,你所要做的不過是忘記自己的感受,記住你所應(yīng)得的,勇往直前。
6. When you get to know people with different ethnic backgrounds, from different cities and countries, who live at various socioeconomic levels, you begin to realize that everyone basically wants the same things. They want validation, love, happiness, fulfillment and hopes for a better future. The way they pursue these desires is where things branch off, but the fundamentals are the same. You can relate to almost everyone everywhere if you look past the superficial facades that divide us。
6.當(dāng)你認(rèn)識來自不同民族、城市、國家和社會階層的人之后,你才明白每個人的需求本質(zhì)上都是一樣的,那就是獲得認(rèn)可、愛情、幸福、滿足和對未來的美好希望。盡管他們滿足這些需求的方式各不相同,但實質(zhì)卻沒有改變。當(dāng)你透過表面看本質(zhì)時,你就能把世界各地所有的人都聯(lián)系到一起。
7. The more things you own, the more your things own you. Less truly gives you more freedom。
7.擁有越多,限制越多。越少,自由越多。
8.While you’re busy looking for the perfect person, you’ll probably miss the imperfect person who could make you perfectly happy. This is as true for friendships as it is for intimate relationships. Finding a companion or a friend isn’t about trying to transform yourself into the perfect image of what you think they want. It’s about being exactly who you are and then finding someone who appreciates that。
8.你總是在尋覓最好的那個人,卻錯過了身邊能讓你真正快樂的人,盡管他們可能沒有那么好。友情、愛情都是如此。尋找伴侶也好、朋友也好,不是要把自己變成他們希望的樣子,而是要保持真我,尋找那些能欣賞你的人。
9. Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason。
9.擇偶要慎重,寧缺毋濫。沒有必要著急,該來的總歸會來。緣分天注定,在對的時間遇到對的人。
10. Making a thousand friends is not a miracle. A miracle is making one friend who will stand by your side when thousands are against you。
10.朋友遍天下沒什么了不起,真正了不起的是,有那么一個朋友,當(dāng)別人都棄你而去的時候還對你不離不棄。
11. Someone will always be better looking. Someone will always be smarter. Someone will always be more charismatic. But they will never be you – with your exact ideas, knowledge and skills。
11.總會有人比你漂亮,總會有人比你聰明,總會有人比你有魅力。這些人都不是你,他們不會擁有你所擁有的思想、知識和技能。
12. Making progress involves risk. Period. You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first。
12.前進(jìn)中總會有風(fēng)險。沒什么好多說的。你總不可能腳還踩在一壘上就想跑到二壘吧。
13.Every morning you are faced with two choices: You can aimlessly stumble through the day not knowing what’s going to happen and simply react to events at a moment’s notice, or you can go through the day directing your own life and making your own decisions and destiny。
13.每天早上你都有兩個選擇:一是虛度光陰、碌碌無為,不知道一天會發(fā)生什么事,只是等到事情迫在眉睫了才勉強應(yīng)對?;蛘吣憧梢宰约赫瓶匾磺?,包括你的生活、決定和命運。
14. Everyone makes mistakes. If you can’t forgive others, don’t expect others to forgive you. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you。
14.人非圣賢,孰能無過。你不原諒別人,又怎么能希望別人會原諒你。寬恕就是釋放囚犯,這個囚犯不是別人,正是你自己。
15.It’s okay to fall apart for a little while. You don’t always have to pretend to be strong, and there is no need to constantly prove that everything is going well. You shouldn’t’t be concerned with what other people are thinking either – cry if you need to – it’s healthy to shed your tears. The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again。
15.偶爾崩潰一小下是可以的,你不必總是假裝堅強,證明一切都運行正常。不需要去理會別人的想法,想哭就哭,流淚對身體有好處。早點流淚,就能早點再次微笑。
16. We sometimes do things that are permanently foolish just because we are temporarily upset. A lot of heartache can be avoided if you learn to control your emotions。
16.有時候,我們因為一時的失意而做出讓我們后悔終身的傻事。只要學(xué)會控制自己的情緒,很多讓我們心痛的事都是可以避免的。
17.Someone else doesn’t’t have to be wrong for you to be right. There are many roads to what’s right. You cannot judge others by your own past. They are living a different life than you. What might be good for one person may not be good for another. What might be bad for one person might change another person’s life for the better. You have to allow people to make their own mistakes and their own decisions。
17.你是對的,別人不一定就是錯的。對有很多種不同方式,你不能通過自己的經(jīng)歷來判斷別人。每個人的生活都不一樣。對這個人是好事,對那個人可能不是。對某個人來說是件壞事,對另一個人而言卻是好事。你要允許別人犯錯,也要允許別人自己做決定。
18. Nobody is perfect, and nobody deserves to be perfect. Nobody has it easy. You never know what people are going through. Every one of us has issues. So don’t belittle yourself or anyone else. Everybody is fighting their own unique war。
18.人無完人,人無須成完人。大家都過得不容易,你永遠(yuǎn)不會知道別人都在經(jīng)歷著些什么。每個人都有自己的事情要做。所以,別輕視自己,也別輕視他人。每個人都在打自己的仗。
19.A smile doesn’t’t always mean a person is happy. Sometimes it simply means they are strong enough to face their problems。
19.微笑不代表快樂,有時,微笑僅僅說明我們足夠強大去面對問題。
20. The happiest people I know keep an open mind to new ideas and ventures, use their leisure time as a means of mental development, and love good music, good books, good pictures, good company and good conversation. And oftentimes they are also the cause of happiness in others – me in particular。
20.我認(rèn)識的最快樂的人,他們思想開放,勇于接受新事物、新挑戰(zhàn),他們會利用業(yè)余時間來提升心智,喜歡悠揚的音樂、智慧的書籍、漂亮的畫卷、優(yōu)秀的伙伴和睿智的談話。通常,他們也是別人快樂的來源,對我尤其如此。
21.You can’t take things too personally. Rarely do people do things because of you. They do things because of them。
21.做事不要以自我為中心。人們做事不是為了你,而是為了他們自己。
22. Feelings change, people change, and time keeps rolling. You can hold on to past mistakes or you can create your own happiness. A smile is a choice, not a miracle. True happiness comes from within. Don’t make the mistake of waiting on someone or something to come along and make you happy。
22.情會變,人會變,時間不變。你是選擇沉溺于過去的錯誤之中還是創(chuàng)造自己的幸福?微笑是選擇,不是奇跡。真正的幸福是由內(nèi)而外的。不要以為會有某個人某件事來給你幸福。
23.It’s much harder to change the length of your life than it is to change the depth of it。
23.改變生命的長度比改變生命的深度要難得多。
24.You end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did。
24.最終,你后悔“沒做”的事情要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于你“做過”的事情。
25.When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you。
25.當(dāng)你不再追逐錯誤的事情,就等于給了正確的事情一個追上你的機會。
26.One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everyone else。
26.人生一大難事就是做自己,因為這個世界總讓你變得和別人一樣。
27.Enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and discover they were the big things。
27.享受那些小事情。總有一天當(dāng)你暮然回首,你會發(fā)現(xiàn),正是那些小事才是真正的大事。
28.Anyone can make a difference. Making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world。
28.人人都能改變世界。讓一個人微笑就能改變世界,即使改變的不是全世界,也是一個人的世界。
29. Everything is a life lesson. Everyone you meet, everything you encounter, etc. They’re all part of the learning experience we call ‘life.’ Never forget to acknowledge the lesson, especially when things don’t go your way. If you don’t get a job that you wanted or a relationship doesn’t’t work, it only means something better is out there waiting. And the lesson you just learned is the first step towards it。
29.一切都是生活的課程。每一個你遇到的人,每一件你遇到的事,這些生活經(jīng)歷共同組成了我們稱之為“生命”的東西。不要忘記這些生活的課程,尤其在遭遇逆境的時候。如果你找不到心儀的工作,或者感情出現(xiàn)了問題,這只能說明前面還有更好的在等你。而你剛剛學(xué)會的就是邁出第一步。
30. Regardless of how filthy your past has been, your future is still spotless. Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Each day is a new beginning. Every morning we wake up is the first day of the rest of our life。
30.即使你的過去是一團亂麻,你的未來也是一塵不染的。不要帶著昨日的碎片來開始新的一天。每一天都是新的開始。每天早上醒來,又是生活的第一天。