I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success.

  • -- Amy Tan 谭恩美

我想,自从我的父亲和哥哥去世后,我一直都是一个重要的人物,他们害怕希望。所以,比起成功,我对失败和拒绝更有准备。

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It's easy to measure success by the number of dollars spent or by the number of programs initiated, without having too much regard for what was bought and how useful it was to the people who need it - the war fighter and the analyst.

衡量成功的标准很容易是花费了多少美元,或者启动了多少项目,而不需要过多考虑购买了什么,以及它对需要它的人——战争战士和分析师——有多大用处。

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

成功的秘诀是学会如何利用痛苦和快乐,而不是让痛苦和快乐利用你。如果你这样做了,你就控制了自己的生活。如果你不这样做,生活就会控制你。