There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

埋怨父母給你指錯(cuò)方向是有一個(gè)時(shí)間段的。當(dāng)你成長(zhǎng)到可以控制自我方向的時(shí)候,你就要自己承擔(dān)責(zé)任了。

Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

貧窮并不是一種高貴的經(jīng)歷,它帶來(lái)恐懼、壓力、有時(shí)還有絕望,它意味著許許多多的羞辱和艱辛??孔约旱呐[脫貧窮,確實(shí)可以引以自豪,但貧窮本身只有對(duì)傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive.

從挫折中獲得智慧、變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng),意味著你比以往任何時(shí)候都更有能力生存。

You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I ever earned.

只有在逆境來(lái)臨的時(shí)候,你才會(huì)真正認(rèn)識(shí)你自己,了解身邊的人。這種了解是真正的財(cái)富,雖然是用痛苦換來(lái)的,但比我以前得到的任何資格證書(shū)都有用。

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement.

人的幸福在于知道生活不是一份漂亮的成績(jī)單。

We do not need magic to transform the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

我們不需要改變世界的魔法,我們自己的內(nèi)心就有這種力量:那就是我們一直在夢(mèng)想,讓這個(gè)世界變得更美好。