“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
「聰明但沒有抱負,有如沒有翅膀的鳥。」– 薩爾瓦多·達利 (藝術家)
- 薩爾瓦多·達利 (1904-1989) 是西班牙超現實主義畫家,與畢卡索和馬蒂斯一同被認為是 20 世紀最有代表性的 3 位藝術家,其畫風給人驚豔觸目驚心的感覺,並涉足電影、雕塑和攝影藝術,最知名的作品是 1931 年完成的《記憶的永恆》。
“When I arrived in America I was young, but I already knew what I wanted. I think that when you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.”
「當我抵達美國時我還年輕,但我已知道我要什麼。我覺得當你從零開始、你如果沒有背景,它會使你飢渴。我對我的身世感到驕傲,且我知道我想要什麼,我想當勝利者。」– 瑪麗亞‧莎拉波娃 (網球選手)
“Ask me to play. I’ll play. Ask me to shoot. I’ll shoot. Ask me to pass. I’ll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate. ANYTHING. But it’s not what you ask of me. It’s what I ask of myself.”
「要求我打球,我將打球。要求我射球,我將射球。要求我傳球,我將傳球。要求我抄截、卡位、犧牲、帶領、技壓全場,要求任何事情。然而這不是你對我的要求,這是我對自己的要求。」– 雷蒙‧詹姆士 (NBA 球員)
“My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door. It was just the way it was. Many of the children I’ve seen were broken by their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. They didn’t want to create an individual. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. Therefore, I became a rebel. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, ‘you can’t do this,’ I said, ‘this is not going to be for much longer, because I’m going to move out of here. I want to be rich. I want to be somebody.'”
「我的頭髮被拉扯,我被皮帶抽打,隔壁家的孩子也是這樣,當時就是這種樣子,我見到許多孩子都被他們的父母摧毀,那是當時德國及奧國人的心態,他們不想創造獨特的個人,而是都要求順從,我是那個不順從的人,且意志不會被摧毀。因此,我成為一個叛逆者,每次我被打時,每次有人說,『你不能這麼做』,我會說,『這種情形不會持續太久,因為我將搬離這裡,我想變得富有,我想成為一個重要的人。』」– 阿諾‧史瓦辛格 (演員)
“There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
「只做平凡小事、妥協於沒有發揮你潛力的人生,在那找不到激情。」– 納爾遜‧曼德拉 (前南非總統)
“The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.”
「一個人真正的價值是由他所追求的東西來衡量。」– 馬爾庫斯‧奧列里烏斯 (羅馬帝王)