— Maya Angelou, Poet
「我們可能會遇到許多挫敗，但我們一定不能被打倒。」– 馬雅‧安哲羅 (詩人)
— Clement Stone, Executive
「對於每一個劣勢都有一個相對的優勢。」– 克萊門特‧史東 (保險公司總裁)
“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”
「教育是興盛時的點綴物及逆境時的避難所。」– 亞里斯多德 (哲學家)
“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
「每件負面的事 – 壓力、挑戰 – 都是一個讓我提升的機會。」– 科比‧布萊恩 (NBA 球員)
“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.”
「困難不能摧毀我，每個困難都讓步於我堅毅的決心。」– 李奧納多‧達文西 (藝術家)
“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
「地球是圓的，而看似像終點的地方可能也只是起點。」– 艾维‧貝克‧普里斯特 (政治人物)
“A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.”
「平靜的海面從未造就純熟的水手。」– 英國諺語
“Remember too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start. They pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they arrive. The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis – through which they are introduced to their other selves.”
「記住所有成功的人一開始都不順利，他們抵達成功前都歷經許多令人心痛的掙扎。成功的人的人生轉淚點通常都是在某危機時刻 – 藉由那危機，他們認識了另一個自己。」– 拿破崙‧希爾 (勵志作家)
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”
「困境導致一些人敗亡，另一些人破紀錄。」– 威廉‧亞瑟‧沃德 (學者)
“In calm water every ship has a good captain.”
「在平靜的海面每艘船都有一位好船長。」– 格羅弗‧克里夫蘭 (美國前總統)
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.”
「微小的人被惡運所馴服並壓制，但偉大的人克服惡運。」– 華盛頓‧歐文 (作家)
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.”
「我們最好的教訓不是透過成功而學到，而是透過不幸的遭遇。」– 愛默斯‧布朗森‧愛爾考特 (教育家)
“Storms make oaks take deeper root.”
「暴風雨使橡樹的根長得更深。」– 喬治‧赫伯特 (牧師)
“Fresh air and innocence are good if you don’t take too much of them – but I always remember that most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.”
「只要你不沉浸在那，輕鬆的生活與單純的環境是不錯的 – 但我總記得，人生多數的成就及快樂是出自於奮鬥的生活。」– 奧利佛‧溫德爾‧霍姆斯 (最高法院大法官)
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
「雖然這世界充滿苦難，但也充滿克服苦難的故事。」– 海倫‧凱勒 (演說家)
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
「風箏逆著風飛得最高，不是順著風。」– 溫斯頓‧邱吉爾 (英國首相)
“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”
「人生是一連串的經驗，每個經驗都讓我們進步，即使有時候這不容易理解。這個世界是為了陶冶性格而存在，我們必須了解，我們所忍受的挫折及悲痛，都幫助我們向前邁進。」– 亨利‧福特 (工業家)
“You can’t stay relevant unless you’re pushing yourself out onto the razor’s edge of life on a regular basis. Once you become comfortable, you become complacent. If you become complacent, then you don’t want to throw yourself into the icy cold water. You just want to sit in the sun.”
「除非定期把自己推向險境，你無法維持與生命的連結。一旦感到安逸，你就會變得自滿。你如果自滿，就不會投身至冰冷的水裡，而只會想坐在陽光下。」– 瑪丹娜 (歌手)
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.”
「如果你把麻煩當作經驗，並記得每個經驗都會發展為你內在的潛伏力量，你將變得精力充沛且快樂，不管環境看來多麼的不順。」– 約翰．海伍德 (劇作家)
“Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.”
「人們最大的成功來自於失望過後。」– 亨利‧畢傑 (傳教士)
