No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

  • -- Napoleon Hill 拿破仑·希尔

没有人曾经取得过有价值的成就——当他成功的时候,他总是发现自己至少有一只脚悬在失败的边缘。

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A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

刚当上父亲的人很快就会发现,他的孩子总是在他上厕所的准确时间来上厕所,好像他需要有人陪着一样。对这位父亲来说,确保浴室隐私的唯一方法就是在加油站刮胡子。

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

如果你在生活中专注于自律,那么你在写作时就会比在和朋友一起玩或从事其他工作时更聪明。

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

我有点不一样。我仍然说我有点不同,因为对我来说,成功不是拥有最多的钱,或拥有最大的汽车或最大的房子。

There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember.

时间一去不复返,四周既没有篱笆,也没有篱笆。如果你还记得的话,你可以回去吃你喜欢吃的东西。

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

如果你真的很擅长扯淡,那就意味着你身边没有足够多比你聪明的人。

If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story.

如果我成功地愚弄了一家通讯社,我真的不需要做任何其他事情来宣传这个故事。

We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep.

我们生活在世界末日的边缘,但世界却在沉睡。