In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

困难之中蕴藏着机遇。

In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.

在音乐行业，我们重视巨大的成功。我意识到，虽然我喜欢那样，但这不是我写作的目的。如果我开始这样做，它就变得不纯了。

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

在这个世界上，使我们富有的不是我们得到了什么，而是我们放弃了什么。

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

独立电影与成功电影有着截然不同的声望。

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

疯狂就是一遍又一遍地做着同样的事情，却期待着不同的结果。

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

在成功的夏季，正直是如此易逝。

It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were.

如今，推广某项产品的成本如此之高，以至于几乎总是把安全作为首选选项，回顾过去成功的产品。而且，人们根本没有时间去发展，去发现他们自己和他们的观众，就像我们一样。

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

这部电影是否成功并不重要，因为它已经上映了。

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

很久以前，我就注意到，有成就的人很少坐下来，让事情发生在他们身上。他们走出去，发生了一些事情。

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

认为人通过成功而成功是错误的;他们往往通过失败获得成功。教训、学习、忠告和榜样永远不能像失败那样教会他们。

It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.

教会在短短几年内，在没有严重分裂的情况下，推行了这样一项划时代的改革，这绝对是教会的独特成功。

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

宁可在终将成功的事业中失败，也不要在终将失败的事业中成功。

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

创新失败总比模仿成功好。

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

采取一种方法并加以尝试是常识。如果失败了，坦率地承认，再试一次。但最重要的是，尝试一些事情。

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

失败很难，但从未尝试过成功更糟。