“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
「聪明但没有抱负,有如没有翅膀的鸟。」– 萨尔瓦多·达利 (艺术家)
- 萨尔瓦多·达利 (1904-1989) 是西班牙超现实主义画家,与毕卡索和马蒂斯一同被认为是 20 世纪最有代表性的 3 位艺术家,其画风给人惊艳触目惊心的感觉,并涉足电影、雕塑和摄影艺术,最知名的作品是 1931 年完成的《记忆的永恒》。
“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.”
「当我抵达美国时我还年轻,但我已知道我要什么。我觉得当你从零开始、你如果没有背景,它会使你饥渴。我对我的身世感到骄傲,且我知道我想要什么,我想当胜利者。」– 玛丽亚‧莎拉波娃 (网球选手)
“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,我将打球。要求我射球,我将射球。要求我传球,我将传球。要求我抄截、卡位、牺牲、带领、技压全场,要求任何事情。然而这不是你对我的要求,这是我对自己的要求。」– 雷蒙‧詹姆士 (NBA 球员)
“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.'”
「我的头发被拉扯,我被皮带抽打,隔壁家的孩子也是这样,当时就是这种样子,我见到许多孩子都被他们的父母摧毁,那是当时德国及奥国人的心态,他们不想创造独特的个人,而是都要求顺从,我是那个不顺从的人,且意志不会被摧毁。因此,我成为一个叛逆者,每次我被打时,每次有人说,『你不能这么做』,我会说,『这种情形不会持续太久,因为我将搬离这里,我想变得富有,我想成为一个重要的人。』」– 阿诺‧史瓦辛格 (演员)
“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、妥协于没有发挥你潜力的人生,在那找不到激情。」– 纳尔逊‧曼德拉 (前南非总统)
“The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.”
「一个人真正的价值是由他所追求的东西来衡量。」– 马尔库斯‧奥列里乌斯 (罗马帝王)