People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

  • -- Andrew Carnegie 安德鲁·卡内基

那些不能激励自己的人必须满足于平庸,不管他们的其他才能有多出众。

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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

偏执狂正是统治者的真实形象。唯一的区别是他们在世界上的地位。人们甚至可能认为偏执狂更令人印象深刻,因为他对自己足够了,不会被失败动摇。

Newspapers do a good job telling me what happened yesterday, but they'd be a lot more impressive if they could tell me what's going to happen tomorrow.

报纸能很好地告诉我昨天发生了什么,但如果它们能告诉我明天会发生什么,那就更令人印象深刻了。

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.

一个懒惰的人,不管他有什么才能,都会使自己陷入被动的思想和二流的朋友之中。

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

这个世界不需要更多的平庸和对冲押注。

No man can discover his own talents.

没有人能发现自己的才能。