Taylor Swift 泰勒丝
以下这段言论是节录自 Taylor Swift 于今年 5 月获得纽约大学荣誉学士学位，毕业典礼时所发表的言论。希望大家在追梦、努力的过程中，不要将自己的热忱给熄灭了。
Not hiding your enthusiasm for things.
不要隐藏你对于事物的热忱。
Decide what is yours to hold and let the rest go.
决定自己想保留什么，剩下的就放下吧。
enthusiasm (n.) 热忱；热情
Charles Darwin 达尔文
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
胆敢浪费一小时时间的人，必未曾发现生命的价值。
dare (v.) 敢于、胆敢
discover (v.) 发现、找到
Thomas A. Edison 爱迪生
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
天才是百分之一的灵感，加上百分之九十九的汗水。
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
我没有失败，只不过是发现了一万种不可行的方式。
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
许多人们的失败，起因于人们在放弃的时候没有意识到他们距离成功有多么近。
inspire (v.) 激发、激励、唤起
inspiration (n.) 灵感、突然想到的好主意
perspire (v.) 流汗
perspiration (n.) 汗
Rabindranath Tagore 泰戈尔
It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.
快乐很简单，但要简单却很难。
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
当你为了错过太阳而哭泣，那你也将错过群星。
Mohandas Gandhi 甘地
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
你必须成为你在世界上想看见的那个改变。
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
力量不是来自肉体的力量，而是源自于不屈不挠的意志。
physical (adj.) 身体的、肉体的 / 物质的、实物的
capacity (n.) 能力、容量
indomitable (adj.) 不屈不挠的
Winston Churchill 邱吉尔
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
我们应当仁慈对人，但不该要求别人也这样对我们。
You have enemies? Good, that means you’ve stood up for something, something in your life.
你有敌人吗？有的话，很好！这表示你有为了你生命中的某件事挺身而出。
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
成功是历经一个又一个的失败却不失去热情。
Albert Einstein 爱因斯坦
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
与其当一个成功的人，不如成为一个有价值的人。
only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
只有尝试做那些荒唐事的人，才能成就不可能的事。
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
人生就像骑脚踏车，为了保持平衡，你必须一直前进。
absurd (adj.) 荒谬的、荒唐的、愚蠢的、可笑的
Franklin D. Roosevelt 罗斯福
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
我们唯一该害怕的就是恐惧本身。
Charlie Chaplin 卓别林
You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.
如果你总是低着头，那么你永远无法看见彩虹。
We think too much and feel too little.
我们总是考虑太多，却太少去感受。
Martin Luther King, Jr. 马丁路德金恩
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
我们接受有限的失望，但绝不能失去无限的希望。
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?
人的一生最长久也最迫切的问题是：你为其他人做了什么？
finite (adj.) 有限的、有尽的
infinite (adj.) 无限的、无边的
persistent (adj.) 持续的、存留的、坚持不懈的
urgent (adj.) 紧急的、急迫的
Steve Jobs 贾柏斯
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
求知若饥，虚心求教。
Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.
质比量更重要，就像一支全垒打胜过两支二垒安打。
You’ve got to find what you love.
你必须找到你的热情所在。
Bill Gates 比尔盖兹
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.
成功是一名糟糕的老师，它诱使聪明人以为自己不会失败。
lousy (adj.) 糟糕的、差劲的
seduce (v.) 勾引、诱使
Tim Duncan 邓肯
Good, better, best, never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
精益求精，永不停止，直到你的好成为更好，更好成为最好。
Socrates 苏格拉底
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
唯一真正的智慧是知道自己一无所知。
I can not teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
我无法教任何人任何事情，我只能驱使他们思考。
wisdom (n.) 智慧
Plato 柏拉图
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
善待你遇到的每个人，因为他们都在为人生奋斗。
＊补充＊
这里的 “for”是当连接词用，中文意思是「因为」，因此前面要加逗号，后面要接一个完整的句子。如果不太熟悉这样的用法，可以点进去以下的补充文章里瞧瞧：
【英文解密】你以为他们都一样？ because of、due to 大不同！所有易搞混的「因为」一网打尽
Aristotle 亚里斯多德
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
「认识自己」是所有智慧的源头。
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
我们每天做什么，就会成为什么样的人。因此，卓越不是一种行为，而是一个习惯。
Alexander the great 亚历山大大帝
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
勇于尝试的人没有做不到的事。
Archimedes 阿基米徳
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
给我一个支点，我就能举起地球。
Julius Caesar 凯萨大帝
I see, I come, I conquer.
我见，我来，我征服。
conquer (v.) 占领、征服、克服
Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.
出于愤怒的行动，注定会失败。
commit (v.) 犯 (罪)；使致力于；承诺；做
doom (v.) 使注定、必然发生 (n.) 厄运
Cristoforo Colombo 哥伦布
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
除非你有勇气抵达看不到岸的彼端，否则你永远无法跨越海洋。
shore (n.) 滨、岸
Galileo Galilei 伽利略
Passion is the genesis of genius.
热情是天才的起源。
genesis (n.) 形成、起源、发生
René Descartes 笛卡儿
I think, therefore I am.
我思故我在。
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
怀疑是智慧的源头。
Louis XIV 路易十四
There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
人若能征服自己，便能征服一切。
withstand (v.) 禁得住、承受
Isaac Newton 牛顿
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
如果我看得更远，那是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
我可以计算天体的运行轨迹，却难以估量人们的疯狂。
Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Con
