双语:32位美国总统教你的最好的生活建议
马丁·范·布伦(1837年-1841年):“如果我们能够对碰巧拥有的特殊优势深信不疑,那么所有历史和经验上的教训都将不足而论。”
安德鲁·杰克逊(1829年-1837年):“做事要深思熟虑,但时机一到就应行动,不要犹豫。”
人们一遍又一遍地剖析他们的观点与宣言,试图理解这些卓然于普通美国民众之上的智者,究竟会留下怎样的生活训诲。
John Tyler, 1841-1845: “Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality。”
约翰·亚当斯(1797年-1801年):“请千万记住:所有学问最终都是为了将你培养成一个品行优良的人,一个有用的社会公民。”
Chester Arthur, 1881-1885: “Good ball players make good citizens。”
James Buchanan, 1857-1861: “A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad。”
切斯特·阿瑟(1881年-1885年):“优秀球员即优秀公民。”
托马斯·杰斐逊(1801年-1809年):“生气时请先数到十再开口;如果极其愤怒,那就数到一百。”
约翰·昆西·亚当斯(1825年-1829年):“如果你的言行能够激励他人追逐更大梦想、学习更多知识、采取更多行动并成为更优秀的人,那么你就是领导者。”
为纪念总统日(小编注:美国法定节日,每年二月的第三个星期一),我们特此整理出当今及往任32位总统的智慧建议,激励大家不管任务多么艰巨,也要努力做到最好!
德怀特·艾森豪威尔(1953年-1961年):“智者或勇者绝不会躺在历史轨道上等着未来列车开过来。”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945: “Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you。”
John Adams, 1797-1801: “You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen。”
詹姆斯·加菲尔德(1881年):“要能承担当下工作之外的更多任务,让别人知道你还留一手,你具备当下拥有之外的更多权力。若你不能超越现任位置,则有可能会落后。”
乔治·华盛顿(1789年-1797年):“你若爱惜自身名誉,就请结交品行高尚的人;宁可茕茕孑立,也不能同流合污。”
George Washington, 1789-1797: “Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company。”
In honor of Presidents' Day, we've rounded up a list of some of the best advice from 32 presidents past and present on how to do and be your best, no matter how challenging your job is。
Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853: “An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory。”
Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb ... Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent。”
Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921: “One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to be supplied is light, not heat。”
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Teddy Roosevelt, 1901-1909: “We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage。”
John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader。”
Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837: “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in。”
Since George Washington's inauguration, 43 men have occupied the White House to perform one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Some defined their terms with great accomplishments or grave misjudgments; others barely made a mark on history. Yet all strove to fulfill their mandate to the best of their abilities and live up to the incredible expectations placed upon them。
詹姆斯·布坎南(1857年-1861年):“朋友久扰容易滋生厌烦,逗人开心需要保持分寸。”
詹姆斯·门罗(1817年-1825年):“只有对某一方面完全熟透[人们]才能正确评判过去并恰当指引未来。”
泰迪·罗斯福(1901年-1909年):“我们必须敢于伟大,必须意识到伟大是艰辛、牺牲和无畏勇气的成果。”
约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪(1961年-1963年):“生活并不容易,总有需要完成的工作和需要履行的义务——实现真实、公平和自由的义务。”
尤利塞斯·辛普森·格兰特(1869年-1877年):“战争之道简单至极:找到敌人,尽快擒拿,奋力击败对方,然后继续前进。”
富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福(1933年-1945年):“你要做的不是在这世上闯下一条路,而是要告诉世界自己能发现什么。”
哈里·S·杜鲁门(1945年-1953年):“我觉得给儿童最好的建议就是,弄清他们想要什么,然后鼓励他们自己去争取。”
格罗弗·克利夫兰(1885年-1889年, 1893年-1897年):“不论做什么都应实事求是。”
Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881: "For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all."
米勒德·菲尔莫尔(1850年-1853年):“光荣的战败胜过卑鄙的胜利。”
Dwight Eisenhower, 1953-1961: “Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him。”
拉瑟福德·伯查德·海斯(1877年-1881年):“我知道对于品性诚实的人而言,要想在当下猖獗的尔虞我诈中获胜是非常困难的;然而,这种克服种种障碍而获得的成功却是倍加光荣的。
卡尔文·库利奇(1923年-1929年):“世上没有任何东西能取代坚持不懈:天赋也不可以,因为有天赋却不成功的人随处可见;才能也不可以,一事无成的才能只会是笑柄……坚持不懈和决心可以创造无限可能。”
约翰·泰勒(1841年-1845年):“勤俭节约方能致富。”
Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing."
James Garfield, 1881: “Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it。”
Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877: “The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on。”
亚伯拉罕·林肯(1861年-1865年):“永远记住,你自己决心成功比其他什么都重要。”
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John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963: “Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met — obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty。”
威廉·塔夫脱(1909年-1913年):“记录不是为了被理解,而是为了不被误解。”
James Monroe, 1817-1825: “It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future。”
Whether they succeeded or failed, our fascination with presidents' leadership styles, habits, decisions and personalities continue long after they leave office. Their perspectives and pronouncements are dissected over and over as we seek to understand what these men, who went through an experience most Americans can barely conceptualize, can teach us about life。
自乔治·华盛顿就职以来,已有43位总统入住白宫并履行世上最为艰难的职责。有些颇有成就,有些铸成大错,有些则在历史上鲜有功过。然而,他们都努力全力以赴地践行自己的职责,并尽力不负民众寄予的厚望。
Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841: "All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess."
Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809: “When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred。”
伍德罗·威尔逊(1913年-1921年):“一个冷静判断胜过无数个草率决议,冷静判断带来的是光明,而非炽烈。”
Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953: “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it。”
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969: “If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it
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