If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.

  • -- Alain de Botton 阿兰·德波顿

如果一个人感到成功,那么他就没有什么动力去追求成功。

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I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

我很早就决定,我们要做正确的事情,如果成功了,我们就会非常成功。如果因为某种原因他们没有这么做,那么所有的主张、抗议和借口都无济于事。

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

如果我能有所贡献,如果我能更多地看到终极善的本质和本质,如果我能受到启发去开拓更广阔的思想和行动视野,如果我能平静地面对自己,那么今天就是成功的一天。

Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.

它是否成功对我来说不是练习。这不是我能决定的。现在我已经无能为力了。我不会在两年后回过头来看,然后说我犯了一个大错误。

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

如果你忽略了那些细小的笔触,你的大图永远不会成为杰作。你如此努力地想要成功,以至于真正的成功都在躲避你。