“I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.”
「我非常相信一切最終都會回到你身上,你回收你所付出的。」– 南茜·雷根 (前美國第一夫人)
- 南茜·雷根 (1921-2016) 是美國第 40 任總統隆納·雷根的夫人,她與先生一樣是演員出身,是雷根重要的幫手、顧問與保護者,進入白宮後全力推動反毒品運動、並支持幹細胞研究。
“There is always a reason, in the man, for his good or bad fortune in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound, cent for cent — for every effect a perfect cause — and that good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”
「人在賺錢過程中遇到的好運及壞運,都有它的理由,人們卻說得彷佛有魔力介入,但這道理放諸四海皆準,每一鎊、每一分錢 – 因為每一結果都有它相對應的原因 – 而運氣只是對目標執著的代名詞。」– 拉爾夫‧愛默生 (詩人)
“Happiness is not a reward – it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment – it is a result.”
「快樂不是犒賞 – 它是一個後果。苦難不是懲罰 – 它是一個結果。」– 羅伯特‧英格索 (演說家)
“I’ve learned that everything happens for a reason… Every event has a why and all adversity teaches us a lesson… Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.”
「我學到所有發生的事都有原因… 每個事件都有它的為什麼,而每個逆境都在為我們上一課,絕不要因過去感到後悔,以看待老師的態度接受它。」– 羅賓.夏瑪 (領導力專家)
“I will waste not even a precious second today in anger, or hate, or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow will harvest because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds today.”
「我今天不會浪費一秒鐘去生氣、懷恨、嫉妒或自私。我知道我會收割今天播下的種子,因為每個行為,無論好壞,永遠都伴隨等同的回報,我今天將只播下好的種子。」– 奧格‧曼迪諾 (作家)
“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”
「你的每一個行為都是在播種,即使你還沒見到收成。」– 艾拉‧惠勒‧威爾克斯 (詩人)
“In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over time, if you play long enough, everybody gets what he deserves.. good and bad.”
「在商場及人生中,壞事有時發生在好人身上,好事有時發生在壞人身上,但長時間下來,如果你待得夠久,每個人都得到他應得的… 不管好事或壞事。」– 傑夫‧伊梅爾特 (奇異公司執行長)