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“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can’t.”

「記住，你對自己的想法及言論會決定你內在的態度，如果你的目標值得追求，找到你可以達到此目標的那一個理由，而不是數百個達不到的理由。」– 拿破崙‧希爾 (勵志作家)

• worthwhile (adj.) 值得花時間或金錢的，值得做的。例：He thought it was worthwhile to clarify the matter. (他覺得澄清事情是有用的。)
• 拿破崙‧希爾 (1883-1970) 曾擔任過美國小羅斯福總統的顧問，他的著名代表作 Think and Grow Rich (思考致富) 為史上最暢銷的書籍之一。”What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” (人內心所能構思及相信的，它就能達成。) 為他的代表名言。

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“All that a person achieves and all that they fail to achieve is the direct result of their own thoughts.”

「一個人所有達成及沒達成的，都是自己想法的直接結果。」– 詹姆士‧艾倫 (作家)

• 詹姆士‧艾倫 (1864-1912) 是英國籍的勵志作家，他最有名的作品 As a Man Thinketh 自 1903 年已發行無數，為許多 20 及 21 世紀心靈勵志作家提供啟蒙。

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“Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.”

「我們的自我觀感，若堅定的持有，基本上會決定我們成為什麼樣的人。」– 麥斯威爾‧瑪爾茲 (整形外科醫師)

• self-image 自我觀感。例：people with a positive self-image (對自己持有正面觀感的人)。essentially (adv.) 基本上，實質上。例：Economic growth rates have essentially remained unchanged. (經濟成長率基本上維持不變。)
• 麥斯威爾‧瑪爾茲 (1899-1975) 為美國整形外科醫師，著有 Psycho-Cybernetics (心理傳導)，他在書中列出如何改進自我形象，進而獲得成功快樂的人生。此書影響美國許多心靈成長作者，也被視為個人成長書籍的先驅。

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“If you want to have good ideas, you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away.”

「如果你想得到好的點子，你必須要有很多點子，而它們絕大多數不會是正確的，你必須學會的是該丟掉哪些點子。」– 萊納斯‧鮑林 (化學家)

• 萊納斯‧鮑林 (1901-1994) 是史上最具影響力的化學家之一，他是量子化學及分子生物學的先驅之一。他在化學鍵的研究讓他在 1954 年獲得諾貝爾化學獎，另外因反核彈在地面測試而在 1962 年獲得諾貝爾和平獎。

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“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.”

「為你的人生創造最崇高、最宏偉的願景，因為你將成為你所相信的。」– 歐普拉‧溫芙蕾 (脫口秀主持人)

• grand (adj.) 雄偉的; 堂皇的。例：The Prime Minister had a grand design for the country’s future. (總理對國家的未來有著宏偉的規劃。) vision (n.) 願景。例：The President outlined his vision for the future. (總統略述他對未來的願景。)
• 歐普拉‧溫芙蕾 (1954- ) 出生在一個未婚生子的青少年單親媽媽家庭裡，早年成長環境清寒困苦，高中時即在廣播電台工作，19 歲開始主持新聞節目，後來轉入脫口秀節目而知名度提升。她目前擁有自己的媒體公司，被列為 20 世紀最富有的美國黑人，曾一度是世上唯一的黑人億萬富翁。

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“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.”

「沒有東西比一個想法還要危險，如果那是你唯一的想法。」– 艾密兒‧恰堤爾 (哲學家)

• dangerous (adj.) 危險的。idea (n.) 想法。
• 艾密兒‧恰堤爾 (1868-1951) 為法國哲學家、新聞工作者、和平主義者。
• 解讀：一個人要能夠僘開心胸接受不同的觀點、看法，以避免思想過於狹隘。

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“With most people, unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.”

「對於大多數人來說，對一件事的不相信，是源於對另一件事的盲目相信。」– 奧爾格‧利希滕貝格 (科學家)

• found (v.) 建立，立基。例：The case is founded on sufficient evidence. (這個訴訟是建立在充足的證據。) blind (adj.) 瞎的，盲目的。
• 奧爾格‧利希滕貝格 (1742-1799) 為德國科學家及諷刺作家，他的筆記本記錄各門各類的題材，包括社會、哲學、藝術、文學、心理學等。德國文學家歌德也非常敬仰他的寫作。