Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

噪音证明不了什么。一只刚刚下蛋的母鸡常常咯咯地叫着，好像产下了一颗小行星。

Not even an angel can fulfill two missions at once.

即使天使也不能同时完成两项任务。

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

没有一件伟大的东西是突然创造出来的，就像一串葡萄或一颗无花果。如果你告诉我你想要一颗无花果，我回答你，一定要有时间。让它先开花，然后结果，然后成熟。

Nothing is too small to know, and nothing too big to attempt.

没有什么是小到不能知道的，也没有什么是大到不能尝试的。

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

没有什么比一个人日复一日地领导自己更能决定性地证明他领导他人的能力了。

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

理智的定义之一是区分真实与虚幻的能力。很快我们就需要一个新的定义。

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

爱国主义最大的吸引力之一——它满足了我们最坏的愿望。以我们国家的名义，我们可以间接地欺凌和欺骗。欺侮和欺骗，更重要的是，我们觉得自己是非常善良的。

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

其中一个关键因素是对自己诚实的能力。

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

领导力的测试之一是在问题变成紧急情况之前发现问题的能力。

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

我们的创造能力已经超过了我们明智地使用我们发明的产品的能力。

Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of comfort.

我们衡量和分配时间的能力提供了几乎无穷无尽的安慰。

Out of the best and most productive years of each man's life, he should carve a segment in which he puts his private career aside to serve his community and his country, and thereby serve his children, his neighbours, his fellow men, and the cause of freedom.

在每个人一生中最好和最富有成效的岁月里，他应该开辟出一段时间，把他的私人事业放在一边，为他的社区和国家服务，从而为他的孩子、邻居、同胞和自由事业服务。

Out of the strain of the Doing, Into the peace of the Done.

从做事情的压力中解脱出来，进入做事情的平和。

Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.

耐心不是等待的能力，而是在等待的时候保持良好态度的能力。

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

耐心是当你想要换档时让马达空转的能力。