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1.Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.(聪明是一种天赋,而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易——毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择则颇为不易。如果一不小心,你可能被天赋所诱惑,这可能会损害到你做出的选择。)
你是否曾经被天赋所诱惑,为了“炫耀”自己而伤害他人
2. I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. (我认为自己不会为尝试过后的失败而遗憾,倒是有所决定但完全不付诸行动会一直煎熬着我。)
勇敢地去尝试吧,不尝试你不可能成功,等待你的只有无尽的遗憾
3. Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?(你们是被惯性所引导,还是追随自己内心的热情?)
Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?(你们会墨守陈规,还是勇于创新?)
Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?(你们会选择安逸的生活,还是选择一个奉献与冒险的人生?)
Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?(你们会屈从于批评,还是会坚守信念?)
Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize?(你们会掩饰错误,还是会坦诚道歉?)
Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?(你们会因害怕拒绝而掩饰内心,还是会在面对爱情时勇往直前?)
Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?(你们想要波澜不惊,还是想要搏击风浪?)
When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?(你们会在严峻的现实之下选择放弃,还是会义无反顾地前行?)
Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?(你们要做愤世嫉俗者,还是踏实的建设者?)
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?(你们要不计一切代价地展示聪明,还是选择善良?)
我们每个人是不是也应该问问自己同样的问题
4. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. (在你们80岁时某个追忆往昔的时刻,只有你一个人静静对内心诉说着你的人生故事,其中最为充实、最有意义的那段讲述,会被你们作出的一系列决定所填满。最后,是选择塑造了我们的人生。) |
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