1. Spend more time with those who make you smile and less time with those who you feel pressured to impress.
1. 多花点时间和那些能让你开心的人在一起,而那些让你感到有压力和不高兴的人,就不要跟他们待在一起太久了。
2. Never tell someone their dreams are impossible. You’ll feel like a fool when they prove you wrong.
2. 不能对别人说,你的梦想一定不会实现。如果事实证明你的看法是错的,你会很尴尬。
3. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
3. 不管你在这件事上犯了多少错误,也不论事情进展得多慢,你总是走在那些根本还没开始干这件事的人前面的。
4. Pursuing happiness by acquiring material things (fancy cars, expensive jewelry, designer clothing) is like jogging to the grocery store on your treadmill: it won’t get you anywhere.
4. 想把快乐建立在物质生活之上(好车、珠宝、华衣),就像是企图在跑步机上跑一跑就能跑到杂货店一样:根本就哪也去不了。
5. At 79, I regret the things I didn’t do far more than the things I did.
5. 79岁的时候,相较于那些我做了的事情,我更后悔自己没有做的。
6. When the ‘want’ gets stronger, the ‘how’ gets easier.
想法越强烈,做起来就越容易。
7. Too often we judge people on too little information.
我们总是在不了解人家的时候,就对他人下判断。
8. If you want to feel rich, just count all the great things you have that money can’t buy.
8. 如果想要找到一种富有的感觉,只要看看你拥有多少用钱都买不来的东西就行了。
9. I have taken noticed that the deeper I know about myself, the clearer I understand others.
9. 我发现,对自己了解越深,同时也就越懂得他人。
10. You can’t change who you are. You can only change what you know and how you apply this knowledge.
10. 你无法改变你是谁,但是你可以改变你要学到的是什么,以及怎样运用这些知识。
11. People who are meant to be together will find their way back to each other. They may take detours, but they’re never lost.
11. 命中注定要在一起的人终究会找到通向对方的路。虽然途中可能会走不少弯路,但是他们绝对不会迷路。
12. The older I get, and the more I learn, the more I realize I know so little. At 72, life still teaches me new lessons every day.
12. 年纪越大,学到的也就越多,也就越意识到自己的渺小。即使到了72岁,生活仍然每天都有新内容等着我去学习。
13. Freedom is the greatest gift. Self-sufficiency is the greatest freedom.
13. 自由是最伟大的礼物。而自我满足则是最伟大的自由。
14. Complaining is like slapping yourself for slapping yourself. It doesn’t solve the problem, it just hurts you more.
14. 抱怨就像是为自己抽了自己一耳光而再抽自己一耳光。抱怨完全不能解决问题,只会让你更受伤。
15. Embrace change. As uncomfortable as it is sometimes, change allows us to stretch and grow. New things feel awkward and scary at first, but those feelings go away, and you are left with something bigger and bolder in your life.
15. 请拥抱改变,虽然它偶尔会让你感到不舒服,但是是改变让我们成长。新事物最开始总是让人感到尴尬和不安,但是当这些感觉消散之后,你会体会到它给你带来的好处。
16. No matter how bad your heart has been broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief. The sun comes right back up the next day.
16. 不管你有多痛苦,这个世界都不会为你停止转动。太阳依旧照样升起。
17. In order to get, you have to give.
17. 想要获得,必先付出。
18. Even when you feel like you have nothing, someone else likely has far less. Find them and help them. You’ll see why.
18. 在你觉得自己一无所有的时候,总有比你拥有得更少的人。找到这些人,去帮助他们。你会知道原因的。
19. If you want something in your life you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something you’ve never done.
19. 如果你想获得那些从未得到过的东西,那么你就必须做那些你之前从未做过的事。
20. If you want love, give love. If you want friends, be friendly. If you want money, provide value. It really is this simple.
20. 如果你想要爱,那么请先付出爱。如果你想要朋友,请友好待人。如果你想要钱,请证明你的价值。道理就是如此简单。